Day 57, April 25.

Another really nice, relaxing day, with Christian and Lynne. In the morning they took me to Pollok Park where we took a nice walk and ended up at the Burrell Museum, which was a private collection of amazing artwork that was since given over to the City of Glasgow. They had a few original sculptures by Rodin, my favorite sculptor, there that were just beautiful, and also some really good paintings. It was the most amazing private collection.

This trip has made me more interested in going to museums and galleries when I return, which my mother, an artist and history of art teacher, would have been thrilled to hear, because she dragged me to museums when I was a kid, and I was not that interested. But now, wow! A deep appreciation seems to have sunk in. The absolute talent! The ability to create beauty and evoke deep feelings out of a mound of clay or a blank canvas is just amazing to me.

Then we went back, I took a nap, I took another walk through a really nice park (Glasgow is loaded with nice parks), took a bath, and I went to bed early.

Christian has been such a great host, and she and Lynne have been great company.