Platform 9 & 3/4 and The Windsor Castle.

Hey fellow Muggles~

Today was INCREDIBLE! Oh my goodness!!!!

Today we visited the Tower of London. Wow. Just Wow. Amazing! The things there are so old and in was just…like walking into the tower where Richard III had the two princes murdered….Anne Bolelyn’s grave…the beefeaters….I can hardly explain it. Overwhelmingly historical and mindboggling old, by American standards anyway. ;) And sorry for the really bad quality of my pictures there; somehow my camera had gotten switched over to a weird setting…but I’ll just say my pictures are hazy because of the ghooosts in the towers. Scary.

The Bloody Tower

The Tower Bridge

...and all the king's horses...

The Execution Spot

Then, me, my roommate Marika, and Josh went to King’s Cross Station and found Platform 9 ¾ !!!! That’s the entrance to the magical platform where the Hogwarts Express takes magical children to Hogwarts—and it’s the place THE Harry has been too!!! I had a little fangasm there and took loads of pictures. I even found the bridge over the trains that have been used in several of the movies. Whootz!

I got my book! Yay me!

Going to Hogwarts!

Josh and Marika

THEN, we pooled our money and made hamburgers back at our flat. Yummy. We had found this burger place earlier this week, but…they were interesting. The relish was more like apple chutney and pretty disgusting, but at least the bathrooms were clean!

And finally, we went to the Windsor Castle Pub down the street and I drank my first half pint of this Strawberry Ale stuff. It was okaaaaay, but I still can’t stand the smell of alcohol. But the owner really likes Americans, so he’s gonna stay open late so we can watch the superbowl. Yay us!

Yeah…so I’m feeling a little happy right now; I think it’s the strawberry stuff, but at least Katie will be glad that I “went wild.” So yes, I’m feeling a little “buzzed,” whatever that really means.

Time for bed~