England-Scotland Day 12 (Part 1) – University of Glasgow

14 April 2010

After breakfast at Gowanlea B&B, where we tried their kippers (local fish that is like sardines but salty), we drove into Glasgow city and visited the University of Glasgow. We parked our car on the street-side parking along Kelvin Way, named after Lord Kelvin, the Scottish physicist.

University of Glasgow, founded 1451, has nice buildings, almost like Hogwarts School in the Harry Potter movie. We managed to locate the general office to find out more about their engineering courses. It was an impromptu visit but the admin staff were kind enough to meet and talk to us.

Nice architecture.

Spring flowers at the University of Glasgow.

Mission accomplished, we headed back to our car parked on the street next to Kelvingrove Park. Imagine seeing nice cherry blossoms trees in full bloom in the UK.

Unlike Korea or Japan where entire street or park is lined with them, these were a few isolated trees. It was a nice bonus to see something that only happened in a short window of about one week per year.

Close-up of cherry blossoms or sakura.

And a monument for Lord Kelvin in the park. Finally got to see the man (or his statue) who I remembered from my Physics lessons. His name is associated with the temperature scale and absolute zero (Zero degree Kelvin or –273 degrees Celsius).

Statue of Lord Kelvin at Kelvingrove Park. The tower of the University of Glasgow can be seen behind the trees.