Firstly, we got in about 11:30pm from the train and had no idea where the hotel was. Eventually we found it, then got our room. Twin bed...hello Ma and Pa Kettle, or even Burt and Ernie for our younger blog readers! We requested a change, so we toddled off to the next room, but it was actually dirty as if someone was still in there. There were room service plates and the joint stank, so it was back down stairs to reception. We laughed and ended up chatting to the guy and got the original room we were given! This morning we were able to change to a fantastic double that amply made up from last night's fun.
We headed off around 11am to the local train station into King's Cross. We are staying out of town because the Sonisphere Festival that we originally booked was cancelled. Unfortunately we weren't able to cancel our Stevenage accommodation, hence training it in!
£10 each for breakfast...no thank you! That was the price at a discount for booking in early. We decided to go in and have a beautiful big lunch and missed breakfast. It was nice cruising in London and enjoying a hearty soup each, as well as sushi and a berry yoghurt. It was fabulous and just less than the price of the offerings of the hotel. In the majority of our hotels / hostels, breakfast was included, so we never even thought about it.
Our main tour for today was going to the Harry Potter studio tour at Warner Brothers. Our ticket included a pick up and drop off bus service from Baker Street station. This was very convenient for us, as it was very close to King's Cross station. The bus took us way out of central London, but well worth the overall effort.
It took 10 years or so to produce all
8 films and luckily for us, they opened up an awesome tour of the props, secrets, set designs and so much more in only March of this year. Given that our concert was cancelled, we needed something else to do and this was right up our Diagon Alley!
We thought about lining up for the green screen feature so we could ride a broomstick in a quidditch match, but it was going to be a 45 minute wait so we decided against it. Apparently there are more adults keen on this than the kids.
All in all, we really had a good time revisiting all aspects of this brilliant series. We would highly recommend to all fans of the books and films to go if you have the chance. This is a classic created during our lives and we expect will be a story that continues to capture the imagination of many people for many generations to come. Bring on the Harry Potter-athon!
After our Harry encounter, we decided to walk from Baker Street back to the King's Cross area for some much needed air. There had definitely been some inclement weather earlier in the day, but on our walk the skies were clear and the weather was quite warm. Winner...we have had many lucky breaks across the past 10 weeks, but we will be pulled back down to earth on our return journey to wintery Melbourne!
For dinner it was convenient to eat in the King's Cross area, as we needed to hop another train back out to Stevenage. We opted for Indian, as we hadn't had any for long time and the English have an excellent reputation for Indian cuisine. It did not disappoint! Yet another taste sensation on our fabulous gastronomic tour of Europe.
We took the train back out and reminisced about the fabulous day that we'd had. London is an awesome bustling city and one that we would not hesitate to visit again.
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