Gillian Alexandra

This is a big weekend for Dundee with the long awaited opening of the new £80m V&A museum, designed by Japanese architect Kengo Kuma and I thought I'd just write a short post about it and show you all some pictures.  First of all, what a stunning building! I wasn't sure of it at first but once it started taking shape I grew to like it. Today we were lucky enough to get tickets to go inside and view it before it opens fully to the public. The verdict? Not sure. Yes the building LOOKS nice both inside and out but we all felt there was a lot of wasted space inside. Entry is free but the visiting exhibits such as ocean liners exhibit today do cost. (£12 I believe, or £10 concession). We stuck to the free exhibits today because we didn't have a lot of time (our slot was at 4pm). There were a lot of fascinating old Scottish artifacts in the Scottish Design Gallery such as pieces of furniture and a wedding dress designed by Alexander McQueen. The views over the water from...

We did something a little different this weekend, we went on a Safari.  Yes that's right, a Safari.   In Scotland. Needless to say it wasn't the giraffe and elephant kind of Safari but more like a tour of the highlands with a kilted tour guide and the possibility to see some deer, mountain hares, golden eagles and other Scottish animals.   Shaun bought me a voucher for a Mountain Safari  for my Christmas from Highland Safaris in Aberfeldy, Perthshire and this was really the first opportunity we've had to use it! We picked an absolutely beautiful day for it, but panic soon set in as we thought we weren't going to make it on time despite leaving early enough.  We were caught in set after set of roadworks and then the sat nav decided to take us the wrong way! We ended up driving down some questionable roads tracks, and eventually had to phone the centre to tell them we were lost! The girl on the other end of the phone was fantastic thoug...