I'm back...killing time 'till Ruth's flight comes in at 6.30am.
Didn't make it to the American Museum this time, but I have been before. It WAS interesting, and I had a great lunch there...oh, and the views - fantastic!
Went to the Roman Baths - £9.50 to get in!
My sister gets into things free if she produces a utility bill and ID. Chunnered to the woman that we had 'roman things' in the North and they were all free (probably not true, but my heckles were up at the PRICE of everything). She said admission to attractions kept the Council Tax down! Only rich people (like Jane Seymour, Van Morrison and my sister) can afford to live there! Therefore they can afford their Council Tax.
Then I said "how come I have to pay to see MY heritage"?
Then my sister said "leave it, Sarah" in a very 'stop showing me up' way!
Waiting for my sister to finish shopping (it was bloody freezing this weekend) I went into Bath Abbey...there was a 'suggested' donation of £2.50, but there is a desk/kiosk thing as you go in...and a woman with half moon glasses, who 'suggests' in a very strong way. I told her that I didn't have £2.50 on me, but she could have all the change in my purse...she didn't look pleased. I told her that I needed to go to the cash machine, then got
that I was actually justifying why I hadn't got £2.50!
She didn't even offer me a brochure, like she did to the woman in front of me who gave her a fiver and she asked "do you want change"?
It'll all change come the glorious day!
But I did have a great time though...it was fab seeing my sister and her family, we are very close and had lots of laughs. She says she always gets extra Northern for the first few days after a visit from me. Then she reverts to Southern snooty poshness.
She was bemoaning the lack of a decent chippy! :wink: