My pointless blog

Okay so I can only do photosets of ten, so I’m gonna be choosy with my 250 photos.

The Harry Potter tour was epic. The workers were incredible and had so much Harry Potter knowledge of behind-the-scenes secrets I wanted to cry (and I might have… just a little). ANYWAY, the sets were gorgeous, the costumes are authentic and were actually worn by the cast. You are encouraged to take as many pictures as you want of whatever ou want. If you can’t get close enough to something on a set, as an employee and they’ll go up and take it for you. The only place you can’t take photos is in the green screen room where you can drive the Ford Anglia and don a robe to fly a broom! Pictures are taken for you and the prices to get them aren’t bad either.

The outdoor lot is supermegaawesome. You get to taste actual Butterbeer, which is only sold at the studio and in the Wizarding World of Harry Potter (mom if you’re reading this, keep the latter in mind for my 22nd birthday present ;] ). I LOVED it. Super tasty. It was a bit like vanilla cake and butterscotch. Also on the lot, are Tom Riddle’s Grave, Privet Drive, The Knight Bus, part of the covered bridge, the Ford Anglia, the motorbike, and the ruins of James and Lilly’s cottage in Godric’s Hollow. There are also a few of the chess pieces from Sorcerer’s Stone!

Lauterbrunnen in Switzerland was the inspiration for J.R.R. Tolkien’s Rivendell in the Lord of the Rings.

One Month.

In exactly one month, I will arrive in Paris, France after a night of traveling. I will be reunited with the beauty of the Eiffel Tower, I will revisit La Basilique du Sacré Coeur, I will buy a piece of artwork at Montmartre and I will shortly be reunited with my friend, whom I haven’t seen in over a year.

Then, the next day, we’ll hop a train and take Nice by storm. I anticipate wandering through the streets and markets, getting lost and found in a café, sitting on the beach, and drinking copious amounts of wine.