Sunday 6 January 2008

2 breakfasts + 2 playgyms = very happy Justin

That morning at 4am we were awoken by a fire alarm and all the residents of the hotel met up outside - the fire brigade was there but apparently it was just caused by someone smoking in their room. Smokers eh? Despite this i woke at 8o'clock so that i could have some of the fantastic breakfast that was provided; Croissants, pa chocolate's, yoghurt, cereals, toasts, fruit, and three types of juice. While i was munching away on a croissant the lady who was working there sidled up to me (presumably as i was the only person there) and asked how my new years was. She then mentioned that because not many people would be up, they were going to serve breakfast up until 12 not the normal 9. So with that handy piece of information i went back to our room where Andrea and Adam were still sleeping and slipped back into bed and slept until ten to twelve when we all got up and i had a second lovely breakfast.
The day only got better from there as we had a lovely walk around Glasgow, along the Clyde river which was originally used for transporting ships that had been built in the town and into a nice big park. Now i was quite impressed with the first play gym that we came accross, especially as it had a sign that said 'give priority to those under 12 years old', and as there was no one there we had free run of it. But things just got even better when we saw about 200 metres away from us, towering up into the sky four pyramid type consructions with inbuilt ladders, and from the top of each spouting what appeared to be giant swirling slippery slides. We hastely approached them, and found that it was indeed a mega play ground and it had a sign saying 'give priority to those under 16 years old'. I must admit, i was quite excited as this looked like the king of all play gyms - and i was not to be dissapointed. Inside we went and first up tested out the massive rope swings, then the slides, but found them to be quite slow and a bit wet. But a Dad who was there with his two daughters gave us two plastic bags to sit on for going down the slides, and they made such a dramatic difference! My word - these would have to be the coolest slides i have probably ever been on. And this is just another example of how nice the Glaswiegens are. After a quick play on a very crazy rotating swing, we set off in search of the play gym for those 18+, but figured it would probably be in the shady part of town...

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