{"id":1700,"date":"2014-07-03T15:38:29","date_gmt":"2014-07-03T19:38:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.obriensr.us\/?p=1700"},"modified":"2014-07-18T20:18:17","modified_gmt":"2014-07-19T00:18:17","slug":"another-day-another-harry-potter-tour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.obriensr.us\/?p=1700","title":{"rendered":"Another day, another Harry Potter tour"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We started off the day by going back to St. Paul&#8217;s. \u00c2\u00a0When we went yesterday it was with the intent of going to the Visitor&#8217;s Center, which we had no luck finding. \u00c2\u00a0Armed with directions today, we had better luck. \u00c2\u00a0We picked up more info and ideas for things to do. \u00c2\u00a0All of Bren&#8217;s brochures were shows of course. \u00c2\u00a0Then we headed out on a walking adventure.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.obriensr.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IMG_0791.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1701\" src=\"http:\/\/www.obriensr.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IMG_0791-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_0791\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.obriensr.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IMG_0791-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.obriensr.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IMG_0791-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>We came to Millennium Bridge. \u00c2\u00a0After crossing it we realized we were at the Shakespeare&#8217;s Globe Theatre. \u00c2\u00a0Mind blowing for Bren. \u00c2\u00a0We saw costumes, props and the theatre itself. \u00c2\u00a0We had an awesome tour guide (Bren said she was beautiful). \u00c2\u00a0Aidan was fascinated with all the details she had.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">We headed out to meet up with a pre-booked tour- our second Harry Potter Tour through British Movie Tours. \u00c2\u00a0We were driven around by bus to lots of the sites where Harry Potter movies were shot. \u00c2\u00a0Aidan loved this. \u00c2\u00a0Bren fell asleep for part of it! \u00c2\u00a0The tour ended at King&#8217;s Cross and the platform at 9 3\/4. \u00c2\u00a0It was a bit of a line but a must do. \u00c2\u00a0Side note- Chris did laundry here so Aidan could again wear his Harry Potter shirt. \u00c2\u00a0Best Dad ever!<a href=\"http:\/\/www.obriensr.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IMG_0819.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1702 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/www.obriensr.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IMG_0819-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_0819\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.obriensr.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IMG_0819-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.obriensr.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IMG_0819-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Chris has been managing all our navigation- maps, buses, trains- everything! \u00c2\u00a0We thought it would be nice to have a special dinner out so Chris (the only fish eater in the family) could have a traditional fish and chip dinner. \u00c2\u00a0Except that most places don&#8217;t have kids menus or things these picky eaters will try. \u00c2\u00a0But we found an Italian place (across from an &#8220;adult movie store&#8221;) that had fish and chips. \u00c2\u00a0It was not a great experience. \u00c2\u00a0They forgot Chris&#8217; food. \u00c2\u00a0We thought it was coming and finished our pizza. \u00c2\u00a0Still no dinner. \u00c2\u00a0Not great service either. \u00c2\u00a0So we will have to try another night. \u00c2\u00a0Chris is a good sport about it all!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We started off the day by going back to St. Paul&#8217;s. \u00c2\u00a0When we went yesterday it was with the intent of going to the Visitor&#8217;s Center, which we had no luck finding. \u00c2\u00a0Armed with directions today, we had better luck. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.obriensr.us\/?p=1700\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[23],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.obriensr.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1700"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.obriensr.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.obriensr.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.obriensr.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.obriensr.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1700"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.obriensr.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1700\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1703,"href":"https:\/\/www.obriensr.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1700\/revisions\/1703"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.obriensr.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1700"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.obriensr.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1700"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.obriensr.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1700"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}