Wednesday, we bid the hostel farewell & got a cab to the dock. Our taxi driver spent the drive telling us about how he worked 12 hours a day to support the ex-wife while playing Sinatra on the radio. Sinatra is not what you want to hear on your drive to the docks when someone is saying the words "hit man," which is actually what he said! Granted, he was joking...but little did he know, that I was the one whose wallet survived! No tip for him.
SAIL
We opted out of the easyjet flight and decided on the Rail n Sail deal from StenaLine Ferries:
After a movie onboard (Grow Your Own), the Scottish coast came into view:
RAIL?
The view of the Irish Sea from the "no smoking" deck was pretty cool, but the smoke was pretty thick. This was one place where the Irish smoking ban was not being honored! It was still worth slipping out on the balcony for some pictures and a gust of sea wind.
In case I got seasick, I bought some sparkling water at Tescos, and found this label kind of funny:
RAIL?Since the ferry was late, we missed "rail" part of our Rail n Sail connection, but they provided a coach for us to get to the Ayr train station where we could get another train to Glasgow. This was a beautiful coastal drive and sort of a bonus because I doubt the train ride would have taken us this close to the coastline.
RAIL!
In Ayr, we caught the train to Glasgow, where we met up again with Sammy Horner, who took us to his really cool house in Balloch, about 40 minutes outside the city, and we met his wife Lynn.
DO YOU LIKE INDIAN FOOD?
The four of us had a huge Indian meal at Delhi--my first Indian meal in years, the first since "the incident following the Tool concert" whereby I lost 9 pounds overnight following a large Indian meal. Folks, I am back on the horse! It was delicious! Thanks Sammy & Lynne. Randy also left with a Cobra beer pint glass for a souvenir.
The next morning, Sammy took us to see Balloch Castle & Loch Lomond. We just had time to snap a few photos before heading into Glasgow to meet with Doug about our soundcheck & concert details for Sunday. I'll wrap up with those photos for now:
2 comments:
YAY for your rekindled love for Indian food.
We will have to go to Little India together now.
Oh, I am so pleased.
Oh, I'm sad that you've left Ireland. But Scotland here we come! What a beautiful photo in front of the lake with the GREEN grass. And finally the Tool concert incident is redeemed.
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