Needed: Translator from British to American

[Russell Nash]

My wife got a work email and we can't figure out part of it.

The guy was in Berlin on kind of a working vacation.  After he met with my wife, he spent a couple of more days in town. 

In a recent email exchange she said she hoped the rest of his vacation went well.  he said yes and mentioned a few things he did including this phrase:

"including the Pergamon which I thought was excellent but didn't half go on a bit!"

The Pergamon is a famous museum in Berlin.  It is very huge and very cool. 

After the "excellent" we have no idea what he's saying.  Please help!

[wintermute]

He's saying it was too big, and took too long to see it all.

To "go on a bit" - to be too long, in terms of time; often applied to political speeches.

"Didn't half..." - a modifier used to add emphasis; totally; compare with "doesn't do things by halves".

[Russell Nash]

It was the "didn't half" that got us.

"It went on a bit" makes since.  I use that one from time to time.  But in combination I couldn't figure out if it was too big or not.  It seemed like he was saying it sort of went on a bit.

Thanks

[ieDaddy]

If you want to have a bit of fun, http://www.peevish.co.uk/slang/links.htm has a right few bits that you'd not cock your nose at if you want to use your loaf and puzzle a few other letters out in the future.