May 18 19 20 & 21: Three museums lots of organising & two Glaswegian vegan eateries ~ Halo Trip

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The lastly few days accept been busier , to a greater extent than hectic together with to a greater extent than stressful than I would accept liked. Between sorting out customs forms to ship our bags dorsum to Commonwealth of Australia , sorting out customs forms to post things dorsum to Commonwealth of Australia , sorting out customs forms to ship the tagger to Washington together with organising all our holding , nosotros even together with then wanted to take in some of the history together with fine art that Glasgow had to offer. It’s at i time Th together with I’m sitting exterior the plane waiting for someone to collect our bags. It’s 9.50 together with the timeslot they’ve given us was the generous 9-6 , together with then it could good live a long day.

Anyway , the 18^th was Mon together with nosotros were due to caput to Kelvingrove to see the museum there. I actually accept a lot of dearest for Victorian-style museums together with galleries that don’t accept the art/science distinction that came most afterwards. There were 2 distinct sides to the edifice – i for fine art together with i for natural together with human history – but they all sat together nether i roof. I would’ve liked them to live a piffling to a greater extent than intermingled , but tin dismiss imagine that some people would detect that chaotic.

Highlights included the Scottish wild fauna department , where they had a display ‘Haggis’ creature together with included local whiskeys to illustrate different aspects of Scottish civilization (Loch Lomond Whiskey went alongside Loch Lomond , Grouse Whiskey went alongside the birds). They had quite a practiced Darwin/evolution department that carefully tiptoed across sweeping statements similar , “people believed the populace was created over millions of years” which I ever detect enjoyable. They had a beehive , which I had mixed feelings most , but the bees seemed quite content together with I’m all for educating people on the coolness/necessity of bees.

The "Haggis" (this was weird)

How did the universe come upwards into creation? Cthulhu perhaps?

We spent several hours at Kelvingrove all upwards , noticing the Australian animals , which all made appearances inwards the “Record Breaker” department of the natural history , generally for most venomous mammal/snake/spider. Another department that was especially well-curated – though nosotros couldn’t pass as long at that spot as I’d accept liked – was the armour together with weapons department , which drew comparisons betwixt the artifacts together with animals/natural phenomena they were based on. The armadillo sat beside a accommodate of armour together with they mirrored each other inwards cast together with texture. A helmet sat beside a huge , white hare , together with they had matching ears. Beside a serrated sword sat the jaws of a shark , both alongside as unnerving teeth.

One other that stood out to me was a serial of archived objects stationed together that represented Beauty together with Ugliness , selected yesteryear (presumably) Glaswegian laypeople of all different backgrounds. They didn’t earmark which individual picked which objects from the archive , but each artifact had a disputation most why it was beautiful or ugly. Most people cited weapons as beingness ugly , because of their purposes. One cited a taxidermy flim-flam eating a aeroplane as beautiful , because it was the circle of life. Another claimed a spoon was the most beautiful. I agreed. I quite similar spoons.

The Helmet & The Hare

My favourite component division of museums are signs for things that accept been removed.

This edifice is fantastic

Before nosotros had left Edinburgh , our host from at that spot had said that nosotros should encounter upwards for a drinkable when nosotros got to Glasgow. Before nosotros caput to Kelvingrove , Nicholas flicked him a message , together with nosotros decided to caput for dinner at a house called The 78. We’d been missing practiced vegan nutrient , together with this house did a bargain for meat-free Mondays , together with then nosotros were sold. We met upwards , had some g&ts together with iii courses of fantastic vegan nutrient (I accept to recommend the nachos , which I got as a starter , the brownie , which I got for dessert , together with the quesadilla , which Nick together with Fergus both got for primary together with I regretted non getting). It was all for something similar 12 pounds , which made it fifty-fifty better. It felt similar a piffling fleck of Melbourne.

Kelvingrove Museum

The next twenty-four hr catamenia was some other see to a museum of sorts , The Burrell Collection. It literally was a huge , elaborate collection of fine art together with objects together with artifacts , all collected yesteryear a rich transportation merchant who invested his coin inwards collecting together with set the collection on display. In the halt , he got knighted. We wondered if the guy who made MONA would acquire knighted , because he’s done , essentially , the same thing. We doubted it.

Nicholas together with I oftentimes experience similar nosotros came into these things at the incorrect time. It doesn’t affair how much fourth dimension y'all pass scouring the beach together with going to shops similar Wunderkammer together with collecting foreign together with odd wares , because all the practiced materials has already been works life or , if y'all works life it at i time , you’d accept to donate it to a museum or pay all the dollars for it. Anyway , the Burrell had some amazing materials on display; paintings , pastels , slice of furniture , weaponry , Roman , Greek together with Egyptian artifacts , ancient Chinese objects , Turkish rugs together with carpets.

