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Glasgow, Scotland – Day 3

We left Glasgow at 8:00am for the highlands. The trip was 550 km for the day. Of course it was a day of magnificent scenery. The pictures may not reflect how beautiful Scotland is because it was cloudy. However it didn’t rain. Our first stop was Loch Lomond. We then continued on with brief photo stops until we stopped at Fort Augustus. Then we went a little further and stopped at Loch Ness for lunch, but we didn’t see Nessie. We had lunch at Loch Ness – I had haggis on toast with Drambuie sauce and Marsha had potato and leek soup with a side of turnips. Haggis tastes like the scrapple I ate all the time in Philadelphia. We continued thru the highlands learning much about Scottish history. We got back to Glasgow at 8:00pm. Tomorrow we go to Edinburgh.

Glasgow, Scotland – day 2

We spent the morning planning our last week. We thought we would have no trouble finding rooms but were we wrong. Glasgow seems to be a happening place in the fall so we spent the morning looking for rooms, arranging a tour for tomorrow and buying tickets to London so we can fly out of Heathrow. We also plan on spending a couple of days in Edinburgh. It has been cloudy and rainy but at least the morning and afternoon were not rainy. I took a pic of one of the buildings.

We did a lot of walking around Glasgow and I found the TARDIS! Dr. Who is in Scotland. It is bigger on the inside!

The concierge at the hotel recmended a Thai restaurant so we went there got dinner. As usual it was wonderful. Appetizers- chicken spring rolls and fried corn cakes. Marsha had tofu, broccoli, carrots and more in a creamy chili sauce. I had sautéed pork bellies with basil and chilies. We had sides of rice and bok choy.

I forgot to mention yesterday that from the port in Scotland to Glasgow the bus drove along the coast. Again spectacular scenery and winding roads. It was almost like being on a tour. Tomorrow we are going on a long day tour to the highlands and Loch Ness. We have a very early start in the am and don’t get back until late.

Glasgow, Scotland

We took a package trip that was a trip to the port in Ireland, the ferry crossing and the bus to Glasgow. The ferry was really nice but it was raining so no opportunity for pics. We got to Glasgow about 5:30pm therefore it was pretty late when we checked into our hotel. We got settled and then went out for dinner. We found a tapas restaurant. We had sangria and Marsha had each had 2 tapas dishes. When we left the restaurant it was raining so we went back to our hotel. It is supposed to rain tomorrow and we are trying to plan what we will do.

Belfast, Ireland

Today we woke up to heavy rain and cold. It was good we went to the Giant’s Causeway yesterday when it was only cold and very windy but no rain. Today we stayed in the room until the rain eased up. Then we stopped for lunch. Marsha had a baked potato and salad and I had a coronation chicken salad sandwich. See pic.

The sandwich was chicken with lettuce and tomato and topped with a curry sauce. Very unusual sandwich, but very good. Then we took a city bus to the Titanic exhibit. This is a wonderful museum and building. See pics.

We spent the entire afternoon at the exhibit. It covered the history of Belfast, how the Titanic was built and of course the sinking of the ship. When we finished we were on the way to the bus stop when the bus passed us. We thought we missed the bus but the driver waited for us. I have to say bus drivers are unsung heroes. They give directions, let us know when to get off and even wait a few minutes so us tourists do not have to wait for the next bus in the cold and rain. We went back to the hotel since it was raining again. We went for dinner – we shared an appetizer of olives, cheese, potatoes and salad. Everything in Ireland is served with potatoes including pizza and lasagna. Marsha had stuffed pepper – stuffed with mushrooms and I had a burger. I had to try Irish beef. Tomorrow we take the bus and ferry to Glasgow.

Belfast, Ireland

Today we went on a tour to Giant’s Causeway. Our first stop was a photo op at Carrickfergus Castle. See pic.

We then continued on to Carrick-a-Rede rope bridge. See pics. The one is of Marsha on the bridge. There are pics of me on the bridge on Marsha’s camera.

This tour took us along the coast road and the views were breath taking. We stopped at the Bushmill distillery for lunch. No we did not have a liquid lunch – we didn’t even have time to tour the distillery. We continued on to Giant’s causeway. This place was amazing! See pics. We have many more pics on our cameras.

Also on the tour we got to see some of the locations where Game of Thrones was filmed. We also went up to some of the higher locations on the Giant’s Causeway. It is really stunning. We left to return to Belfast at 6:00pm and it was already getting dark. When we got back to Belfast after 7;00pm it was raining. We went to the restaurant adjacent to the hotel. Marsha had Brie and I had pork medallions over cabbage, bacon (ham) and potatoes. We are trying to figure out what we can do tomorrow.