Glasgow Museum

Our apartment here is on the 6th floor of a newer building. It's nice and has that Ikea feel to it. The doorman is already after me and he gives me a hard time about anything he can every time he sees me. I've been reading in the literature, that Glaswegians (or something like that) are a happy sort and they are friendly and he is both of these things. Now, if I could just understand every third word he says it would be good. It's hard to follow what people are saying around here. They talk fast, there are no vowel sounds and the Adam's apples are in full effect. When we got back to the place this afternoon he gave Rose and Xyla candy which was cool.

We made a long walk from our place to Kelvingrove Park where the girls enjoyed checking out two playgrounds there. Kelvingrove Park is also home to the Kelvingrove Art Museum and the collection there is a mix of just about everything. There is a Spitfire, an elephant, Dali's Christ of St. John of the Cross, and a ton of other stuff. It is a good spot although they could do more with their interactive displays. There was a good video story that told of a painter and his process, but other than that it was the flip-the-plastic-sheet-and-see-the-answer-type-of-thing.

We took the bus from there downtown and dropped by the tourist information office to collect some maps and whatever pamphlets we felt we needed. Our main purpose in riding the bus past our apartment and taking it further in, however, was to check out the Sharmanka Kinetic Theatre. This is a collection of kinetic sculptures/machines that a Russian who came of age in the Soviet Union has created over time - mostly since his arrival in Scotland in the early '90's. These things are amazing and the girls loved them. It is hard to describe what they do, but you can find some videos of things on their website. Amazing stuff.

After our miles of walking we arrived back at the spot and relaxed. The girls watched Peppa Pig and I wrote some stuff here.

Tomorrow the plan is to go to the science museum and the library.

I'll put photos up here tomorrow.

Cheers!