the queue from hell

Next on the list of must-see Winter Masterpieces is the Melbourne Museum's Day in Pompeii exhibition, which opened a week or so back.

Today was another cold, wet Wintry Monday, so it seemed like a perfect opportunity to visit the new show. A quick trip into the city on the No.5, and a quick change to the 86, and we're outside the Museum. The building itself has been decorated in posters and designs to promote the exhibition, so the anticipation was really building as we walked through the doors and saw... the longest snaking queue in history! Prams, groups of youngsters running around, harried parents shepherding groups of 6 or 8 kids, boggle-eyed grandparents... and that was just the line to buy the tickets!

We stopped, took in the scene... and promptly decided that the we could wait to see the show. We left the Museum post haste and retreated to Lygon Street for a *quiet* coffee and lunch, and planned to take in Pompeii another time.