The Making of Harry Potter

Today I went into the Making of Harry Potter world, where parts of Harry Potter movies were filmed. There were many things that we all learned about on the tour.  When we entered you felt like a wizard off on your greatest adventure. We were taking a tour to see the sets, props, and costumes used in the movies.

             

    First, on our tour a lady took us in a cinema and we watched the author J.K Rowling's Harry Potter books get popular and get to be a movie. Then when it ended a man came and the screen went up and you saw the doors to the Great Hall, and the man said ' Welcome to Hogwarts '.those were the first words someone told Harry.  When he said those words he opened the doors and there was the Great Hall. Everyone went in and saw where Griffindor, Syltherin, Raven-claw, and Hufflepuff sat in the Great Hall.  Next we went walking and there was Gringotts Bank, Ministry of Magic, you could fly on a broom, and there was so much more. My brother and sister and I went to the Knight bus that Harry went on to get to the Ministry of Magic. We all got to try Butterbeer it was like root beer but is more buttery. We took a little break and sipped our butter-beer until we were all done drinking.

Next, after the nice butter-beer we saw the flying car, number 4 Privet drive, and the bridge to enter Hogwarts. We also saw the pieces used for the wizarding chess match, the blue prints for the model of  Hogwarts. Then we saw Diagon Alley it was just like in the movie.  The last thing on our tour was Olivanders shop of  wands  where we saw Hermiome's, Harry's and Ron's wands. When the tour was over we went to the gifts shop and looked around and then my parents got themselves a coffee, and we left.  I really enjoyed this and I hope you read this and want to come and experience this in your own eyes!

      

All Around London

Today we all went around London. We went to the Tower Bridge, William Shakespeare's globe theater and St Paul's Cathedral.

First, we all went to the Tower Bridge. When we got there we went into the North tower and we got our tickets and headed to the elevator. The elevator  took us up to the first exhibition. It was really cool, I learned that it took lots and lots of tools to build the bridge. Many men and then later in the years women buillt and had to know how to have patience, confidence, and be able to be strong. Then we headed down to the second exhibition, there was lots of thing here to learn about like the designing of the bridge and the making of it. The last exhibition was the engine room. There were some tools that they may of used to make this bridge lift when big boats needed  to get on the other side. From what I learned at the exhibitions was that there was lots of hard work and patience to build this bridge. To  rate this out of 10, it would be a 9. I would love to actually go to the lifting of the bridge place and learn how to do it. I know it's a bridge but has lots of learning and awesome details. It's a great place to visit.

Next, we alI went walking for 20 minutes to the globe. It's not any globe it's where William Shakespeare did his plays. We learned so much because we had audio guides telling us so much information to last us our life's. When we were just learning about the Rose theater, there was a person telling people to  come down to see how people dressed in the olden days. I thought it would be neat so I went down and sat to watch and then my family sat down with me. The people going to show us asked me to be their model to dress. I was going to be dressed as a shepherdess. I had to wear a thin gown and then I had to put on long socks that had to cover my knees and brown shoes, Next, I put on a thing that made ladies hips big, also I put on a skirt that was orange, then a black dress on the skirt.  Okay, and then finally a apron and a bonnet then I transformed into a lady shepherdess. I had so much fun and really enjoyed the experience. 

Finally we walked across the bridge and we entered St Paul's Cathedral, when we entered we went first to the entrance to the dome. We had to climb lots of stairs so we stopped at a different view place. The view was amazing you could see so much. When we were done looking at the tremendous landscape we went downstairs to the crips and we saw where many important people were buried. We got tired so we left and headed back home. The view from the top was exquisite.

Windsor Castle!

Today I went to a neat place before the castle,I went to where they filmed Harry and Ron going through the wall in Harry Potter movies. I got a picture doing that it was really cool. Next we left that station and we went to the Windsor castle that's where the queen lives in the weekend.We all got to learn by the audio guides, One of the neat things we learned was there was a terrible fire and the children used these paintings  to remember there favorite characters in movies and plays. I thought that was really important and very interesting. Next we all went inside into a room with a big doll house it was Queen Mary's it was the biggest in England. Our guides told us to enter a room with a big dinning table this was where the king and the Queen would have their royal feast.They would use gold plates and china with beautiful colors, it was amazing. Then we entered lots of rooms like the drawing room, the queens bed, kings bed, the ball room and even more rooms.It was thrilling. After that,we all went to the chapel where the choir sings, the Queen sits ,the knights sit, and  the joining people that later become knights. I loved where the Queen sat it really looked comfortable. The patterns on the chair came in diffrent colors. I know your thinking colors there not important but they are they give you feeling and emotions. We ended our day with a really fast grocery stop and then rode the train and tube back home and we ate dinner. 

