Victoria Park, South Side Festival, and Warm Weather

 Well, two weeks ago we were wearing winter clothes and freezing, but then the weather changed as it always does.  And for almost ten days now, we've had sunny skies and warm temperatures!  At first it was quite a shock to the system, but I'm learning to like wearing shorts and tees, rather than sweaters and jackets.  Once I'm fully acclimated, I'm sure we'll be back to winds and clouds.

This weekend, we decided to further our quest to visit Glasgow's parks and go to Victoria Park.  Our friends Simon and Marina live nearby, so we had walked through back in January and have wanted to return to fully explore the park.  The park has a glass house that holds a reptile room and a great goldfish pond.  There is also a rose garden with stones commemorating Scottish poets, and some great views over the city from the flag pole on top of the hill in the center of the park.

Cormac and Declan decided to roll down the hill -- a few nettle stings later they weren't happy, but clearly are having a great time while rolling.

Many failed attempts to fly the kite despite some excellent breezes -- shades of Charlie Brown

Near the park was the South Side Festival with live music, food, and rides.  The boys had fun trying out some:  bumper cars (aka dodgems), fencing, and battling.

We ended our outing with ice cream that claimed to be the best in Glasgow -- it was good, but not the best, though the crowds in the queue prove its popularity.

This claim to be the best led to a discussion of where the best ice cream is (Gifford's back at home), which led to what is better back in Maine (pizza, ice cream, cereal), which led to what do we miss (our cat, pizza, cereal) -- I think we're starting to get ready to return though still lots left planned here!