Lazy day

So. Have decided today will be a [relatively] lazy day. Seriously tweaked my ankle yesterday (when??! when??! when will it be better??!), and will spend most of today resting (there is a very nice 'day room' at the hostel). Tweaked the ankle while trying to find my hostel (I'd already checked in, so was not lugging bags) and getting massively lost. Really, this is not a story worth repeating, because it would be filled with expletives for people that do not know where something is, but continue to try and be helpful (thereby not being helpful) and give directions with an authority they do not have. Really now.

The city planning in Buenos Aires was remarkable -- the blocks were nearly all uniformly 100 meters, and laid out in an easy-to-follow grid. The streets in Glasgow, well, it's like someone got drunk and just got crazy planning the streets. Then again, I appear to be staying on quite a short street, at the top of a hill.

I still don't know how to get from the closest subway station to the hostel. But this morning, I figured out how to get there from the second closest subway station...

In any case, a Finnish girl in my hostel room says there really isn't a great deal of touristy things to see here. Unless you're "arty", in which case there are lots of galleries and shows and such. Perhaps this explains why so little is covered about Glasgow in my Rough Guide, and why I wasn't able to find much of anything in the tourist pamphlets at the train station. Though, there is plenty of shopping here... With great control, I restrain myself.

So. I will use this time to rest the ankle and do some writing. I will go to the museums and galleries this weekend.

Though, I want to walk. It's really a lovely day outside (blue sky, light breeze, not too cold).

So now I just hope this weather holds for a few more days.