The Breath Taking Day!

Today was a amazing day I went to the Buckingham Palace, Kensington Palace and Paddington Train Station. The first thing I did today was watch the changing of the guards at Buckingham Palace, where Queen Elizabeth lives on the weekdays. It was very neat because I learned about the guards and their uniforms and plumes. When we were done looking we ate our salami sandwiches on the grass.  Well that's it, oh I'm just kidding we are not nearly finished. Next, we went to Kensington Palace where Princess Diana lived before she past on. We learned about some of England's kings and queens, princesses, also princes and duchesses.  I was so thrilled that we got to learn so much. We all left and took a train to Paddington Station. I was excited to see the statue of Paddington, the adventurous bear.  It was so good to see my moms smile and happiness about her times with her Paddington bear. We ended the day with going out to dinner again and I finally got my fish and chips, yeah!  I'm so glad you took time to read. So stay tuned for more...

Westminster Abbey

So today was very interesting we did many things like go on a boat to go sightseeing, went to an abbey, saw Big Ben ( it's a clock ), and ended up eating at a Mexican restaurant!

My favorite place we went to was Westminster Abbey! In Westminster Abbey I learned that there are many buried people in the church. We all went to see the high altar - it shines like butter on bread, yum. There were many things to see and do. My brother, sis and I did an activity worksheet and learned so much from that. Such as queens and kings had their coronation ceremony here, there is a special choir of boys, services are held every day, and there are many colorful works of art. I also saw where Queen Elizabeth I is buried.

London has been so terrific. I earned a prize for completing the worksheet on Westminster and I earned a chocolate coin. It was a marvelous day out so we sat on a grassy area by the abbey and ate sandwiches by Big Ben!

When we all were done eating, we headed to a boat and we went on a Thames River cruise. We saw lots of bridges like the London bridge, tower bridge, and Blackfriars Bridge. Also one of the crew told us about famous buildings on the riverside. One of my favorite was The Globe Theater - built exactly like William Shakespeare's theater. We got off the boat at Greenwich and ended the day with an observatory, museum and a lovely Mexican restaurant.

It was 8:30pm when we got home. Everyone was tired but we got to talk to our family in NJ until 10:40pm and then we hung up and went to bed.

The London Tower

Today my family and I were going into the city of London to investigate the tower. To get there we had to take 2 trains. When we got to the station Tower Hill, we went walking and we reached the tower entrance. My family and I gave the lady in the booth our passes, and we started our investigation!

First, we all walked to the first tower and we went in, there were pictures, lots of stairs, and many history to the complex. I wondered why all the buildings were so old but looked very suitable to walk around.

When my family and I were done looking around it was time for a tour. So we headed back to the entrance, put on our informations cap and we all were ready to learn. Did you know that the London tower is not one tower it is a complex of different towers with much history? Also did you know that this place had dungeons and a zoo? Also one thing I found absolutely amazing was that when people broke the rules, such as disliking the king or queen, that traitor was beheaded and then they were buried in a special place,the church by the tower? I know creepy, right?

We also got to see the Crown Jewels that the dukes, king and queens wore.

Great Barrier Reef

Yeah! Today was the day we are  going to swim at the Great Barrier Reef. First, we went on a submarine and we went under water it was a magnificent view. There were all kinds of multicolor fish,and coral.I saw a giant fish with blue skin. Also I saw huge amounts of seed weed. Then it was 1:00, time for lunch.

My family and I went to the buffet area and started dishing ourselves some food. They had chicken, rice and even more delicious food. After my family and got our snorkels, flippers and wet suits we jumped into the water.  My dad and sis swam longer then I did and they were lucky to see a fish named Wallie, and they got to pet it. On my swim I got to see coral, fish, and  lots of seed weed like in the submarine but it was so much cooler  because you got to see up close. I also got to see a jelly fish, man it was cool. When I was done I got some more food and then I got some Sprite and then went swimming again. The water felt cool and salty. When the whistle blew it was  time to go home so we returned our suits and went on the boat and rode it back home. I really liked the snorkeling trip and I hope you want to come to Australia and do this!