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Instead of trying to catch up with the increasing amount of things I should write here concerning trips/holidays etc., I am just going to write about something that has gotten me extremely excited. Even for me. Office mate R. noted that he knew I could get very enthusiastic, but he had never actually seen me jumping around.
So. Excitement.
I went to London last week for a long Harry Potter weekend. I love Harry Potter, and I love London and the UK. In fact, if it wasn't for the great opportunity at ETH, I would've definitely moved to the UK, because that is just where I would like to live at some point. But we'll see what happens in the future :)
Just so you know, this is not my first Harry Potter holiday, and neither will it be my last. I love Harry Potter extremely. I have a lot of friends who love Harry Potter in various degrees, but somehow I always seem to be the most extreme. How can I not be, I ask you, because it is Harry Freaking Potter (consider yourself awarded 10 house points if you recognise that reference ;) ).
So. HARRY POTTER LONDON.
The idea started a loooooooooooong time ago! In fact, it started in 2015 when I learned that a new Harry Potter play was coming out. Even before the title was released, I knew that I had to go there, because if there is anything I love besides books, it is theatre. It touches me in a way books or movies never can: for me, it is a very emotional, personal and beautiful experience. Which sounds lame, but that is just the way it is. So I was determined to go to this play, no matter the costs or logistics and I registered as a priority member (obviously).
Sidenote: bearing in mind my love for theatre, I was absolutely thrilled when I got a musical-voucher from my office mates and colleagues for my birthday 2 weeks ago :)
When the tickets for Cursed Child actually went on sale, things were absolutely crazy! It was by far my most stressful experience on the internet ever! After a brief moment of panic - where I finally got through the queue to buy tickets, but learned that the Safari browser wasn’t working, so I had to get back into the queue, while frantically downloading FireFox - a new booking period from September - December 2016 was released and I managed to get 4 tickets for Harry Potter and the Cursed Child on October 29, 2016 for the entire book club (they had consented to go to the play with me with varying degrees of enthusiasm..). I was elated! But it was over a year before we actually got to go.
And last week, the time had finally come to go to London, to see Harry Potter and the Cursed Child. I had deliberately not read the script (even though it was seducing and tempting me from my book case every single day, since I had pre-ordered it of course!), so that everything would be a surprise.
However, just going to London for only 1 play (even though it is Harry Potter), seemed a bit of a waste, especially since some members of the bookclub hadn’t been in London before. So we (well, I mainly) decided to go to London for a long Harry Potter weekend with lots of activities related to Harry Potter and books! I very happily arranged it all :)
So these blog posts will be the Harry Potter London Chronicles, where I will tell you in detail about our A-MA-ZING Harry Potter weekend. Today, the first instalment: Harry Potter London - Platform 9 3/4.
We arrived on Wednesday, October 26 in the evening and had a lovely pizza dinner at King’s Cross station. After the dinner, we went to Platform 9 3/4 (OF COURSE), where we had our photo’s taken (I did not anticipate buying them, but the photos were just so superior to the ones we managed to make ourselves) in house scarfs (I am a proud Ravenclaw!).
I also bought quite some stuff in the shop: a Harry-Potter-bag (which I really needed), and Harry Potter trivial pursuit (so that we could play it during the weekend) and of course the photo. The rest of the weekend, I bought more stuff, and more justifications will follow :p
For now though, I will leave you, while I depart from Platform 9 3/4 with the Hogwarts express!
So. Excitement.
I went to London last week for a long Harry Potter weekend. I love Harry Potter, and I love London and the UK. In fact, if it wasn't for the great opportunity at ETH, I would've definitely moved to the UK, because that is just where I would like to live at some point. But we'll see what happens in the future :)
Just so you know, this is not my first Harry Potter holiday, and neither will it be my last. I love Harry Potter extremely. I have a lot of friends who love Harry Potter in various degrees, but somehow I always seem to be the most extreme. How can I not be, I ask you, because it is Harry Freaking Potter (consider yourself awarded 10 house points if you recognise that reference ;) ).
So. HARRY POTTER LONDON.
The idea started a loooooooooooong time ago! In fact, it started in 2015 when I learned that a new Harry Potter play was coming out. Even before the title was released, I knew that I had to go there, because if there is anything I love besides books, it is theatre. It touches me in a way books or movies never can: for me, it is a very emotional, personal and beautiful experience. Which sounds lame, but that is just the way it is. So I was determined to go to this play, no matter the costs or logistics and I registered as a priority member (obviously).
Sidenote: bearing in mind my love for theatre, I was absolutely thrilled when I got a musical-voucher from my office mates and colleagues for my birthday 2 weeks ago :)
When the tickets for Cursed Child actually went on sale, things were absolutely crazy! It was by far my most stressful experience on the internet ever! After a brief moment of panic - where I finally got through the queue to buy tickets, but learned that the Safari browser wasn’t working, so I had to get back into the queue, while frantically downloading FireFox - a new booking period from September - December 2016 was released and I managed to get 4 tickets for Harry Potter and the Cursed Child on October 29, 2016 for the entire book club (they had consented to go to the play with me with varying degrees of enthusiasm..). I was elated! But it was over a year before we actually got to go.
And last week, the time had finally come to go to London, to see Harry Potter and the Cursed Child. I had deliberately not read the script (even though it was seducing and tempting me from my book case every single day, since I had pre-ordered it of course!), so that everything would be a surprise.
However, just going to London for only 1 play (even though it is Harry Potter), seemed a bit of a waste, especially since some members of the bookclub hadn’t been in London before. So we (well, I mainly) decided to go to London for a long Harry Potter weekend with lots of activities related to Harry Potter and books! I very happily arranged it all :)
So these blog posts will be the Harry Potter London Chronicles, where I will tell you in detail about our A-MA-ZING Harry Potter weekend. Today, the first instalment: Harry Potter London - Platform 9 3/4.
We arrived on Wednesday, October 26 in the evening and had a lovely pizza dinner at King’s Cross station. After the dinner, we went to Platform 9 3/4 (OF COURSE), where we had our photo’s taken (I did not anticipate buying them, but the photos were just so superior to the ones we managed to make ourselves) in house scarfs (I am a proud Ravenclaw!).
I also bought quite some stuff in the shop: a Harry-Potter-bag (which I really needed), and Harry Potter trivial pursuit (so that we could play it during the weekend) and of course the photo. The rest of the weekend, I bought more stuff, and more justifications will follow :p
For now though, I will leave you, while I depart from Platform 9 3/4 with the Hogwarts express!
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That photo is great. When I was commuting regularly between Cambridge & London, I used to see Platform 9 3/4 every day and it always made me smile.
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We indeed didn't go to Alnwick castle, but Harry-Potter-nerd as I am, I already visited it 4 years ago. That was a great day as well! Did you ever go there? I think they actually do Harry-Potter-tours and stuff, but I was only there for one afternoon, as we were doing a tour from Edinburgh. It looked as if you could spend a nice whole day (or more) there though :)
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