Clare's visit

Longniddry Beach

Afternoon tea at the Dome

 

Magic Afternoon Tea.

Around Easter, I went for a Magic wizards afternoon tea at the Cauldron with Caroline and her mom. The food was ok but the cocktails were fun and we had a good time experimenting with mixing out own teas.

Glasgow 2018

On Saturday after a really big brunch (which proved to be a rookie mistake later on), we went to see the People's Palace. The Palace sits in a park but the Proms in the Park was on so the park was closed.  

Largest terracotta fountain in Europe/world - not 100% sure

Inside there is large green house and cafe and a museum on the history of Glasgow.

And they had Billy Connolly's banana shoes. (I use the image of banana shoes at work to stay sane.)

They had some interesting exhibits on WWII and the living conditions in the tenements. They really crammed them into those houses. 

Not sure this would survive a bomb blast

View from the top of the green house.

We booked an afternoon tea which was amazing! We upgraded to add a G&T, which was so worth it. I have found Harris Gin, from the Isle of Harris. It seems destined.

Gin!

When we saw the actual afternoon tea, we realised at the mistake of having a good size brunch. (Next time we are going hungry. But they did give us a box to take away the leftovers so it wasn't wasted.)

Cake stand

Cakes.

Sandwiches (one level each)

And tea.

There was also unlimited tea, which we frankly didn't do justice to. And the tea menu was extensive - I wanted to try so many more.  I really love Glasgow!
We had plans for after but we could barely walk so wondered around a little (very slowly) before going back to Caroline's for movies and eventually the rest of our cakes.