13/05/2006

• Pictures from Scotland (first of several posts)

  
  

  Glasgow Cathedral (the original wooden building which St. Mungo built)

  
  

  

  
  

   

  
  

  Scots Guards Memorial Plaque in the Cathedral (for those who died in active service while fighting terrorism and Northern Irish upheaval)

  
  

  

  
  

   

  
  

  Scars on interior Cathedral columns (where the Reformers/Covenanters removed the Popish idols from the church during the Reformation)

  
  

  

  
  

  St. Mungo's Tomb (St. Mungo was instrumental in bringing the Gospel to Glasgow)

  
  

  

  
  

   

  
  

  John Knox Monument at the Necropolis/Cemetery adjacent the Cathedral (also commemorated other Covenanters on the monument)

  
  

  

  
  

   

  
  

  Museum of Religious Life (a quilt done by all the Church of Scotland's parishes in Glasgow;  NOTE: the original city motto of Glasgow at the top)

  
  

  

  
  

   

  
  

  Glasgow Exhibition Centre (looks like the Sydney Opera House)

  
  

  

  
  

   

  
  

  Buchanan St. Pedestrian District (mainly shops, the least expensive watch I saw was $14,000)

  
  

  

  
  

   

  
  

  Street Entertainer on Buchanan St. (actually, he is not a statue; when a person put a coin in his box, he acted for the person.)

  
  

  

  
  

   

  
  

  Glasgow from atop the main Tower of Glasgow University

  
  

  

  
  

   

  
  

  My good friend Steve and I atop the University Tower (Steve is the friend that I met in college and, after a stint as an engineer, is serving as a missionary and church planter in Glasgow)

  
  

  

  
  

   

  
  

  The Glasgow Tall Ship Glenlee (last merchant sailing vessel of Glasgow; became a motorised trader in the Mediterranean and practise target for the Spanish Navy, and was restored)

  
  

  

  
  

   

  
  

  Old River Clyde Pedestrian Ferry being restored:

  
  

  

  
  

   

  
  

  Glasgow Police Helicopter Landing (next to Tall Ship)

  
  

  

  
  

   

  
  

  Glasgow Police helicopter Taking Off shortly after (routine city surveillance mission)

  
  

  

  
  

  Warm afternoon day in Steve's neighborhood:

  
  

  

  
  

   

  
  

  The view from Steve's top floor flat

  
  

  

  
  

   

  
  

  Next picture post:  "FREEDOM!!!"  (Stirling: William Wallace's and Robert the Bruce's stomping ground for Scottish Independence)

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