Day 53: Tuesday 31st May 2022

Day 53: Tuesday 31st May 2022

Up early today to visit Glasgow! We caught the train, which took about an hour from Ayr. Getting to Glasgow station, we were a bit lost getting around, but managed to find the Gallery of Modern Art as our first stop. Unfortunately the exhibition I had hoped to see wasn’t on anymore, but the other exhibitions there were interesting, such as “Revisiting The Work Of Black Artists In Scotland” and “Taste!” 

After getting a map from the information office, we walked to the botanic gardens, stopping at Serenity Now on the way. The pancakes here were delicious! 

The Botanic gardens were really interesting to visit, especially being able to finally visit the glasshouses, as in both Edinburgh and Inverness these were closed. The plants growing in here were huge and amazing to see! Edinburgh did have the best botanic garden altogether though. 

We walked back along the river to Kelvingrove Art Gallery, a big gallery with lots of different exhibitions, including “The Glasgow Boys” and “Glasgow Stories”. Also located here was Salvador Dali’s “Christ Of St John Of The Cross” which we queued up to see - only one group allowed in the room at a time! 

Walking back to the main city centre, we stumbled across the hidden lane, a small street full of independent shops. Unfortunately they were mostly closed, but it looked a nice area. 

From here, we found the Street Level Photoworks Exhibition, with work from a number of different photographers. As we arrived here with not long before closing time, we didn’t have much time here so only managed to look at the ground level exhibition. 

Our last stop of the day was a meal at Mono, which was delicious! It was a cool place with a record store and lots of different food options. 

Quite a long day with a lot of walking, but it was great to see Glasgow. Parts of it felt very different from Edinburgh and Inverness, but really nice to see the city and hopefully we will come back on Thursday to explore a bit more.