Witchcraft ad Wizardry

Hello hello!

Wherever did I leave you hanging last time?? Let's see... ah yes. Lying Irishmen (and woman).

Right, so after Doolin and the Cliffs of Moher, we went to Galway, which was our last town in Ireland. It's a lovely city with a big park right in the city centre and a river to one side. There are a couple of islands to visit just off the coast as well, but we were feeling kind of tired, so we chose to skip them. All in all, we didn't get too much accomplished in Galway, except to have a nice pizza dinner in a park. It was pleasant. We left Galway on Thursday, and finished our day in London, where we are now.

Today, we wandered the streets of downtown London for a while. It's friggin huge, and everything is ridiculously spaced out, but thankfully the "tube" system is quite good, so it's easy to get from one thing to the next. We started our day on Baker Street, where Heather took us to a Beatles shop. I think she may have been in heaven. Then we saw a Beatles museume thing (more like one room filled with Beatles stuff) and had a nice cooling drink at Starbuck's. Oh Starbucks... so English.

After that, we were supposed to meet Heather's parents at Big Ben at 3. They got a little lost on the way, but turned up at four, so it's all good. Together, we saw Big Ben, the Parliament Buildings and Westminster Abbey. Big Ben is not actually as big as one might think, but, as far as clocks go, it's a pretty good size. The most amazing thing about it, actually, is the detail that went into the building... oh my! The Abbey is also quite impressive... and it takes a lot for me to say that, because we all know how I feel about staring at churches...

After that we had a nice dinner, in a pub, naturally. Then we left Glenn and Juanita, headed down to Trafalgar Square (quite pretty, but nothing special) and then back to the hostel. But tomorrow is when the good stuff should happen....

And by good stuff, I mean POTTER STUFF!!!!! Oh yeah! Tomorrow, we are going down to King's Cross Train station, where they have put a sign between platforms 9 and 10, which reads Platform 9 3/4. Just like the book! They also have a trolley pushed half way through the wall! I am sooooo excited. I may or may not have time to post again before coming home, but if I dont, you better believe you're going to get an earful about Platform 9 3/4. Tomorrow, I will be a witch ... and Heather too... and Ray a wizard. Oh the times we'll have...

I dunno what else we're doing tomorrow, but if we see nothing but the Platform, I'll still be happy!

See you all in 3 days!

Steph :)