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The Making of Harry Potter on Warners Bros. Studio - Part 2

I am back with the part 2 of our tour on Warner Bros. Studio. If you haven't seen the PART 1, click here!!! One post is not enough! I have a lot to share. Hoorrrey! More Harry Potter photos.

The Marble Staircase that moves and change in the certain time. You might get lost if it suddenly change on your way to your dormitory. Mostly likely shown on the 1st and 2nd movie.

Nimbus 2000. Oh quidditch! How I wish it was true. I want to ride a flying broomstick and play as a seeker.

Mad-eye Moody's Trunk. It was the place where the real moody was kept.

The Secret Door.

The Burrow. The house of Weasleys. It was so cozy.

There was a tutorial for using wands and spells.

The Dark Eaters.

Some parts of the Ministry of Magic. Mostly shown on the 5th movie.

The Butterbeer. I thought it was a real beer. I was really questioning the people serving butterbeer because they were serving it to the kids. But I am certainly wrong.hahaha It was like a sweet soda drink with soft ice cream on it. Yummy! £4 with the souvenir cup.

After the cafe (which I forgot to take of photos on it), outside you can find the Privet Drive, night bus, Hogwart's bridge and other cool stuff.

Privet Drive. The place where harry stays on the muggle world.

The Hogwarts Bridge. Up close.

The life size chess pieces were shown the first movie.

The Dementor. Remember the spell for the dementors? It's expecto patronum!!!! Haha That's my favorite spell! (wala lang. share ko lang. pabibo lang hahaha) I have another one! Obliviate! The spell Hermione used to erase the memories of her parents.

Creature Shop. Amazing how they make the prosthetic makeup.

Animating and graphics.

The Marauder's Map.

Paper model for Hogwarts.

Hogwarts. It is not a real castle though. :( But the details were brilliant.

Inside Ollivander's Wand Shop

The last part of the tour. The merchandise. I went really cray cray and I don't know which to item to pick.

Well, my goal was to buy a Griffindor scarf. Then, other things was randomly picked like the harry potter glasses, fudge flies and a Warner Bros. Studio cap for my bae. Hahaha The photo above was the last day to wore my Griffindor scarf. Push ko talaga na masuot eh. Sinulit ko, one week ko suot yan. Hahahaha hangang paguwi ko ng pinas mahilo hilo na ako sa init, sige lang. Ginusto ko yan eh hahaha I know the fact that here in our country the possibility to wear the scarf is really really low. Winter is not known here the tropical country of the Philippines. That's the main reason of wearing it non-stop in UK. hihi I am such a geek, right? Wearing the scarf on the streets of London or elsewhere. haha

That's for now! I will find more things to post about my trip. Thank you for hanging around with me. *wink *wink

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The Making of Harry Potter on Warners Bros. Studio - Part 1

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In adventure, England

Places to Visit in London, England

Last February 21- March 7, 2015, I got the chance to visit England and stayed there for free for the whole two weeks. Wooot! Yes, courtesy of our company. I'm so lucky to be part of the team to experience UK. It felt surreal even it is over, I still can't explain the feeling. I am overwhelmed. The weeks spent there were not all fun and games but mostly for work. I learned a lot from our trainers and for sure we will incorporate those learning to the following months. I am expecting heavy workload too but it is alright. It is easy to work when you know you enjoy what you are doing, right? Anyways, I am happy to share with you my photos and my experiences in London, England. Of course during our free time, we incorporated some adventure time and visited some of the tourist destination in London. Let us start!

Who will miss the chance to take a selfie in front of Big Ben? I think that bridge was one of the busiest bridges because of the tourists/ people taking selfies in front of it. Every chance they have they will grabbed it for sure. Just like what we did. Hahaha

The London Eye. It is a 360 degrees ride to see the overview of the magnificent city of London. Too bad I did not have the chance to experience it. The queue of the line was always long. I think it will waste our time on queuing for the line. I rather start exploring other places instead. Hihi Maybe next time, if we still given a chance (crossing my fingers).

