Scotland - Day 2

Well, everyone in my cottage got up and ready to go Sunday morning, but not a soul was up in the other cottage. We left a note so we could meet up with them later and headed on into Glasgow. After navigating an unfamiliar city, we found a parking lot a few blocks from Glasgow Green. We walked through the park to the River Clyde, then headed over to the People's Palace where there was a free museum of city life in Glasgow through history. An impressive fountain representing the four corners of the British Empire under Queen Victoria was in front of the Palace.

Next, we drove on down to Ayr where, of course, Lance & Lori, had to stop in the Rangers store to shop. As we walked on down the shopping street, a heavy downpour that even had hail forced us to dash for cover. We wound up ducking into a lovely Cantonese restaurant that served a delicious three-course meal for one fair price. By the time we finished lunch, the rain had stopped, so we walked on down to the seashore for our first glimpse of the Scottish coast. Before long it was raining again, so we turned around to head back to the car with a brief duck into an arcade for the heaviest part of the shower.

By this time we had talked to the group from the other cottage, and they had just discovered that we all had the wrong time down for our planned summer dancing at Culzean Castle and it was over already. Although we had missed the dancing, we went on down to explore the castle grounds. There was a good view of the isle of Arran, and on the distant horizon Northern Ireland was barely visible.

A stop at the chippy shop in Bonnybridge for some fish & chips was the perfect way to wind down our first full day of sightseeing in Scotland.