May 27, Glasgow Bus Tour, Burrell Collection
Sunday, Glasgow
On this Sunday, we had the day to ourselves again, and had no other appointments for the trip. My roommate and I decided to go on the full loop of the city bus tour. It was a nice way to wrap up the trip, picking out the places where we had spent time throughout the past week.
We drove by the River Clyde and see the famous landmarks including the Armadillo (actually the Clyde Auditorium), the Finnieston Crane (left as a symbol of the industrious past of Glasgow), and the Squiggly Bridge (actually the Tradeston Bridge) known for its lazy zigzag shape across the river.
My roommate and I then took a train south to visit the Burrell Collection. The entire collection, created by Sir William Burrell, could never all be displayed all at once, as it is made up of more than 9000 items. It is considered to be one of the greatest collections ever created by a single person. Burrell lived in Glasgow as a wealthy shipping agent and had an interest for art that started when he was a teenager. At the Collection, we viewed European Medieval art, ceramics from China, a collection of armor, vases and sculptures from Greece and Rome, Egyptian stone sculptures, and many European paintings.
We drove by the River Clyde and see the famous landmarks including the Armadillo (actually the Clyde Auditorium), the Finnieston Crane (left as a symbol of the industrious past of Glasgow), and the Squiggly Bridge (actually the Tradeston Bridge) known for its lazy zigzag shape across the river.
My roommate and I then took a train south to visit the Burrell Collection. The entire collection, created by Sir William Burrell, could never all be displayed all at once, as it is made up of more than 9000 items. It is considered to be one of the greatest collections ever created by a single person. Burrell lived in Glasgow as a wealthy shipping agent and had an interest for art that started when he was a teenager. At the Collection, we viewed European Medieval art, ceramics from China, a collection of armor, vases and sculptures from Greece and Rome, Egyptian stone sculptures, and many European paintings.
That evening, a group of us ended the day at a place called the Mussel Inn. I ate an entire plate of fresh, Scottish mussels and three scallops, swimming in butter and garlic.