I don't know if you have ever had a 15 year old teenage boy, but I'm on my second one and to try and get them off of video games takes monumental effort! I remember Jackson at this age BEGGING me not to travel and I lamenting that all of his friends would like to go if given the chance. His answer was, "then take them!" Because of course it was.
Now Levi is at the same stage. He likes to visit places, he says, but not travel to get there. Levi doesn't even really like leaving the house if truth be known. If he were left to be on screens for 24 hours a day, he would be ecstatic!
But me, I'm another creature all together. I would travel all the time if I could and if covid wasn't an issue. But alas, here we are....
So to circumvent any trips across the pond to Dublin, or Paris or even London right now, I wanted to find fun things to do in Glasgow. To the ever loving joy of the begrudging offspring Levi.
First up was the Elfingrove ice experience. A short 30 minute walk where they put together an ice skating rink in front of the Kelvingrove museum. I grew up in Michigan with Oma who loved to skate, so why not. It's only been a couple of decades that I've had skates on, but it must be like riding a bike!!
I got on the ice as confident as can be, even pushing off with my less dominant left leg, to only start shaking, slipping and almost flopping right down on my backside. Okay, so, this is not like bike riding. I started slower after that.
The inside was stunning and really fun for selfies.
We even coaxed Levi's friend Cameron to join us.
With a dinner at Wudon (Levi's absolute fav) afterwards.
I'm unsure if Levi has been in ice skates before, but he did great. We all got more confident as the hour went on. And I think in the end, none of us fell. That was a huge accomplishment in my book! But I will say this, 50 minutes is plenty of time to be on the ice IMHO.
This was a fun way to end the experience. I watched with hot cocoa in hand.
While these photos don't do the museum justice, it was beautiful!
Okay, so the first outing was a success, but now I was ready for the big guns.
The City Centre with George Square
&
the
St Enoch Christmas Market
I prepped Levi and encouraged him to be kind and not ruin my eve with his teenage angst. He did pretty well, but could use more practice! If at first you don't succeed......
Here it is in all of it's glory!
This was near George Square. The night was actually kinda warm at 50F.
Many doors were stunning.
Fraser's, the high end department store always looks stunning at this time of year.
Now off to George Square, that was resplendent in all of it's glory.
He is all ways so happy to take a selfie with his Mama. NOT!
We ate out at the restaurant Cafe Anduluz, because I think
Christmas markets have only good dessert food. We were ready to check out the market in the St Enoch Square.
Here is the beginning of it.
The dessert was quite good!
As we walked back down Buchanan Street, we aimed to find our bus stop to take us home.
All in all, it was a great night. Even when we didn't get off the bus at the correct stop. In fact, it was the last stop, and we just sat there, good little patrons, not causing a stir. When the Glaswegian Bus driver noticed us on the bus, he laughed and asked where we were going. We then talked for a while, realizing our mistake, and he very jollily, decided to drive us to the exact stop where we were to get on to go home. He was absolutely the sweetest. I seriously find the Glaswegians some of the nicest and friendliest people in all the world.
And to top it off, we got a good back drop of a store as we were driving (bussing) by.
Happy Christmas Everyone!
May all of your days be merry and bright.
Kitty Kringle