Pollok Park

The Thinker

I’ve got a pretty practiced full general noesis of ancient together with modern histories , but the i house I accept huge noesis gaps is Chinese ancient history. I simply never learned it , together with haven’t ever placed it inwards a lot of context alongside other history. Even when nosotros went to places similar Skara Brae inwards Orkney together with they did ‘comparative histories’ , they used things similar The Pyramids of Giza together with the creation of the cycle inwards Mesopotamia to describe a comparison. Perhaps it was largely my ain ignorance that I felt together with then much daze seeing Chinese objects , made of metallic , that dated dorsum to 10 000 BC. I cannot fathom such ancient people smithing metal. It variety of blew my mind.

The edifice the Burrell is housed inwards is also rattling beautiful , together with it’s inwards this magical piffling house that feels rattling removed from the bustling Glasgow that’s jostling along simply a few minutes away. Pollok Park is a sprawling , dark-green evolution filled alongside lots of birds , trees together with bluebells. We hoped to brand it to Pollok work solid to persuasion some of the operate they’ve got on display (apparently lots of Blake) but ran to the doors simply as they were closing them for lastly entry. We’d spent far as good long inwards the café at the Burrell , drinking tea together with musing most what on populace nosotros were going to create alongside our lives i time this trip was over.

I dearest galleries together with museums painted inwards this muted green. I bought a pot of it inwards academy for my studio together with it was called Misty Moor.

The terminal museum-going twenty-four hr catamenia of excitement earlier this twenty-four hr catamenia (where nosotros sit down together with hold off on the stoop exterior the plane block) was yesterday. Yesterday was also quite a twenty-four hr catamenia for organising together with housekeeping: waking , packing , going to the post role , getting some printing done , buying cable ties to secure our bags together with dropping some things off to goodwill. After all this was out of the agency , it was lunchtime , together with nosotros decided to caput to a dog-friendly vegetarian bar called 13^th Note. It had a distinctly relaxed air , a decent cocktail bill of fare (anything alongside apple tree & elderflower has my shout out on it) together with fantastic food. Nicholas together with I felt completely spoiled for selection , together with then decided to acquire a few things to share. The Cajun chips were a piffling spicy together with delicious , the pizza was faux-meaty together with comforting , but the crispy pesto gnocchi was my personal favourite. It had huge chunks of saucy broccoli together with crispy gnocchi has textures dissimilar anything else (how is it I’ve never seen this sensation anywhere except Scotland? Scotland doesn’t strike me as especially Italian. Then i time to a greater extent than , they create boast a lot of macaroni cheese , which is a delicious Italian bastardisation if ever at that spot was one). Needless to say , it was amazing. Not quite as good priced as The 78 , but simply as tasty.

From hither , nosotros were headed to the St Mungo Museum of Religious Life together with Art , named after Glasgow’s patron Saint. As far as dealing alongside a lot of conflicting religions together with ideologies goes , they did a actually splendid project inwards discussing together with displaying all artifacts relatively impartially together with alongside dignity. They had a actually neat make of sculptures together with paintings , though I experience similar most Christian-related artwork pales inwards comparing to Islamic together with Hindu works. Indigenous Australian , Ancient Egyptian , Greek together with Roman cultures were represented , as good as mixed Islander cultures , though non many.

There was an emphasis on The Big vi (Islam , Judaism , Christianity , Sikhism , Buddhism together with Hinduism) inwards the side yesteryear side room , which focused on lifestyles , beliefs together with the afterlife. Nicholas preferred the commencement room , which showcases a selection of artwork but doesn’t acquire into a lot of especial most the religions themselves. I works life the 2d room to a greater extent than fascinating , as it delved into rites together with rituals together with the afterlife.

We took a incorrect plough on our agency to the Acropolis together with were invited into the cathedral earlier it closed. To live fair , the originality together with involvement that Christian epitome together with sculpture lacks , is made upwards for inwards their architecture. We didn’t accept as good long to await some , but it was dwarfing together with beautiful – as most cathedrals tend to live – reminiscent of huge caves together with alongside acoustics to match. We works life ourselves at the Necropolis together with wandered through the tombstones , talking most travel together with most faith , musing on what we’d learnt together with seen together with disagreed alongside at St Mungo’s.

That variety of gets us up-to-date. We’re currently sitting exterior our plane together with waiting for our pocketbook to live collected. It’s been a long morn together with then far. The outcome is that there’s no bell upwards to the apartments together with DHL can’t guarantee that they’ll telephone phone y'all when they arrive. If y'all immature adult woman them , they’ll simply acquire out together with y'all accept to pay i time to a greater extent than , which is a bummer. So nosotros sat on the stoop , caught upwards on postcard-writing together with allow lots of mailmen together with delivery people into the building.