Scotland, with one third of Britain's area, is a mountainous land with 5 million people, most of them (75 percent) concentrated in the lowland area where Glasgow and Edinburgh (Scotland's capital) are located.

Population: 60,068,000
Currency: British pound  £
Adjacent countries: England, Wales

Scotland Trip

Aug-Sept 2005

lasgow: A vibrant, energetic city built on the north bank of the ship-building River Clyde…a Victorian city and cultural capital. Their culture is strong with bagpipes piping, men in kilts and of course, famous Scotch whiskey. Take a jaunt on the hill to Glasgow Cathedral and Glasgow University to see their old stone buildings. There is also a neat pedestrian mall in town for shopping or having a cup of tea and a scone.

The city chamber is a grand and imposing building that overlooks George Square; its interior has a magnificent mosaic style throughout the building. See the Burrell Art Collection in the local museum …. formed with medieval European art, Oriental ceramics and European paintings….and later ancient civilization relics.

Visit the distillery at Glengoyne where they make their famous whiskey from barley, yeast and stream water.

Check out the Gretna Green love sculptures. Gretna Green was where English teenagers eloped because the Scottish age of consent for marriage was 16 years of age.

Walk or drive around the countryside to see the heather fields, stone fences, incredible flowers and houses. And/or take a cruise on Loch Lomond.

The armorial insignia of the city is quaint and poetic:

The bird that never flew
The tree that never grew
The bell that never rang
The fish that never swam

Scotland Photo Gallery

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