Wednesday

We disembarked in Greenock this morning, which is on the coast of Scotland. We were met by men in kilts playing bagpipies. Then Vickie, Cathy, Craig and I took a local train into Glasgow. The train pulled into this HUGE station that was really awesome. From there we walked and ended up on another hop-on-hop-off bus. Got off near Glasgow University, which was holding a graduation, and at lunch at a little shop. Got back on the bus and got off at Glasgow Cathedral. This cathedral used to be a Roman Catholic Cathedral but is now a Presbyterian Cathedral. One of the volunteers there said it is a "live" cathedral, in other words they hold services there. It used to be white, but has aged. Since it is made of Sandstone, they can't do anything to clean it up. It was huge and beautiful. They even have a special nurse's area, since they are next to the Glasgow University. On the hillside behind the cathedral is a "necropolis" where thousands of people have been interred over the years. We were just sorry we didn't have enough time to go through it.