Work Trip turns into Mini-Getaway

This past weekend, we had planned taking a trip to the beach...of course depending on the crazy England weather. We had another opportunity present itself to us.  Jeff had to take a work trip to Glasgow, Scotland on Friday.  I decided to join him!  We hopped in the car around 5 in the morning, and made it to Glasgow about 4 hours later.

We grabbed an early lunch and Jeff headed to work.  I was planning on spending the day in the hotel getting caught up on my online class.  I didn't feel well and spent most of the day napping off a yucky headache.  When Jeff came back, we walked around the city.  Later that night, we met up with one of Jeff's Scottish work friends.  We met at a local pub, had a few drinks, and enjoyed hearing about the local culture and life there.  It was interesting to converse at first, just because of the strong Scottish accents.  We definitely got used to it and had a great time.

The next day, we explored the city.  We grabbed some breakfast at our favorite spot, Pret A Manger, which has the best double blueberry muffins. We had our muffins and coffee on the square of the city.  It was a nice start to our adventure for the day.

We then walked to Glasgow Cathedral and the Glasgow Necropolis.  The church was very simple and we both agreed it was in our Top 5 churches we've seen since we've been over here.  There was something special about the fact that the tombs in the basement level didn't have gold draped all over them or the fact that there wasn't fancy details throughout the whole church.  We liked the change and the small details in this one!

Glasgow Necropolis was something special as we haven't visited a cemetery since we've been over here.  It was huge and interesting to read the engravings in the tombs.  One of them that stands out:  the husband died at age 40, the wife lived another 34 years.  The sad part was they had a child the same year the father died, and the baby only lived to age 2.  What a sad, sad situation.

The cemetery overlooked the city, it was quite a view!

We ended our short adventure at a local brewery that was recommended to us by local friends.  The building was great, and we really enjoyed the beer! We were able to get one of our favorite German dishes while we were there as well, currywurst (not the best picture of it).  We headed home, so we were able to have a "chill day" at home on Sunday to recuperate before the work week starts again.

 We would have loved to sit outside, unfortunately the weather wasn't cooperating. 

I leave you with this picture. I just thought it was so cool that this tux shop had these on display. Jeff said that his friend wore one at his wedding. What a cool cultural tradition!