The first job this morning was to try out the shower. This forms part of a minuscule “wet room” which includes the toilet and washbasin.
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After use, the whole floor is wet, including that around the toilet. Not wishing to bore you with details, I will just say that this contraption is more a problem to be solved than a facility to be used.
It’s another cool day and it’s raining. I think this will characterise our stay in Glasgow.
We passed through George Square. We were looking for a branch of Caffè Nero that we knew from previous visits but we could not find it. It must have closed down,
Instead we went to a branch of Pret, made our purchases and hurried to Queen Street Station for our 9:30 train.
As soon as our train was announced, we went aboard and…
…consumed our breakfast!
We were soon on our way to Edinburgh.
The names of stations along this route are displayed in English and Gaelic.
After a short ride, we reached Edinburgh.
We photographed the beautiful ceiling dome in the station waiting area.
We made a pause at the small station Caffè Nero for Ice Tea. This has become one of my favourite drinks, at least, in warm weather.
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Here we are in Edinburgh and – guess what? It isn’t raining! Bonus!
In the St James Quarter is this excrescence called the Ribbon Hotel. This view is too close to show its contentious shape which is commonly on agreed to resemble a turd.
Looking down this road, called Dublin Street, you have a glimpse of the sea.
We passed the Scottish National Portrait Gallery. We haven’t visited it yet but it’s on the list!
Edinburgh has trams and so, as we like trams, we went for a ride.
One terminus of the tram route is at the airport and, though we are not flying out, we went there too.
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There was a branch of Marks & Spencer in the airport and we went in to buy a picnic lunch.
We boarded a tram back to town and found seats right at the front. (The driver had not yet arrived when the photo was taken.)
We went with the tram to its other terminus at St Andrew Square.
Then we travelled back to Haymarket Station and had a little walk round there.
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Also at Haymarket, Tigger spotted this small but attractive clock tower.
We sat for a while in Princes Street Gardens. There were a lot of people passing back and forth but there was a pleasant breeze (it had become quite warm) and a skyline of spires and battlements to admire.
Tigger wanted to try haggis and looked on her phone to find a restaurant nearby that served vegetarian haggis. She found one and although it was not very far away, we preferred to catch a bus up the hill.
The restaurant was called Downstairs which was quite reasonable as it was indeed downstairs.
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Tigger had the full veggie haggis (foreground) while I chose a soup starter followed by “Mini Haggis”. I have eaten haggis before and it didn’t resemble what was on my plate today but I suppose there are many different ways to serve haggis.
We now returned to Waverley Station. It was downhill all the way so even though we were tired from our rambles, we walked there. When we tried our train tickets at the barrier, they didn’t work. It turned out that we have off-peak tickets and can travel only after 6:30.
So we have come sit in the waiting room where we photographed the ceiling dome earlier.
We later moved to Caffè Nero until gone 6:30. Fortunately, there was a train to Glasgow every few minutes.
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We boarded one of these and were soon on our way.
Here we are back in Glasgow. And look, it isn’t raining! The spire belongs to St George’s Tron Church, built in 1808.
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Not only was it not raining but also, the sun was shining, creating a fine golden sunset, a cheerful image to end on.
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