Thursday, January 9, 2014

London, England

First day, after flying in, we explored the Making of Harry Potter Tour. 
It was really fun to see the props, costumes and sets they used.

Ashtyn with the flying car behind her
Checking out the wands in the gift shop,
Jaxon settled for Mad Eye Moody's.
The sorting hat!
Harry Potter's room under the stairs
The Great Hall

Harry's first Robes
 The Boys Room
 Potions Class
Dumbledore's Office
 #4 Privet Drive
Drinking Butterbeer in front of Harry's house
The Knight Bus
 Diagon Alley
The next day we strolled out to find a place to eat and came upon these famous sights...
Big Ben with the London Eye behind it

 Westminster Abbey
by the Thames River
found this cute little place called Frankie's for breakfast
Tower of London
part of the Armory at the Tower of London

The Rosetta Stone at the British Museum
Waiting to watch the movie "Frozen"!
Aaron took the girls to see the fireworks at midnight on New Year's Eve by Big Ben.
Mom and Jaxon were very happy to get some sleep :)
 Eating yummy waffles near the Sherlock Holmes Museum.




Ashtyn was very happy with her new hat!
Jaxon loved the telephone boxes, looks like something in Dr. Who.


waiting for the New Year's Day Parade



at Ripley's Believe It or Not Museum

Excited to see "Wicked" (again!)
Ashtyn goofing around with her siblings
we toured the Globe Theatre
The Millennial Bridge
St. Paul's Cathedral


We met up with my Uncle Bill and Aunt Juliet and their boys, Alex and Joseph.
Joseph is in the picture above.
It was great to see them but wish we could have had more time together.

Friday was our day we had to say Goodbye to Ashtyn. She was heading to Heathrow Airport to take a plane back to Utah. The rest of us left later that evening. 

2 comments:

  1. So GREEN that you got to see all the Harry Potter stuff!!!! What a fun trip y'all had over the holidays. Thanks for sharing your adventures with us.

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