{"id":6169,"date":"2016-10-24T13:17:08","date_gmt":"2016-10-24T17:17:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/social.rollins.edu\/wpsites\/letters\/?p=6169"},"modified":"2019-07-18T14:33:48","modified_gmt":"2019-07-18T14:33:48","slug":"yer-a-wizard-harry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/letters\/2016\/10\/24\/yer-a-wizard-harry\/","title":{"rendered":"Yer a wizard, Harry."},"content":{"rendered":"

I WENT TO LONDON.<\/p>\n

A few weeks ago, my friend Ellen and I were trying to figure out what we should do with a free weekend we had coming up. I said, “Hey, wanna go to London.” and she said (spoiler alert), “Hell yes.” We bought our tickets, booked a Harry Potter walking tour, found a hostel, and cried a little bit (out of joyous nerdiness). Here’s a recap:<\/p>\n

On day one (Friday) we saw most of the more touristy attractions.\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

[Tower Bridge]<\/p>\n

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[Big Ben]<\/p>\n

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[London Eye]<\/p>\n

Then the next day, the real reason we came: the Harry Potter tour. This was a two and a half hour tour around London that ended at Platform 9 3\/4 at King’s Cross Station (the actual platform in the movie was filmed at the train station across the street, but there is a tribute at King’s Cross).<\/p>\n

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[Window of a bookshop on the street that inspired Diagon Alley]<\/p>\n

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[South African Embassy aka Gringotts Bank in the films]<\/p>\n

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[King’s Cross Station]<\/p>\n

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[Platform 9 3\/4]<\/p>\n

After the tour we went to Brick Lane, which is a hipstery part of London. I was in love. There was really dope street art and an underground vintage clothing market where I wanted to buy every single thing they had. I managed to leave with only one sweatshirt, but it was a difficult choice. \"\"<\/a> \"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Finally, the last thing that we did was go see Buckingham Palace…because Buckingham Palace. It was beautiful. \"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Until next time, England (which is soon and will be the best day of my entire life @ChancetheRapper).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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