Good morning Vietnam! Em I mean the UK (and to all my foreign
readers as well). It's once again time for that bitter sweet day, Sunday: a day of rest that is actually the prelude to the working
week! Not sure if it's just me or did anyone else feel that this
week just dragged by? I normally find that it flies past but
this week, it felt like it should be Friday when it was only
Wednesday and that's just depressing! It should feel like Monday
when it's Thursday if you ask me! Regardless, all this meant was that I was tired and grumpy, though I'm not sure that is much different from me
normally.
In other news (not sure being tired and grumpy counts as news – News Ed), the Commonwealth games have been on this week (I'm writing this during the week, so apologies if they have finished but don't think they will have) and well done to Scotland for breaking their medal records! In honour of the games, I decided to travel down to Glasgow (fair enough, I was also visiting Derek and Co. but still) to enjoy the Commonwealth atmosphere! This roughly translated to it being slightly busier than usual... as it turns out, to really enjoy the atmosphere, tickets are a good idea. Oh well.
I still managed to have a pretty enjoyable weekend, starting with meeting Chris and Derek and heading to Tribeca in Glasgow for a rather enjoyable (and large) brunch. Seriously, this American style diner serves massive portions (I had a fry up with plenty of toast) and some pancakes I saw appeared to be about an inch thick each, and there were multiple of them (alas I never got to try some: I do draw the line at approaching strangers and asking to try their food). It was particularly nice as they had opened up their massive bay windows to allow for the air to flow freely into the restaurant as it was a stunning day. If you're looking for a nice restaurant with a great atmosphere, good food and that is also great value, look no further.
Once again fueled up by a fry-up, it was time to head to the Kelvingrove Museum which is just a great day out whether you're an adult or a child! I mean, how many places can you get to see a giant crab? Probably lot's to be honest but this is certainly one of them.
Giant crabs aside, the museum does have a huge variety of well maintained (except the elusive haggis perhaps) and interesting exhibits ranging from extinct animals to Glasgow's history to Salvador Dali's 'Christ of Saint John of the Cross' painting (and various other artworks): meaning that there is something for everyone. I would thoroughly recommend checking out the painting, as it really is just spectacular to behold. It's beautiful to see and haunting as well.
Over various wings, the museum holds a lot to see and like most museums in Scotland, is completely free to visit, so no matter what your taste, it's well worth dropping by: either for an hour or for an entire day.
After some hard museum meandering (Holy alliteration Batman – Robin Ed), we decided to replenish our strength with some cake and coffee in the museum's cafe, in preparation for the next challenge ahead: wandering across the road for a couple of pints in Brewdog. You have to set your own challenges: no one else will! As it turned out, we actually failed in this particular challenge, as it was stupidly busy so we had to settle for the 'Crafty Goat' which in fairness was a really nice bar/restaurant and had some good beer.
The day finally ended after a fairly long discussion about what to have with dinner, that included learning swear words in both Greek and Italian (thanks Jenny and Chris), then deciding on some pizza whilst watching 'The Lego Movie' which is actually pretty fun. Batman in particular was a highlight of it. Check it out if you want some nice wholesome fun! It's worth noting that ordering dinner also involved a rather tense race between the delivery van and us, as we tried to make sure we got back before, with Chris actually having to run ahead and arriving just before the van.
Pick of the Week
Hawkeye (Marvel Now!) - The first thing that will attract you to this is the offbeat and slightly obscure artistic style of this comic series and once you start reading it, you'll discover that the style matches the content perfectly: it's wonderfully quirky and odd. Following both Hawkeyes (yes, there is two) and Clint's dog, you'll find out what the Avenger get's up to when he isn't saving the world. A great read and well worth checking out if you like comics.
Music of the Week
This week, it has been a long long long week (as previously mentioned - Ed) and to honour this, I'm going to choose a long song. It's the turn of Mastodon - The Czar which is made is made up of four parts:
1. Usurper
2. Escape
3. Martyr
4. Spiral
Prepare for an epic 11 minutes.
Well that's it from me for this week! See you all next week,
In other news (not sure being tired and grumpy counts as news – News Ed), the Commonwealth games have been on this week (I'm writing this during the week, so apologies if they have finished but don't think they will have) and well done to Scotland for breaking their medal records! In honour of the games, I decided to travel down to Glasgow (fair enough, I was also visiting Derek and Co. but still) to enjoy the Commonwealth atmosphere! This roughly translated to it being slightly busier than usual... as it turns out, to really enjoy the atmosphere, tickets are a good idea. Oh well.
I still managed to have a pretty enjoyable weekend, starting with meeting Chris and Derek and heading to Tribeca in Glasgow for a rather enjoyable (and large) brunch. Seriously, this American style diner serves massive portions (I had a fry up with plenty of toast) and some pancakes I saw appeared to be about an inch thick each, and there were multiple of them (alas I never got to try some: I do draw the line at approaching strangers and asking to try their food). It was particularly nice as they had opened up their massive bay windows to allow for the air to flow freely into the restaurant as it was a stunning day. If you're looking for a nice restaurant with a great atmosphere, good food and that is also great value, look no further.
Once again fueled up by a fry-up, it was time to head to the Kelvingrove Museum which is just a great day out whether you're an adult or a child! I mean, how many places can you get to see a giant crab? Probably lot's to be honest but this is certainly one of them.
Giant crabs aside, the museum does have a huge variety of well maintained (except the elusive haggis perhaps) and interesting exhibits ranging from extinct animals to Glasgow's history to Salvador Dali's 'Christ of Saint John of the Cross' painting (and various other artworks): meaning that there is something for everyone. I would thoroughly recommend checking out the painting, as it really is just spectacular to behold. It's beautiful to see and haunting as well.
Over various wings, the museum holds a lot to see and like most museums in Scotland, is completely free to visit, so no matter what your taste, it's well worth dropping by: either for an hour or for an entire day.
After some hard museum meandering (Holy alliteration Batman – Robin Ed), we decided to replenish our strength with some cake and coffee in the museum's cafe, in preparation for the next challenge ahead: wandering across the road for a couple of pints in Brewdog. You have to set your own challenges: no one else will! As it turned out, we actually failed in this particular challenge, as it was stupidly busy so we had to settle for the 'Crafty Goat' which in fairness was a really nice bar/restaurant and had some good beer.
The day finally ended after a fairly long discussion about what to have with dinner, that included learning swear words in both Greek and Italian (thanks Jenny and Chris), then deciding on some pizza whilst watching 'The Lego Movie' which is actually pretty fun. Batman in particular was a highlight of it. Check it out if you want some nice wholesome fun! It's worth noting that ordering dinner also involved a rather tense race between the delivery van and us, as we tried to make sure we got back before, with Chris actually having to run ahead and arriving just before the van.
Pick of the Week
Hawkeye (Marvel Now!) - The first thing that will attract you to this is the offbeat and slightly obscure artistic style of this comic series and once you start reading it, you'll discover that the style matches the content perfectly: it's wonderfully quirky and odd. Following both Hawkeyes (yes, there is two) and Clint's dog, you'll find out what the Avenger get's up to when he isn't saving the world. A great read and well worth checking out if you like comics.
Music of the Week
This week, it has been a long long long week (as previously mentioned - Ed) and to honour this, I'm going to choose a long song. It's the turn of Mastodon - The Czar which is made is made up of four parts:
1. Usurper
2. Escape
3. Martyr
4. Spiral
Prepare for an epic 11 minutes.
Well that's it from me for this week! See you all next week,
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