Tea and religion

I left Ewa's about 10 and was able to leave my luggage at the hotel. Then I walked in the light rain to the original Mackintosh-designed tea room on Sauchiehall Lane with a bigger gift shop than the one on Buchanan.  I found out the afternoon tea menu cost £34 instead of £19.5 and that the two places are entirely separate. 

"Mackintosh at the Willow is an internationally renowned architectural and interior design treasure in the heart of the Glasgow, designed by Charles Rennie Mackintosh for Miss Cranston. We run as a social enterprise and support The Princes Trust by providing employment and training opportunities for young people." Kate Cranston started the "tea room" concept in 1878. 

Kate Cranston around 1903, dressed in the style of the 1850s.

So I left the original and went to the cheaper one! So many carbs but it was nice.

By that time I was able to get into my room but I almost fainted at the price I had to pay for the 4 days,  $730! In pounds it didn't sound so bad.

Then I walked to the area with the St. Mungo Museum of Religious Life & Art, the Glasgow Cathedral, the Provand's Lordship and Necropolis, the cemetery. I barely squeezed all of them in while they were trying to close. In the Provand's a huge group of French speakers came in at the last minute and it made it hard to get through the narrow passageways of the oldest house in Glasgow,  built in 1471.

Provand's Lordship manse (Minister's house)

The Cathedral from the St Mungo Museum 

The Necropolis also from the St Mungo Museum 

     Interior of Glasgow Cathedral 

   From St Mungo Museum

The Zen garden from the St Mungo Museum

Saint Mungo (his real name was Kentigern) Museum was pretty interesting and then I rushed across the plaza to the cathedral and then 10 minutes later I rushed to the Provand's "manse". And then realized I had to use a toilet (or should I say a "female toilet"?) but alas, everything had closed and it wasn't even 5:00 yet!

This figure spooked me! I thought it was Olga, my 2nd 5W host in Edinburgh,  for a frightening second! It is "Cuthbert Simpson".

From Provand's Lordship 

       The Necropolis 

      A mural of St Mungo depicting one of his miracles,  bringing a robin back to life, from nearby High Street