terracotta army british museum

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father down for a few days, wants to go see above, could have gone wednesday when dd at nursery but he wanted her to come.
got there 9.15am for the 500 daily release tickets, put money in meter for 45 mins, queued till 10am for tickets, drove home picked dad and dd up got there for 1.30,must have been oaps day today and deathly quiet, i know i will get jumped on for taking a 3 yr old but anyway. dad wandered around taking it all in i am trying to control dd, the exhibits are alarmed if you go over a 2ft encloser, dd wanted to say hello to the army, lasted 20 mins, cant say to dad told you so.
anyway my total sum for the day is as follows
4.oo parking for 45 mins to get tickets
8.00 congestion
80.00 parking ticket as 4 mins late back, what could i do i was near the front.
8.00 parking to see exhibit
5.40 2 coffees and an apple juice
24.00 entrance fee
Total
£129.40!!!!

wtf am i mad?

just a bit shell shocked, wanted a rant and knew i shouldnt have taken her, but dad, "oh its a bit of culture!" never again, mum knows best.

even more depressed now califright

i have dreams of dd comming with me to all london has to offer as dh has no interest at all, she hasnt shown any early promise.

We took the boys (8 and 10) this week, and we all loved it: fantastic opportunity.

I find the British Museum exhausting, but ds1 was in his element. Ds2 and I sat down and did some colouring in at a hands-on thing, and dh and ds1 went out scouting, and then took us on a tour of the highlights, which worked quite well.

Then when we were all dead on our feet with tiredness a story-teller came along, and we sat and listened to some wonderful stories for about 40 mins.

Lovely day