7/21/13 -- Scotland Trip, Day 2

Itinerary

Hilton Glasgow Grosvenor

            We had absolutely nothing that we had to do today! And thank goodness for that, too, because we were very tired. I had to sleep on the floor on a duvet (pronounced "doovie" here) last night, but it was no trouble at all; I fell asleep straightaway.

            We all got up around 10:30, and got downstairs to eat breakfast just in time -- breakfast ended at 11:00. It was a delicious breakfast which included Nutella. I had forgotten about how popular Nutella is in Europe.

            After breakfast we went back up to our room and I wound up sleeping some more. Sadly, I snored quite a bit, which I know because I kept waking myself up. I tried to sleep while pinching my nose so I didn't snore so much, but that didn't work at all.

            Eventually, around 3:00, we went around the corner to the Botanic Garden, which was basically a park except with greenhouses. They were so cool. I took a ton of pictures and generally had a great time. After roaming around for a while, we went to a place that had "tea" which was basically breakfast, lunch, and dessert. We got there at a point when all the tables were full, and we ended up sitting with a woman who offered to have us at her table. She was a little strange, and might have been schizophrenic. She was pretty nice, though, and recommended a few places to go shopping and stuff. We probably won't, because (a) we don't really shop, and (b) we're leaving tomorrow afternoon. The woman left before we did, and we thought that she might not have paid, but apparently she did so that was reassuring.

            As we left the Botanic Garden, we noticed signs for a program called "The Bard in the Botanics." We were excited for a bit, until we noticed that it wasn't showing Sundays and Mondays. Shoot. However, it looks awesome, and is another reason that I'd really like to study in Glasgow. Their website is www.bardinthebotanics.co.uk if you want to look it up.

            After that, we went to our room again, and Mom and I played our instruments a bit, then we went and ate a bit of food, then came back to our room again. Soooo exciting. It was a good day, though. Relaxing, fun, enjoyable. I really do like Glasgow so far.