If I could describe Glasgow in one word it would be “eclectic”.  The city is an amazing combination of old and new in architecture and people.  You can walk down a street and see a building that dates from the medieval times with its aging stone and carved edifice right next to an ultra-modern, sleek, glass building.  And right in front of that building you might see an older couple in Scottish woolens standing next to a young couple in fitted jeans with spiked hair chatting to each other.

I shopped today in Merchant City.  Each section of Glasgow is divided with archways that herald what part of the city you are now entering.  Merchant City is lined with shops, pubs, open-air stalls, and little cafes that evoke an old world charm. 

And finally, I found a city, maybe even a whole country, that enjoys tea as much as I do.  Tearooms are everywhere.  Afternoon tea was breakfast and lunch today.  As for calories?  Let’s not go there.  I am sure the cake alone was more than my daily allotment.  But then again, it was so huge I couldn’t finish it. 

Tomorrow it is on to the Cathedral District before heading north.  Until then,

--Gerri