Gather Gather

The next day we did the tour bus thing again.  We may have gotten a little bored this time...

We did not use those for our ears after that.

Then we took the boat tour on the River Thames.

We were all a little chilly, but the guy on the microphone kept us entertained with his dry humor and his dramatic pauses.  I don't think he thought anyone on the boat could understand him.

Tower Bridge.

Just out on the streets of London.

There was a Harry Potter walking tour included in our tour bus tickets.  We were totally into it!  That's what we did next.

That is our guide.  He was very enthusiastic.  Most of the places we saw were in Deathly Hallows Part 1.  He is pointing at Rhon because she just got one of his questions right.  He asked what almost happened to Harry, Ron, and Hermione after they disapparated at the wedding.  She knew.  :)  And that's right where we were standing! 

We also saw the cinemas sign.

And here's where Ron looked back at Harry when they were on their way into the Ministry of Magic.  We tried to recreate the scene. :)

I found some more phone booths.  Nothing to do with Harry Potter, but one of my favorite pictures.

My beautiful kids.  Plus, this is apparently one of the streets J.K. Rowling would stroll along and gather inspiration to write about Diagon Alley.

One of the stops on the tour was this sweetshop.  They had Harry Potter themed candy.  Ridiculously expensive chocolate frogs and things.  But we went back later to get some of the other, less marked up, stuff.  We stood there on the street and tasted the most sour candy any of us had ever tasted.  It was the best.