Day 10 (Tuesday, 27th September): Glasgow City and Street Art Tour

By Srdjan and Kyra

Today we made breakfast in the probably creepiest kitchen that one has ever seen. Where as we thought that the kitchen in Oban wasn’t already the best, the kitchen here really tops everything. In some way you could say it resembles prison.

At around 20 past 9 we all met downstairs in the lobby and went for a walk into the city. There we met with a tour guide who gave us a quick tour of the street art in Glasgow. Most of the artworks, made by popular artists, showed people and only a few of them had the typical graffiti writing that one might expect from street art. One thing that really stood out was that all the artwork which showed people was made really carefully and if you looked close enough a lot of details could be discovered. The tour guide told us that in the picture with the taxi and the balloons the man in the left corner wasn’t originally planned to be in it but that actually a fan of the artist wanted to make a picture and afterwards the artist decided to draw him.

After the tour we went to the central station where we boarded a hop on hop off bus that took us around the city. Because of the open deck of the bus it was quite cold and everyone snuggled into their clothes while listening to what the speaker had to tell us about the city. It was quite interesting and we definitely learned a lot about the city.

Afterwards we went to St. Mungo's Cathedral and had a look at the burial ground. It was quite impressive, not only because the gravestones were really big but also because the whole graveyard was built on a wide area of green grass which stood in a big contrast to the dark and shallow city.

In the late afternoon, we were allowed to stroll around the city and explore for ourselves. Some bought souvenirs, others food and others went straight back to the youth hostel. For dinner some of us went to a vietnamese restaurant while the rest stayed at the youth hostel and made themselves fajitas and tacos. Even though it wasn’t the most eventful day of our trip we still were all happy when we had something warm for dinner.