You'll take the high road and I'll take the Low road and I'll be in Scotland afore ye...

Here is my favorite picture of Glasgow, the Cathedral from on top of the Necropolis.
Behind the Glasgow Cathedral lay an extravagant Victorian cemetery called the Glasgow Necropolis. 50,000 people have been buried there in approximately 3500 tombs. It was established in 1831 by the Merchant's House of Glasgow.
I decided to put this picture up out of all the rest of them because out of all of the stained glass decorations in cathedrals that I have seen so far, the details in the Glasgow Cathedral were my favorite, and by far the prettiest on the trip. If only you could see the detail on each and every piece of glass in that cathedral, you would feel the same way. Every single window was unique and told it's own story. Imagine the time it took to complete this cathedral so many years ago! This cathedral is the best reserved church that survived the Protestant Reformation that lasted from around 1517 to 1648
We are in the war memorial park just in front of the town hall (shown in the background of this statue). While we were there, a bunch of army and navy recruiters were stationed for show with their tanks and guns out on display. The war memorial was built in 1929 for those whose lives were lost in the first World War. I love it that every country we have visited so far dedicates statues and museums to those who lost their lives. Most cathedrals even have several memorials within their walls just as respect to war veterans.

This is a picture outside of the Glasgow town hall, through the arches shown is a square area with similar beautiful buildings surrounding it, all different meeting points of the town hall.


Glasgow was an adventure in itself. We started out the trip thinking that we had booked the Holiday Inn Express in Glasgow, but it was actually in an even smaller town outside of Glasgow. Little did we know, the airport that we came in on was way the hell out of the way, so we rode in a taxi for over an hour to arrive at our hotel. We had very little time as it was, so we were a bit frustrated about the commute. On top of that, we were a little disappointed at how Glasgow looked at first glance. It was crummy looking and dirty as well, but we were lucky to find the best view of Glasgow, the Cathedral and the Necropolis. I can't say Glasgow was a complete waste of time because I very much enjoyed that last area, but there was a lot more to see in Edinburgh and if you get the chance to visit Scotland, spend most of your time there.