Leah and Adira took a bus to Watford. (The bus was 40 minutes late so that was an exciting wait) and while Adira slept the whole bus ride, Leah got bus sick looking out the window at all the signs and familiar town names.
We arrived in Watford and saw Leah's friend NICOLA who took us to Giraffe Restaurant and Tesco in a borrowed car seat. Adira got a new friend - Paddington and while she may have REFUSED to eat her fish fingers and chips she dutifully ate every pea and drank her milk.
THEN back in the car for Harry Potter (at least Nicola and Leah were very very excited)
The Warner Brother's studio where they filmed all of the HP movies is right outside of London (near Watford....) and they have set the whole thing up as a museum with sets, and props and behind the scenes info - So off we went.Words cannot describe, and there are hundreds of pictures - needless to say we had a lot of fun and spent more than 3 hours there. Highlights include (besides time spent with Nicola and Adira of course) trying butterbeer, the outdoor lot, getting a picture of Adira on a green-screen broomstick, her joy of seeing the owls and a spectacular view of Hogwarts castle. Come visit our coffee table to see the very expensive souvenir I got myself. Here are just a few pictures of our amazing day.
sitting at a table in the great hall
Mirror of erised
Entrance to Chamber of Secrets
number 4
night bus
butterbeer-while they can't tell you what is in it, they can tell you the allergens
Adira burned off lots of energy running back and forth on the bridge in the background.
Hagrid's bike
Ginny Weasley's wand
By the time Nicola, Adira and I got back to the Hotel, dinner had already started. Nicola was able to join us and we had wine with our meal, truffles with dessert and Adira got warm milk.
Nicola even brought us cupcakes from her bakery - some of the best I have ever had - and I KNOW my cupcakes!