Natural History Museum. It has the unique architectural design on this building. It is very detailed and amazing. Entering to this place makes me wonder how incredible the mind of the people who built it. On this museum, it is all about the nature's evolution. It focuses on Charles Darwin's Theory and other natural treasures such crystals, minerals and fossils of instinct species. Free admission.

National Gallery Museum. It is on Trafalgar square. Many performers showcase there talent in front of the National Gallery or in Trafalgar square. They entertain a lot the tourists. Inside this building are the paintings of the well known artist. Free admission.

London Beatles Store. If you are looking for authentic The Beatles merchandise, try visiting this store for amazing finds.

After visiting The Beatles store, we decided to go to Abbey Road. My road. Lol hahaha I am a little popular here. Haha houses, roads and even churches were named after me. Haha kidding. This is the Abbey House.

Abbey Road. The famous Abbey Road became very popular because of The Beatles, this was the road they decided to pose and made it the cover of their album. They did not realize it will be popular all over the world. Amazing! It was a tiny pedestrian near the Abbey House. It was hard to have a good shot on this road because it is a busy one and many tourist kept on posing and crossing like The Beatles too. Just like we did. Haha what a cliche move! Haha

Platform 9 3/4 @ King's Cross. Who would thought it would be a hit too. We queue on the line just to take photo on this wall. Haha Let me have a short detail about Platform 9 3/4, to those who are not a fan of harry potter movies. This was the scene where Harry Potter was looking for Hogwarts Express on the very first franchise movie. Because Platform 9 3/4 was hidden to muggles, it was a magical entrance to Hogwarts Express, Harry Potter needs to enter between the wall of Platform 9 with all of his things. Then, he disappeared and went to the world of wizards that's the time he saw Hogwarts Express.

The Harry Potter Shop at Platform 9 3/4. They were selling items from Harry Potter like wands, sweaters, accessories and a lot more. You can also get the official photo of Platform 9 3/4 here. It was whooping £9! Hahaha Anyways, I still purchased it. Haha

Buckingham Palace. The palace where the king and queen and other royal blood of England lives. The residence of Queen Elizabeth. My auntie.. Hahaha char

The Westminster of Abbey. It was famous place because my name is on it. Haha I kid again. On a serious note, according to the tour guide it was the place, where the legendary people was buried such as Charles Dickens, Isaac Newton and a lot more. It was also the place where they held the ceremonies for the kings and queens of England.

London Transport Museum. It is near Covent Market.

Ta-da! Covent Market. It has a lot of variety of boutiques and merchants that are selling unique and one of a kind items.

British Museum. Everything about the history of British and the other parts of the world were here. We also got the chance to see the mummy of Cleopatra. Free admission.

The London Dungeon. It is like horror but funny house/ tour from the dungeon about the old days in London. It narrated the scary days of London, where people got tortured, sick because of the plague and killed because of the serial killers in the loose like Sweeney Todd and Jack the Ripper. Try it. We got a discount for the entrance ticket £ 25.95 for two. Yey!

Tate Modern. It is the place where the modern art where stored. Some of the rooms where free to visit while some of the other rooms has an entrance fee.

Millennium Bridge. It is near the Tate Modern. Crossing the bridge has a great view on it. On the end the bridge, everyone could see the side of St. Paul Cathedral. It is the center of attention because around the cathedral was the modern buildings on it.

St. Paul Cathedral. It has an entrance fee £16 to enter the cathedral. I just took the photo in front of it.

The Making of Harry Potter, Warner Bros. Studio Tour. I am soooo lucky I got a chance to visit this place. I am a potterhead so I was obviously excited to visit the place. I will post a separate blog for this tour. Hahaha Inside the magical place was everything you need to know about Harry Potter. I will spill the beans soon on the next post. Hihi

UPDATE: HARRY POTTER - PART 1 CLICK HERE

Till the next post! Ta-ta!!!