Thursday June 10th, 2004

Met Gary and Monica downstairs for the Scottish breakfast. I did avoid the Haggis ... but all else was good ... even the baked beans. No idea why they have baked beans for breakfast, but oh well!

Our plan for the day consisted of catching a double-decker-open-top bus tour of Glasgow so we wandered on down to George's Square where the tours originate. This was quite a walk in itself, but on the way I snagged a couple of coffee mugs which reminded me of Jaime and Claire and would make the perfect gift for Susan, the lady watching Robbie for us. I am very pleased with that purchase and sure hope Susan likes them!

During our walk to the bus, the sky opened up and poured on us a couple of times. Then the sun would come out. Then it would rain again! Same thing happened while on the 70 minute bus tour around Glasgow. The rain and cooler temps didn't bother us a bit. Everyone around us seemed to take it as par for the course, too. No worries. I must say, it is really nice to be back in a country where English is the main language. After the bus tour we stopped for lunch in a pub and beers of course! Then Gary and Monica went one way while Tom and I went another. We had spotted a place that sold kilts and all the accessories and Tom wanted to look for a sporan for his formal kilt attire. They also had lots of Mackinnon this and that stuff so we had a good time shopping. We also bought some more books and then went back to the B&B to relax before dinner.

Gary, Monica, Tom and I all went out to an Indian Restaurant for dinner. We ordered way too much food but still tried to eat it all! It was really good. Monica is a vegetarian so Indian is a popular choice with her. Me too! We walked off the meal a bit and then retired for the night.