Thistle Hotel Glasgow

... arrived in pretty good shape.  A quick shower and we were up and ready to walk around the town.  We stayed at the Thistle Hotel—a great 1st night hotel in a great location.  It’s a great way to ease into a new country and a ...

... at our hotel. We both had potato scones and soda bread, but opted out of trying the Haggis just yet. We plan to travel around Glasgow on a tour bus for a bit today and then I am off to visit the birthplace of my great grandfather Rae. I cannot upload ...

... listening to the commentary about all of the buildings, sites and historical facts about the city. For example, the last hanging in Glasgow was of a man named Dr. Pritcher who murdered his wife and mother-in-law. 80,000 people attended the hanging. I ...

... with the crest emblem on it to add to our world travels collection.    The tour next took us to lunch at Edinburgh Thistle Hotel.  It took about an hour to eat, and then...it was shopping time.  We had 2 hours before we had ...

... bushes. At times, there were half hour gaps between spotting one quaint little homestead and another. Eventually we arrived at Glasgow's huge central station and emerged into the city itself. The streets were incredibly dark for a major city, and we ...

... got some time to tell it. The last time that we wrote was in Edinburgh; from there we hopped a train to Milngavie (via Glasgow) for the start of the West Highland Way.  Despite the fact that Milngavie (pronounced Mill-guy) was the smallest town ...