Today I took my children (3 boys) to The O2 to see the exhibition of Tutankhamun’s tomb, which has been in London since last summer (07). Unfortunately we left the camera at home, so I can’t add pictures to this blog, but I will include all the links for a wonderful day out!

We took a train mid-morning (I never do anything in a rush!) and arrived at Waterloo just after 11am. Then we walked to the Waterloo Millennium Pier (only a few minutes away and under the London Eye) and got the High Speed Thames Clipper. The boys thoroughly enjoyed the ride on the river and the boat was quite empty so we had the choice of several positions, although the back deck was their favourite so that they could see the engines.

Once at The O2 we had a stroll around. There are plenty of places to eat and drink, and there is also a “chill at The O2″ place where people can have a relaxing rest. We got the golden tickets so that we could also go and see the movie - “The Mummies 3D”, and given that we had over an hour before our time-slot, we decided to go for a burger. It was definitely expensive, but the service was quick.

As a reward for their good behaviour, and to kill another 30 minutes before the exhibition, I let the boys have a go at the bouncy-castle-like games that were set in the main square of The O2.

Then we adventured ourselves in the museum… It was great and although quite busy we managed to see everything and I managed to give some hint of explanation to the children for every artifact displayed. There were also big photos of the Nile and of Africa, so I could remind them where Egypt is. It took us about one hour to go around at quite a relaxed pace.

Then we went to the 3D movie. My youngest one (who is 6) sat on my lap and asked to leave all the time because he found the 3D experience rather frightening, but the other two thoroughly enjoyed it.

Happy but quite tired, we waited for bus 188 that took us back to Waterloo, through London. Being the first people on the bus, we got the front seat on the upper deck, which made the journey even more fun. It took us about 45 minutes to get to the station by bus, but it was relaxing and certainly cheap (children don’t pay on buses).

In conclusion it was a really great day out. For myself and the three boys I spent about £100, including the exhibition, the movie, lunch, a book and three stoned from the shop… This didn’t include the train and transport because having an annual gold card I didn’t have to pay, so this would have put an indent in the finances of the day. Worth every penny though and hopefully the children will remember that they saw King Tut’s tomb for life!!!!