Journal

Dare Enough For A Change

Finally I decided to take a deviation. Downloaded the Google Offline map of this area and felt too much of confidence. Walked for almost 4 miles and clicked photos all around.

Majority of the establishments are bar attached restaurants. Pints and Spirits are adorned more than the water. Might be that the extreme cold climate. Its a part of the culture.

I hear a church bell kind of sound from a far distance from the hotel room. Came to know that it is from this tower. It rings for every hour. Soothing voice.

I like the road intersections. There are some interesting buildings on the dividers.

Walking to the interior part of the city. The old days touch kept on coming in

Clicked this picture as this building looks symmetrically awesome. A rectangular chunk of art.

The brownish row structures. Old shops on the ground floor. There were some Indian restaurants too.

The end of this road takes me to the hotel. Combination of maps + landmarks saved some battery life.

Music Everywhere

This place is full of music all the time.

I walked into the hotel lobby there was the music. Checked into the room, music was there too. Walked out to the street, there is the music again.

Ani also love to listen to music. I don't know how many CD's I have gifted to her during our college days. She too started loving my favorites since then.

There was at least 4 live musicians along the way to the central station which is a mile from the hotel. Stopped at couple of places to listen to them. So blessed with the wonderful voice. Still I wonder why they don't get the right chance to come into the limelight.

He was there for a long time. Country songs? I think yes.

But this person was singing one of my favorites (Cold Play - A Sky Full Of Stars). So recorded the video for sometime. Good singing.

They Says Its Summer

Whomever I met at the hotel or office told me that they are enjoying the summer. I politely agreed to their comments shivering on the street (It was 8 degree celcious when I checked the weather). Indeed it is a summer for them, but I needed an extra sweater then :)

For the past three days whenever I got out, I took the exact same alley to walk, shop or eat. I was so confused about the street layout and took the same path all the day to avoid getting lost.

In and out of the buildings and shops, it was a wonderful walk in the morning.

This looked like a mall. But all the shops in it were dedicated either to jewelry or watches.

That's a cute little coffee shop near to the central station. It looked like a church though from a distance

Glass paved roofs let in lot of sunlight. So energetic.

Captivating collections

I believe this is a connection terminal to the central station

The corner building next to the central station.

Glasgow Central Station

The path I walked took me to the Central Station. Walked in and around sometime enjoying one of the magnificent infrastructure of Scotland.

This is a major mainline terminus and the larger of the two present main-line railway terminals in Glasgow.With over 27 million passenger entries and exits between March 2013 and April 2014, Glasgow Central is the tenth-busiest railway station in Britain.

It is the terminus for all inter-city services between Glasgow and destinations in England. Something of my interest for sure.

According to Network Rail, over 38 million people use it annually, 80% of whom are passengers. The station is protected as a category A listed building (Category A: "buildings of national or international importance, either architectural or historic, or fine little-altered examples of some particular period, style or building type.").

Could find some pretty interesting facts about the station in the below footage.

Spent some around, a small shopping at the Tesco Express and headed back home for lunch.

The First Scottish Weekend

Got up by 8 in the morning listening to the unusual noise from the street. There were too many people out enjoying their stroll and laughing around. On the top of it, some seagulls which went really crazy flying around making weird noise.

Took a Skype call with my dears and Ikey was smiling and laughing at my Twinkle song. Missing them. Spent few minutes reading the bible and the topic I got to read - The Year of Favor!

Whats for the breakfast? There was a packet of pasta which I bought the other day during the shopping walk. Not because I like it. But it was one thing that I could eat and kind of inexpensive :)