Bath Time!

So really this is kinda messed up as we didn't even have shampoo, but it is so funny how afraid of bathtime chase is.  So we got home and wanted to see if she was still afraid of the tub.  See for yourself.

Eventually I will figure out how to put the video of this up, it is equally as priceless.

Cheers,
Pete

The Green

So the Glasgow Green is supposedly one of the if not the biggest city park in the UK.  I can't back that up, but I know that it is the biggest park wholly within a city in Scotland.  Who knows what those limey bastards are upto south of here.  Anywho the Green is fairly important to us as we go there every morning to take the dog to get some exercise and do her business.  She only poops on concrete if she really has to go, she much prefers the grass, she is a princess.  So most days we go together some days only one of us goes, but the monster goes every day.  It is quite a nice place its where they shot off fireworks for 300 odd thousand people on Guy Fawkes Day the 5th of November, which the best I can tell is commemorating a guy that attempted to assassinate the house of commons and the house of lords several hundred years ago by blowing up the Westminster parliament.  Now in England and all of the UK official stuff the holiday is to celebrate the saving of the government and the prevailing of the king.  In Scotland the best I can tell it is a celebration of someone actually getting that close to killing a bunch of English aristocrats.  Either way both sides celebrate with fireworks bonfires and 4th of july like atmosphere.  Good times.....On to the photos.

Chase along the Clyde walk on the way to the park (probably 3 blocks away)

Old Railway crossing they Clyde, Made of Iron and Steel with stone Caissons

Another old Clyde crossing, this one for cars and people, the oldest clyde crossing is the one that we live next to on Stockwell Street

A shitey picture of the Glasgow Nautical college, its hard to take pictures while the Dog is going crazy.

The high court of justicary right next to the Green, one time saw this surrouned by the Armed Response Unit Guys (Think British SWAT)

Chase, always excited to get to the grass

Swans and Geese hang out by the Clyde, Chase is terrified of them, it is hilarious

The St. Andrews pedestrian bridge, its a suspension bridge using no cables (it uses iron or steel bars instead)

The People's Palace, its a sociology museum, lots about red clydeside and a greenhouse cafe with palm trees, it is awesome.

The formal gate entry to the Green, What is it with the British empire and building gates without walls

A little taste of home courtesy of the Glasgow Common Council, its a real John Deere

I keep forgetting to take my camera to the Pub, but that is next on my list....Till then

--Pete

Before and After

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I just noticed that our photo of the 2.5 of us under our profile is titled "Before"  I think that might be because of the drastic difference in the before and after from our travels in India.  So I thought I'd throw that one up here.

Lets call this Before...Getting dropped at the Buffalo Airport 5/08

After, Getting off the Train in Galesburg IL (1 Chipolte Burrito and a Cinnabun Later) 8/08

School

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So its been a month, keeping up a blog is hard.  It never seems to make it to the top of the to do list.  Here's why.  School.  I've managed to spend less physical time at school in class than I did at Buffalo, which is amazing.  However the amount of time not in class spent working on school is crazy.  School is still really good though, it is fun to get a more European perspective on things.  One thing I am finding both in School and at the Pub is that Scots seem to have a very bizarre kinship with Florida.  It must be because of the whole sunset at 3:30 pm thing this time of year.  So I don't really have that much to say about school, it is a lot of fun, it is challenging, my profs seem to like me.  I like them as well, they are mostly Italian, which was unexpected but at least the language barrier is the same for the local kids.  If the profs were all Scottish, I might be the only one who had trouble understanding.  The local dialect is interesting, though I think I am getting it.  If I can't talk like them yet, at least I can understand them, its like being in Costa Rica all over again.  Anywho the point of this entry is to be more about posting some photos of school. so I'll get on with it...

The Architecture Building....where I spend all day on Tuesday, and usually one other day of the week.

The Royal College Building, I don't think I've been inside yet, but it is the historical centre of the University

This is the Colville Building, its for Civil Engineers, its attached to the Arch bldg, I have class here on Monday, for three more weeks, maybe just 2, not quite sure.

Just want you to notice the hill, I walk up it most days, and sometimes twice a day.  It is so steep by the Colville building the sidewalk has stairs.  It has yet to get much easier, and in the rain, there is not a single nice word to say about it.

Thats it for now, I hope to have one up about the Park where Chase goes every day and the Pub where we work in the next few days.

Cheers People,

PETE