UK Trip - Day 12

Today we woke up late, had breakfast, snoozed for a bit and then headed off to Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum. It was raining today so we thought to postpone our trip to Stirling for tomorrow. 

 Okay, so any of you who loves museum would be happy to know that all museums in Scotland are free entry. And the only word I love more than the word "Sale" is "FREE"!

 Boy!!! That museum is absolutely amazing. We went there at 12 and stayed there until they practically booted us out at 5. I could have easily roamed in there for another  five hours. 









Since they allow you to take pictures (how nice of them), I started to take pictures of my favourite pieces. Then I realised that I am taking pictures of everything so I had to stop. 


Queen Victoria with her usual lemon-sucking expression


Sir William Wallace


The Coming of Spring painted in1899 by EA Hornell... Aren't the little girls adorable?


Anna Pavlova painted in 1910 by John Lavery...


Ice Age Giant Irish Deer - Now extinct. Thanks to extensive hunting in middle ages...


Puppy made with Boots... I loved the whimsy of it...


Ready for Battle...


A Medieval Armour


This painting is called Five Senses... Zoom in to see where the senses portrayed and how...


Stained Glass Door...


Charity


This is called Modesty. Funny how a man is never shown as "Modest"...



Who'd have thought that there will be a display of West Bengal, India in Glasgow Art Gallery?




Will you believe both the saree and the day dress came from India? Saree is Benarasi Silk from Benaras and the day dress is Jaipuri Blockprint drape over mint green Indian cotton. The necklace is also from India.

 There were some Monet's paintings which I drooled over for a while. I really really really want a Monet watercolour (I will take any one of them. I am not picky). But I am not willing to sell my and my future children's body organs to afford one (To which my husband responded, "You vastly overestimated your and our future kids' body organs. Not even if you include your arms and legs you can afford one). So I will settle for a really good print one day. 


After the museum, we came back to the hotel to drop off our car and decided to explore Glasgow on foot. We walked around the town and came up to a Kabab Shop called 'Babs. Cute, isn't it?



So we decided to check it out. It was reasonably priced but extremely tasty dinner. If you are in this area, I'd definitely recommend it. 

 After dinner, we walked over to city centre. Glasgow is absolutely stunning at night. After taking a few pictures, we went back to our place. 



Tomorrow we will explore Stirling Castle and Stirling Bridge in the morning and Glasgow at night.

Comments

  1. UnknownSeptember 5, 2017 at 1:32 PM

    Nice pix dear ....
    One thing we need to appreciate these brits they store things like treasures even though they stole it from here and there and from India lol ( kidding)

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    1. TiaSeptember 6, 2017 at 2:17 AM

      No kidding. All true. If the countries start to claim there stuff from British Empire which they stole over the years, Museums in Great Britain will be sitting empty.

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  2. UnknownSeptember 5, 2017 at 1:46 PM

    Try bean burger in London it's the best and don't miss Pizza Hut dear it's way different from USA / Canada mainly try the salad in Pizza Hut it's so yumm trust me and buy souvenirs in main London shops there arts are best nits to wall hangings don't forget " royal dalton " show piece dolls ( bit expensive but when u keep in ur show counter top it looks classy ...
    Are u exploring "Isle of Wight"don't miss that island it's so beautiful u can drive there and car can in ferry and u can explore the island

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    1. TiaSeptember 6, 2017 at 2:18 AM

      Thanks for the suggestion. We only have two days in London. So I doubt we will be able to see anything but London. But may be next time. :)

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  3. UnknownSeptember 5, 2017 at 1:50 PM

    From London to Isle of Wight it's 3 hrs drive

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  4. gaurimishaSeptember 6, 2017 at 12:27 AM

    Just Wow!!
    I wish I cud travel when I was in London, cudnt...thanks to my kiddo.
    But now, I get to see them...thanks to ur pics...beautiful

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    1. TiaSeptember 6, 2017 at 2:19 AM

      Thanks hun. That's why we came this year. Once we have children, it's hard to travel for the first few years. But after that, it's fine.

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    2. UnknownSeptember 6, 2017 at 8:34 AM

      Guess what first look of krpkab 2 is out. They are trying the ki and ka formula. Sonakshi working and dev becomes a house husband, feeding, bathing shubh. Anything to highlight dev.

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    3. TiaSeptember 6, 2017 at 6:41 PM

      Really? Great. I'd love to see domesticated Bhaiya with corporate wifey. :D

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  5. AnonymousSeptember 6, 2017 at 6:38 PM

    Congratulations Tia !! Your blog viewers crossed 100K.

    Looking forward to reading your KRPKAB blogs after it restarts.

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    1. TiaSeptember 6, 2017 at 6:40 PM

      Thanks hun. I didn't even notice. And only in three and half months (I started mid-may). Thanks to you guys. :)

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