The Spragg's Adventure

Eeeeek! It was finally time. Hannah had her Hufflepuff scarf in her bag, we had the tickets and we were on the train. E x c i t e m e n t ! ! ! Warning: We took a lot of photos. I will try and limit them, noting that a number of my students have said it is boring to have lots of photos. We did have to catch a bus to get to the tour, luckily they provide one for a small cost and it comes with a welcoming movie with a movie star from the movie explaining what will happen.  We started our journey down a long corridor filled with quotes from the characters and being that we were in England, we promptly banged into Dan's cousin from Christchurch and his family. They had spent 6 hours there!!! Panic, would we have enough time being that it was a 6pm entry. Eeek! And finally, we were there. And the Harry Potter memorabilia hit us in the faces ... look it's Hermione, look it's Luna, look it's Ron ... such joy. Once in we watch a few clips a...

Despite the late night, we jumped out of bed ready for a full day. We were heading to the British Museum to catch up with some of my cousins and to check out some more old stuff. My sister Rachel said, "You HAVE to go to the British Museum, it's my favourite and the best." So we couldn't miss it. But the real excitement was for our evening adventure ... the Harry Potter Tour. (Which will be a separate blog because it deserves its own commentary.) I digress - so the British Museum. It seemed huge from the outside but when we got in we discovered it was enormous. The atrium was breathtaking and you knew you were about to make some discoveries. Asher was super excited about seeing (he lists a few, and we all nod and smile because the rest of us are clearly imbeciles and know nothing). But first was lunch and getting to see and meet cousins.  After lunch, which was fun we headed downstairs to find the Rosetta Stone. This is a very famous stone because it h...