Sunday, April 1, 2018

A walk around Glasgow

Tuesday, May 16, Glasgow

We hop in a taxi and ride to the Glasgow Botanic Gardens. There is both a large outdoor area and two major greenhouse structures. The Kibble Palace greenhouse is a huge glass dome building. Rhododendrons are in full bloom for our outdoor stroll along with other early perennials. The inside areas contain rooms from desert to tropical plants. We take dozens of pictures - a few samples below.

We walk from the gardens down towards the Kelvingroove Gallery and Museum. First we stop at the Brew Dog pub for some local brew an lunch.

The Kelvingroove is a grand old building with an eclectic mix of art displays and natural history and ancient artifacts. Kind of fun. Our sore feet say it is enough for one day so we taxi back to our hotel for a late afternoon nap.


 
Tourist enjoying Glasgow Botanic Gardens
 
 

 
Rhododendrons in bloom
 
 

 
All kinds of rhododendrons
 
 

 
Lots and lots of rhododendrons
 
 

 
An other early flowers
 
 

 
Plus curious local art objects
 
 

 
Multiple greenhouse rooms
 
 

 
Beautiful plants inside
 
 

 
More beautiful plants inside
 
 

 
Glass dome of Kibble Palace greenhouse
 
 

 
And some curious statues
 
 

 
A typical Glasgow street
 
 

 
A view of the river Kelvin
 
 

 
Interior of Brew Dog pub. Can you guess what kind of food they serve.
 
 

 
Kelvingroove building
 
 

 
Interior view of Kelvingroove
 
 

 
Sample art
 
 

 
Sample art
 
 

 
Sample art
 
 

 
Sample art
 
 

 
Some natural history
 
 

 
Ancient artifacts
 
 

 
And other random objects

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