First week

Emma and I spent the first week with the Andersons, family friends who came over for a month. We were outside of Glasgow in the small village of Bishopton.

We visited the Kelvingarde Museum which is an art museum in a wonderful building and the Riverside Museum (Transportation) that has all kinds of transport (planes, trains and automobiles as well as bikes and boats). There is a ship to tour out in the River Clyde and a ferry across the river. The museums are very family friendly with lots of interactive exhibits and the information is easy to read (both informative and not too much!)

 We spent a day in Edinburgh. We parked the car in Bolerno where Mama Jane and Papa Eade stayed during their year in Scotland and visited the site where their apartment was. Then we bused into the city which was full of people there for the festival...many street performances and fliers for later shows.

Ivy and I climbed the memorial to Sir Walter Scott and took in the views. We walked down the Royal Mile.

Emma and I found a photo exhibition in the Parliament building that we really enjoyed. Then we separated from our crowd...Emma and I thought we would walk to the Royal Infirmary (where Mama Jane had given birth to her first child) and meet the others there (they were in a taxi)...but the infirmary had been moved...They taxied to the new one and Emma and I walked to the old site (now apartments). Not having a phone or another place to meet up, Emma and I returned to the car in Bolerno...some hours later Scotty came to check as they had been waiting at the new infirmary...but all was well and we made our trip back to Bishopton.

Scotland!!!

My sister and I are exploring Scotland for about 3 weeks. We've come over and for the first week we stayed with our family friends the Andersons just outside of Glasgow. They have been here for a month and we swooped in for the last week of their stay.

The accents are difficult to understand -- they speak so quickly with different vocabulary and lilt to what we are used to -- but the spirit if being helpful (and repeating themselves) is always there. One woman walked outside into the rain to better point where we should continue!

The weather has been amazing! So much talk of the terrible rains (right before we arrived I guess). It is cloudy and often drizzles but we've seen some sun and the weather hasn't kept us from anything. I've only pulled out and worn my poncho once! (Though I carry it almost everywhere)

Public transport is very good though we don't have to use it much.  The house is a block from the Bishopton rail station and when we have more than 5 people for an activity we meet them at the other end and it worked wonderfully most of the time.