The Outside Sets....

Leaving the main building, we went outside where there were a few more sets available to see. They also had butterbeer for sale, so we had to buy it...

Number 4 Privet Drive

The Knight Bus

The Butterbeer wasn't that impressive. It was just cold cream soda with foamy stuff on the top. The creamy top stuff was amazing, but the cream soda was just....well...cream soda.

In the Studios

On the left is Harry's bedroom under the stairs. On the right is the great hall. Both of these were where the films were filmed. In these very rooms! The magical ceiling in the great hall obviously wasn't actually there, it's movie magic. 

The boy's dormitory was TINY! It was really cool to see the many different sets that Harry Potter lovers have grown up seeing in the movies. 

Our reflection in the Mirror of Erised

The Ministry of Magic. 

Harry Potter Studio Tour

The next day was the whole reason why we'd come to the American base. It was time to go to the Harry Potter Studio Tour! We had to get to the studio by 2 o'clock so we stopped off in a town to get lunch. We went to an Italian restaurant with paintings of famous couples eating on the walls and we requested to sit by Will and Kate.  

After lunch we drove to the studio and got in line for our tour. Everyone was given an iTouch in a case with headphones so that we could see videos as well as listening to people explaining what we were going to see. We were so excited! 

Outside the studio

An American Town

That night we drove to the American base where we got a really nice house to stay in. It all felt very American.  

The living room

The kitchen

The room that Ashlynn & I shared

Our little house

The street outside made me feel like we'd stepped into a movie set. 

That night cause we had nothing to do other than watch the olympics on American TV, we went bowling at the bowling alley on the base. We had lots of fun. 

Juggling bowling shoes because we can.

Punting in Cambridge

So after Italy, I went to France (which I've already posted about). Once again, I'm sorry that I haven't had time to post about Italy, but I'm going to try and get up everything from our trip to England which took place after my trip to France. 

We took the overnight ferry to England and then stopped for the day in Cambridge. We even went punting, with Ashlynn and Daddy steering us along the river with a long pole. 

Punting on a river in Cambridge

Beautiful Bridges

Church on the side of the river

Eating with the Locals

We got told to eat at the winning contrada's party that night, so we turned up, payed 10 euros each and got included in the dinner which included Spaghetti Bolognese, hamburgers, bread and potatoes. For those who don't eat meat (Mommy and Ashlynn) all they ate was the bread and potatoes. 

Another day, Another Church

The next day we walked around the other side of Siena. 

A view of the other big churchy thing