Today Linda and I went on our epic long Harry Potter London plus adventure. We saw platform 9 3/4 and Grimmauld Place among other London sites, then went onto to Laccock Abbey and Oxford. We got tons of pictures. Richard, our cab driver, was the cutest. First, he pretty much knew everything about everything, especially Harry Potter. He brought along HP clips to show us exactly where we were standing. Laccock is a beautiful town, used for Harry Potter movies as well as another favorite genre, period pieces like Jane Austen movies. Oxford is pretty cool- the ultimate and oldest college town. Richard gave us costumes to wear, and pointed us in the right direction for things to do tomorrow. We are trying to decide- the Churchill War Museum, the Museum of Natural History, the London Dungeon, and the Sherlock Holmes Museum? We figure we can get some of these things in, but not all. Any votes?? Our hostel is ok, but this may be the last hostel trip for me. The couple that came in after Linda and I had gone to bed were supposed to each have a bunk over each one of us....except that shortly after they came in mysterious creeking and squeeking came from the bed above me. Linda can sleep through anything, so I had to suffer in silence. Then, this morning, a girl went into the bathroom (there are two in our room which has 12 people), and emerged almost a whole hour later in full ballet attire. Huh?
5 comments:
London Dungeon is a tourist trap is there ever was one...I vote NO! If you are in to history I would vote for the Cabinet war room/churchill museum... very interesting. Lots of artifacts. Plus, its neat to see the underground bunker than saved the empire from Hitler! Natural history is alway fun... I am torn between the two. Good Luck. Don't forget about the British Museum
are you mocking someone wearing a tutu in the same blog in which you state "Richard gave us costumes to wear..."?!
sounds like you guys are having a blast!
Happy 4th from the colonies! I'll wave a sprinkler for you.
Richard seems to have enhanced the excellent reputation shared by London cabbies. We loved the pictures and it was great to see Linda..You may have ruined my weekend. I can't stop thinking about the hostel and the riddle of the tutu, maybe the answer can be found at the Sherlock Holmes Museum? Happy 4th of July and give our best to all the British from the former colonies...love Mam & Pops
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