You can tell by the entrance to the Hunterian Museum that this was a building of some age. The architecture was beautiful. The museum is not huge but there is still a great deal to view as there is a large collection. Part of the museum was closed off as they were preparing a new…
Tag: Glasgow
Mackintosh. . . . .Tuesday Travels
As you know I am a fan of Charles Rennie Mackintosh and I had hoped to visit the Glasgow School of Art while we were in Glasgow. Unfortunately the School of Art was not in a state for viewing as there had been a dreadful fire a few weeks before we arrived. The building was…
The Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum. . . .Tuesday Travels
The first museum that we visited on our trip was the Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum. There was a Charles Rennie Macintosh exhibition there so I was keen to go. Unfortunately the exhibition had finished but there was still an impressive array of Mackintosh work in the Museum. The work of his wife, Margaret Macdonald…
The Riverside Museum of Transport in Glasgow. . . . Tuesday Travels
The Riverside Transport Museum is a must see if you are ever in Glasgow. The day we visited it was a wet day and we spent many hours in the museum as there is so much to see and read about. A reconstructed street circa 1895-1930. You really felt as if you had stepped back…
Our journey began. . . .Tuesday travels
Our journey began at Melbourne airport.Our first stop was Dubai after a very long flight. It was only a short stop in Dubai before then heading on our next flight to Glasgow. We have decided that it is best to avoid Heathrow if traveling to the UK. We were glad we had chosen Glasgow as…
Javascotia. . . . .coffeeScotland?????
Javascotia is the title of my next book in the A-Z Book Challenge. The book is by the author Benjamin Obler. Being a coffee lover I thought I might enjoy this book. From the book jacket: Melvin Podgorski is young, naïve, American — and a coffee fanatic. It’s this passion that leads him from his…
Gippsland Granny 