Saturday, January 9, 2010
"If you don't know like what you've got, why don't you change it!"
It's coming to the end of a loooooong day in London. We were up this morning at 7am to get the train to Paddington, with plans to visit the Natural History museum. The day started badly with a half hour delay on the train.... Predictable! Then once we arrived in London we found that most of the Underground lines were closed for planned works. Which idiot plans them for weekends? Probably the same one who plans motorway closures for busy times.
We eventually made it to the museum and it was much the same as I remember. The dinosaur exhibits were great. My brother is obsessed with them and was a able to name most of the ones he saw. I found out the kids in his class call him 'dinosaur boy' and know I know why! Unfortunately the blue whale exhibit room was closed, and that is the room we wanted to see the most....Overall to be honest the museum was a bit dated... Some of the exhibits seemed to be from the 80s but considering it was free, apart from a donation, it was reasonable.
The museum next door, the science museum, was much much better! It was a lot more interactive and had better stuff in it. Again though some of it was dated and hadn't changed in the 15 or so years since my last visit! The space and flight sections were excellent and the science launchpad (with loads of hands on experiments for kids) was really well done and my brother loved trying all the stuff out (we did too, to be honest!)
It was certainly a long day and the journey back across London was a great reminder of why I dislike the capital. With the stupidity of some of the retards that use the Tube, I feel sorry for friends of ours that have to use it regularly. We were at Picadilly Circus station, waiting to get on a Bakerloo line train to Paddington. Because of all the line closures, the station was really busy and the platform was packed. There was no space to move. As soon as trains pulled in, people were barging each other to get on and not even giving people a chance to get off the train. One poor bloke was trying to get a push chair off, and people were pushing him back ON the train in trying to force their way on. Idiots! Nobody showed any consideration for anyone else, it was an 'every man for himself' scrum, and not at all safe. We waited for two trains to fill up and go... And on each one, people were crushed up against the doors when the trains pulled off.
We got to Paddington in the end and we're safely on the way home. Think tonight is going to be a relax and blu-ray night, after today's excitements!
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We eventually made it to the museum and it was much the same as I remember. The dinosaur exhibits were great. My brother is obsessed with them and was a able to name most of the ones he saw. I found out the kids in his class call him 'dinosaur boy' and know I know why! Unfortunately the blue whale exhibit room was closed, and that is the room we wanted to see the most....Overall to be honest the museum was a bit dated... Some of the exhibits seemed to be from the 80s but considering it was free, apart from a donation, it was reasonable.
The museum next door, the science museum, was much much better! It was a lot more interactive and had better stuff in it. Again though some of it was dated and hadn't changed in the 15 or so years since my last visit! The space and flight sections were excellent and the science launchpad (with loads of hands on experiments for kids) was really well done and my brother loved trying all the stuff out (we did too, to be honest!)
It was certainly a long day and the journey back across London was a great reminder of why I dislike the capital. With the stupidity of some of the retards that use the Tube, I feel sorry for friends of ours that have to use it regularly. We were at Picadilly Circus station, waiting to get on a Bakerloo line train to Paddington. Because of all the line closures, the station was really busy and the platform was packed. There was no space to move. As soon as trains pulled in, people were barging each other to get on and not even giving people a chance to get off the train. One poor bloke was trying to get a push chair off, and people were pushing him back ON the train in trying to force their way on. Idiots! Nobody showed any consideration for anyone else, it was an 'every man for himself' scrum, and not at all safe. We waited for two trains to fill up and go... And on each one, people were crushed up against the doors when the trains pulled off.
We got to Paddington in the end and we're safely on the way home. Think tonight is going to be a relax and blu-ray night, after today's excitements!
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