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Harry Potter Studios

Jan 13, 2020 by Michelle Gillespie

HARRY POTTER! Let your inner child be the star ⭐️ for the day. Harry Potter studios was so good. We loved every second. The best bit by far was the model of the castle you go past at the end. It’s spectacularly beautiful and quite moving. If you’re a fan enjoy. Make sure you buy your tickets months in advance as they sell out and there is no way of getting them when you arrive in London. The studio is situated inside Warner Bros. Studios, Leavesden in Leavesden, near Watford, in southwest Hertfordshire. You can catch the train there and the studio bus picks you up at the train station.

It opened to the public in 2012. Tickets cost £47 each but are worth every cent. Don’t bother getting there early as you are assigned a set entry time so have to wait. Oh and don’t bother with the cup cakes and hot chocolate unless you want something super sickly and sweet. They look great but taste a little gross. 

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London

Jan 13, 2020 by Michelle Gillespie

London in a day: So you’ve only got one day in London and want to see everything. You can do it. By walking about 20km you can see as many of the classic tourist sites as possible. Buckingham Palace, London Eye, Tower Bridge, Tower of London, squirrels, deck chairs and ducklings in St James Park, Westminster Abbey, St Paul’s Cathedral, Millennium Bridge, Big Ben (covered in scaffolding 😔) and Trafalgar Square. Ending your day with a London West End Show that we decided to do at 3 o’clock that day! You won’t have time to go inside the sites though. Just grab a photo and a look. Perfect

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Cinque Terre

Aug 11, 2019 by Michelle Gillespie

5 reasons not to do a full day tour at Cinque Terre. If you are looking to see the 5 picturesque seaside towns that make up Cinque Terre in Italy, but don’t want to spend hours in each one then don’t do a full day tour from Florence. Why? 1: to see the postcard photo featured in photo 1 you only need to go to Manarola. 2: the towns are small and crowded when the tour busses are there. This is you as you are on the tour bus. 3: the towns are all very similar. You don’t need to visit them all to experience a Cinque Terre. 4: there isn’t much to do in the towns unless you want to hire a sun lounger at Monterosso (€18). 5: to get the view you need to see the towns from a distance which is really only possible from a boat or Manarola. Other tips: – The bus ride from Florence takes 2 hours. – There are no toilets unless you pay to go at the train stations or eat at a cafe that has a toilet. Alternate: – Make your own way to Manarola from Florence via train. It will take a couple of train changes and take a little longer but may be worth it if you don’t want to be constrained by the organised tour schedule. Or hire a car for the day. It’s an easy drive and you can leave your car at Manarola and use the train to move between the towns easily once you’re there.

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