We arrived just a few minutes before 9:00 (when the museum opened and our tour was scheduled). The doors were open and the entryway completely empty. We explored the display about Ion Cuza while waiting for someone.
A few minutes into our wait, a woman came out. I'm not exactly sure what her role was... We waited a bit longer for the tour guide to arrive and then I was informed that we needed to pay (2.5 RON/kid (less than a dollar) and 5 RON for the two adults along with 20 RON (about $6) for our English tour--can't beat that deal!).
As I paid, our guide started the tour and then led us into the beginning of the museum. Our three hour tour took us from ancient civilizations through Romania entering NATO. We looked at artifacts, weapons, uniforms, pottery shards, and lots of maps. I was thrilled! with how my students did throughout the long tour!
Within the last few years, we have started using Story of the World for our history at the elementary level. It was neat to see them interacting with the tour guide, asking informed questions and taking notes on new information. They are truly a great group of kids!
After we finished our tour (about the time I had figured on leaving the museum), we walked out the front doors and sat on the steps to give our feet a breather. We gathered to take a group picture too.
As we walked out the gate, the guard called us back and asked if we wanted to go look at the other parts of the museum. I gave up on getting back to school on time and we explored the aviation building and the yard full of tanks, cannons, and other large weapons. The kids had a great time.
We walked back to the metro and stopped at McDonalds for lunch. As we came up from the metro for the 10 min walk to school, it started raining. I was just thankful that the day hadn't started in rain:)
We arrived back to school wet and exhausted, but also very thankful for the neat opportunity!
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