Beaulieu National Motor Museum

The Admission to this place was £24 each for Chris and I! Gulp! (I was expecting like half that!) Thank goodness the kids' admission was free. I must say it was extensive and had some really unique things that were were cool to see (but I'm not sure if it was worth that much). 

They had a neat Top Gear (British car show where they have different challenges and make cool things out of cars) exhibit and 10min. movie. 

Here is the homemade limo car made from regular cars:

Bowling alley limo car:

Railroad car:

Double decker cars:

Elderly comfort car (with recliners):

VW camper van/boat:

Rocket car (this was Ethan's favorite):

Taking the monorail around the grounds:

Wow, look at that!

1900 Italian car:

First Cadillac to come to the UK:

Ethan and I going for a ride:

Who is this crazy driver?

Interesting about how black was the only color with quick drying paint. I love the pic of the little girl with the gun and the little kangaroo in front of the Model T:

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang car:

This Rolls Royce was SO wide (no way that would fit in our current garage!):

Old race cars:

Wait, I know that driver:

I want this motorcycle with the bullet side car:

Or I'd settle for a Vespa: 

This old Harley looks more like a bike:

Haha, tiny BMW:

Soda car:

Orange car:

The double decker busses just never lose their appeal:

Steam car (goes up to 160mph!):

So shiny!

Bond Car from "Tomorrow Never Dies":

The manor onsite:

Ethan got to ride (hallelujah, they didn't charge extra for this) this little car with the foot pedal. Ha, it took him a little while to get the hang of steering:

Having a good time. He told me "Mom, I won the race!" (Because he was the first one they stopped because their time was up). :)

Sliding out of the double decker bus. Hailey looks as tall as Ethan here!

I bought Ethan some cheap black shoes at ASDA, (Walmart affiliated) thinking that he only needed them for school for 3 months so they would be fine. Plus, at least they were Spiderman shoes (that were all black and would still meet the uniform requirements). I didn't want to pay £38 ($60) for a pair of Clarks. There really isn't much selection--it's either expensive Clarks or cheapies (no middle range). Anyways here is what happened to the cheapies after just two weeks!

So we had to buy some expensive shoes (Hush Puppies but same price) anyways. And I tried to order some on Amazon but they didn't fit so I had to return them (and pay shipping both ways). Lesson learned. These better hold up!