February 26, 2012
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Glasgow, Scotland
If, like me, you love films with actresses Dame Maggie Smith or Dame Judi Dench, or if you’re quite impressed with Tom Wilkinson’s acting, or if you can’t help looking at Celia Imrie and seeing Miss Babs (and smiling to yourself) then there is one film you definitely need to go and see. The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel – it is absolutely wonderful!
We went to see it in the afternoon in the lovely Grosvenor cinema in the West End having picked up the tickets earlier in the day. It was a good thing we did because the film was sold out and we sat in the front row. That meant looking up quite a bit, but of course you completely get immersed in the film that way. I loved it from scene one to scene last. Not only does it have an outstanding cast, but it’s also set in one of the most fascinating and colourful countries on Earth, India. Honesty makes me say that in general I am not very much attracted to Asian countries… but India is definitely an exception. Perhaps it’s because of the vibrant and varied colours… or the people… or the warm glowing sunsets… I have no idea, but I would love to visit the country one day.
Before we saw the film, we went to the Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum where we had expected the organ to be playing at 1 in the afternoon… but that turned out to be later, so we had a coffee and strolled through the museum instead. Having had a delicious home made cooked breakfast, there was no need for a big lunch today. The museum is simply a delight and even though I’ve been there many times, there is always something new to see and discover.
After the film we walked the (very) short distance to the restaurant where we had dinner, namely Belgian restaurant Brel. Obviously, with me being Dutch, there are some serious hurdles to overcome before I go to a Belgian restaurant (and even more for me to admit that I liked it)… OK, that was a joke. Brel serves very nice food and has quite casual atmosphere and, even though we drank wine tonight, they also serve some seriously delicious Belgian beers. We continued with the wine as we went to The Ubiquitous Chip afterwards for an after dinner drink and we returned to the apartment not much later because Colin has to go to work early tomorrow morning. Time for me to start planning starting a hotel in India, me thinks…
