I didn't really believe I would see sunshine in Glasgow when I landed to flood warnings and ridiculous rain, but that's exactly what we got here today. And I managed to miss the one bout of rain by escaping into the Kelvingrove. Most of the day was taken up with reading/planning for the next week of research, but my mid-day wander through the Kelvingrove was wonderful. And apparently everyone and their mom had the same idea as me as I have never seen it so packed. Strangely enough when I was leaving they were setting up for some kind of ballroom exhibition presentation in the main lobby (weird!). On my walk back to my guest house from the studying and picking up dinner I succumbed to stopping to read in the park in the beautiful sunshine for a half hour or so. It was actually the first time I have ever done that (thanks glasgow rain!) and it was pretty fun to watch everyone flitting about enjoying the sunshine, it definitely had the same feel as Portland in the sun.
While waiting for my take away (to-go) dinner I managed to walk over to my old flat and the surrounding blocks and it was kind of surreal walking about there again. Everything was clean and neat since most students aren't here but I could see some occupants of what used to be my friends' rooms, sad! Speaking of food, it has been an interesting day for that. I started off completely forgetting that minestrone soup has noodles in it (wooops!), and then treated myself with my favorite indian restaurant for dinner but apparently no one there understands what gluten is because I am pretty sure both dishes I ordered had gluten in them. So it will probably be an interesting evening of recovery, and a BIG reminder to pay more attention to that!
Instead of boring you with more gluten talk here are some pictures from today.
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| Don't remember who painted it but I easily starred at it for ten minutes. |
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| Ah Margaret MacKintosh how I love you. |
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| The Kelvingrove with blue sky overhead! (kind of, this was right after the rainstorm) |
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| Blue sky in the skylight in my room! |
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