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Saturday August 25, 2018
King's Cross Station
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Platform 9¾ - must be Muggles, for it's still a week to September 1st
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The Harry Potter fan shop
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eating a chocolate frog on the train
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we're definitely in London
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on the right: entrance to Roman baths
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seen on our way to Temple station
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just checking if the Queen is home
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THE TIME IS NOW, THE DAY IS HERE!
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afterwards: waiting at the stage door (and watching the pub across the street)
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Toby Miles aka MARIUS - cute and so friendly!
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Jean Valjean (Dean Chisnall) was sooo nice - but 'Ponine (Elena Skye) too
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Sunday, August 29, 2018
our hotel was just around the corner from this station
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while we wait for the Tower to open: TOWER BRIDGE!
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we're so early, there's NO QUEUE at the Crown Jewels
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the queue at the Crown Jewels, an hour later - traitors' gate
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Upon inspection, this enormous book turned out to be a ledger. How boring.
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One king really had a polar bear one - the White Tower dates back to William the Conqueror
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ready to protect - well, kind of
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Keeping an eye on that queue...
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The trial of Anne Boleyn (was later cut short by the rain)
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in the White Tower: the Line of Kings
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many, many people come to see the crown Jewels
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meanwhile, we visit the king's and queen's private chapel in the White Tower
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It guards the Armouries in the White Tower.
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