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Reykjavik Trip Pics: Skolavordustigur Street AKA Rainbow Street
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Reykjavik Street Art: @juan_arctic
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Reykjavik Trip Pictures:The Evangelical-Lutheran Church Hallgrimskirkja is a beautiful place. Wish I had a picture of it later when it was covered in pink lighting. The Leif Eiricsson Memorial is out front.
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Reykjavik Trip Pictures: I had breakfast every morning at the @geirismartrestaurant that is connected to the @canopybyhilton. Really, really good food!
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Reykjavik Trip Pictures: @jenniduncan isn’t with me this trip, but she has me conditioned to visit cemeteries. The Cemetery Holavallagardur Reykjavik Cemeteries.
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Reykjavik Trip Pictures: Nice visit yesterday to the National Museum @thjodminjasfn .
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Reykjavik Trip Pictures: “The Pond” in central Reykjavik is named Tjornin. Lots of bird life, along with people walking the paths around it. Hey @jenniduncan, there were some of Goocille’s relatives here too!
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Reykjavik Trip Pictures: I have been at the @canopybyhilton in Reykjavik for the last four nights. Amazing room, outstanding service and the common areas are better than my living room at home! And the shower was a whole room!
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Decisions were made… This was found right outside the main @edinburghairport entrance.
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Had a nice visit at Stirling Castle. I didn’t run across @johnhcunningham or Buck Reilly, but I did find Robert the Bruce!
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Lastly, The @riversidemuseum had an extensive number of ship related exhibits. Glasgow was once the world leader in shipbuilding. My Uncle Carl, a World War II veteran told stories of taking the Queen Mary over to join the war effort.
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The @riversidemuseum in Glasgow had some really cool cycling exhibits too. As a life long cyclist and decades long recumbent rider, it was fun to see all the bikes. It was amazing to see the @graemeobree exhibit for the Hour Record.
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The @riversidemuseum in Glasgow had two of the @longwaytvofficial motorcycles from @bmwmotorrad on display. Having just attended the Long Way Home Chat in Nottingham recently, it was a special treat to see these two bikes.
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The @riversidemuseum in Glasgow was pretty darn amazing! We spent several hours enjoying the exhibits. There was so much to see. It was well-worth the Uber ride out of the town center to see all the cool things!
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CitizenM Hotels
I love the @citizenm hotels. Last year we stayed at one in Seattle. This year, I’ve stayed at the Shoreditch hotel twice, a Paris hotel and am already booked for the same Paris hotel in November. With that said, the Glasgow hotel was a disappointment. The Air conditioning didn’t work in the room. They brought us a fan, but it just moved hot air around the room. While they said everything was working correctly, the room was probably 76-78 degrees most of our visit. Including in the middle of the night.
The common areas, halls and living room were very cool in temperature, so saying the room was “working correctly” seems to not be accurate.
Additionally, one elevator was not working for all three nights of our stay resulting in long waits to get to and from the room. One day, we walked in from a day of seeing cool stuff in Glasgow. We sat in the living room to rest, relax and enjoy some reading. We walked in with a partially consumed Diet Coke and bottle of water. Staff told us “outside food and drinks are not allowed”. Not a great vibe for us given we ate breakfast there during our stay and had drinks from the bar every evening. Interestingly, I can’t eat the lunch/dinner meals at any of the CitizenM hotels because of food allergies. They can’t even serve a pizza without the tomato sauce.
I’ll continue to stay at CitizenM hotels (I am a myCitizenM+ member), but probably won’t stay at the Glasgow location unless I have another compelling reason to do so.
Paris: Things that make you go “Hmmm”.
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