- I think the reason I liked the Scottish Royal Museum so well is that it felt like a big version of a small, local museum
- Also, it had one of the coolest pictures I have ever seen: a Scottish bagpiper in full regalia, with a penguin next to him, staring up at him.
- Because of the beef in the Frankenstein burger, I wasn't allowed to donate blood in the US for two years after eating it. But since I like my blood right where it is and never donate it anyways, it was no big deal.
- Arthur's Seat was named for a local legend, though we never found anyone who could tell us the story behind it. I got Matt a rock from here too.
28 May 2004 (04 April 2008)
- I still tell everybody that I talk to about the trip to avoid Glasgow if possible. [ed: Still saying that; got sick again passing through there on my latest trip]
- I've got nothing against smoking or smokers, I just don't like having the entire hotel smelling like cigarettes
- I think the "murder capital of the world" thing was either a misunderstanding or an exaggeration, but Glasgow does have a crime rate higher than the Scottish average in nearly every category. Also, part of the group witnessed an attempted mugging.
- When we went to see Kill Bill 2, the theater originally started playing Scooby Doo 2. Somebody complained, and they fixed it.
29 May 2004 (04 April 2008)
- The park we walked through was called Kelvingrove Park. If it hand't been raining, it would have been nice to spend some time there and get some more pictures.
- I completely left out our visit to St. Mungo's Cathedral. Who names their kid Mungo? It wasn't as impressive as some of the others we had visited, but it was pretty nice. It also featured the coat of arms of the Blackadder family; being a fan of Rowan Atkinson's work (especially his role as Lord Blackadder), I found that fairly entertaining.
- I also seem to have left out the Glasgow necropolis, which I got a few good pictures of. Found out later that I sat on John Knox's grave without even knowing it. As a student at a Presbyterian college, I probably should have been more excited than I was.
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