Two of my favourite museums I've encountered anywhere were in Glasgow.  If natural or human history appeal to you, or you're a fan of art or strange curiosities, you're sure to love exploring The Hunterian Museum and Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum.  They both have a weird and wonderful collection of objects - manmade, animal, world-famous artworks and an array of interesting specimens.  Both situated by the picturesque Kelvingrove Park and surrounded by cafes and restaurants, you're sure to have a wonderful day here.

Today is Friday and it’s the last full day in this strange city, with its grimy buildings and its lush greenery and its eclectic mix of people.  

The last few days have been busier, more hectic and more stressful than I would have liked.  Between sorting out customs forms to send our bags back to Australia, sorting out customs forms to post things back to Australia, sorting out customs forms to send the tagger to Washington and organising all our belongings, we still wanted to see some of the history and art that Glasgow had to offer.  It’s now Thursday and I’m sitting outside the apartment waiting for someone to collect our bags.  It’s 9.50 and the timeslot they’ve given us was the generous 9-6, so it could well be a long day.

In all the excitement, I haven’t told you much about Glasgow.  We’re staying by the River Clyde, just across from the Central Station, so it’s relatively easy to get into town.  It took us hardly any time to get to Tiso when we bought our bags.   The building we’re staying in is also quite lovely, and we’ve got a huge room, and one half of the couple we’re staying with is an engineer doing his PhD in wind technology.  There’s a tiny TV in the room and a collection of DVD’s including Not Another Teen Movie, two Toy Story films, Knocked Up and Despicable Me.  There’s a real selection.

Waking stiff and not quite used to the car after 6 nights of double bed luxury, we quickly shed our sleeping bags and decided to find some coffee by Loch Lomond.  For a tourist destination so close to Glasgow, you’d think these towns would provide necessary caffeine earlier than 10am.  You’d also be wrong.