Averagely Adventurous

My mom has arrived! And she only had to travel 8.5 hours by plane...lucky girl.  She's here for the week and we've got all of our days planned out, some with official tour guides, and some where I'm the guide!  For today, we figured we would just relax.  She would be getting in early, after being up all night, so a simple day seemed like the best plan. Oh, and tattoos. Because why not?   After she got to our flat, we caught up and walked to the pub for lunch.  Pedro wouldn't be able to come with us on a lot of adventures, due to school, but he was able to eat with us before class. Then it was off to the tattoo shop! Pedro's friend had suggested the artist, and she was just on the main street. We already had our design worked out, getting matching pieces, mine on the inside of my arm and hers on her wrist.  My mom had cute idea in mind, so I drew it for the artist to stencil directly on our skin.  It's a simple black and white outline- a stack of b...

 'You're a part of history right now'   I was told that three times today.  Seems odd to be part of this country I've adopted, but it is certainly an unprecedented time for most people. Everyone's been on the news, watching and waiting for any updates on the Queen's health.  See, we had already gotten big news with a new Prime Minister yesterday, but many people were looking at her majesty rather than the PM.  She was looking a bit frail (as most 90-something year olds do) but the internet was speculating even more on the bruise she had on her hand.  People were freaking out, thinking it was from an IV (making the statement from Buckingham Palace placating us a bit empty). The Palace had since been releasing information that was just vague enough to tell us she was alive, but not doing well.  

Do you ever do something and think 'wow, I haven't done that since before the pandemic'? Well, Pedro and I went to the movies yesterday.  (And I realize saying 'go to the movies' is very American)  Pedro really wanted to see the new Thor movie (I agreed-Thor is awesome) and didn't want to wait for it to stream online. So, we looked up the nearest theater, or *cinema*.  We found one right downtown, so we decided to go for a late night showing.  I'll admit, it was a small thing that we we were really excited for once we bought the tickets. Enjoy the little things, right?  

 Today was Luis's last day touring with us. His flight will be taking off in the morning, so we didn't want to completely wear him out, plus Pedro and Luis were both a bit tired.  I figured we'd see the Glasgow Cathedral and Necropolis, then walk through the city for however long or little as we like, and spend the rest of the day resting/packing.  We took the train to High Street, which is right by the Cathedral, so that we could walk back towards Queen Street to go back home.  Luckily, we arrived at the Cathedral just before their lunch break, and got to go inside (Pedro's first time seeing it too). The stained glass inside is very pretty, with some on display, preserved in a light box. 

 Today the Scottish weather returned.  When we woke up it was cool, overcast, and rain was in the forecast.  Our tour today had some overlapping places, but we figured they'll look different in this weather. When we got to the pick up point for our tour, we had to laugh - we had the same tour guide.  Of course, he quickly told us he'd be testing our knowledge against the rest of the people on the bus at the end since we'd be hearing some of the stories twice. 

Today was a lighter day to help the guys recover from all the walking yesterday.  So we started the day off right with a stop at Beefcake Cafe, our favorite.  Luis thoroughly enjoyed the freshly baked items, so we were like proud patrons.  I was also very happy with my ginger cake, even though they thought I was crazy.  Pedro thinks ginger tastes like soap. It's not his fault, he's got the genes that make his brain perceive ginger as a soap flavor. Turns out Luis has it too! Oh well, more for me. 

Our first lesson of the day for Luis: it's pronounced ed-in-bur-rah or ed-in-bruh , not ed-in-berg like Pittsburgh.