A Trip To: Harry Potter Studio Tour London, England

This was my favorite exhibit I saw in London. I absolutely love Harry Potter and I didn't think we would be able to go to the studio tour but our professor wanted to check it out and about half of the group we went with wanted to as well. Therefore we all bought tickets and went! I will admit I almost cried when I first saw the studio because of all the history it has, growing up with the movies and books, and all the magic that was made there (pun intended)!

Harry's bedroom

Dinning Hall

Gryffindor outfits

 Sorting Hat

Hagrid

Professor Snape

Dumbledore

Professor McGonagall 

Golden Snitch!

Hermione's beautiful dress!!! My favorite item of the whole tour!

Fleur's outfit

Harry and Voldemort's clothes

Gryffindor bedrooms

Gryffindor common room

Invisibility cloak

Costumes from the last movie!

A few costumes from the movies

Dumbledore's Phoenix Stairway

Hermione's time-turner necklace

Dumbledore's office

Door to the Chamber of Secrets 

One of many moving staircases

Brooms

Hagrid's house

Production used green screen to animate moving pictures in the frames

Fred and George Weasley's outfits

Clock in Weasley's house to tell where everyone is

Black family tapestry 

Ministry of Magic

Several of Dolores Umbridge's pink clothes. I learned that her pink clothing darkened as the movie progressed as she became more evil!

Platform 9 3/4!!!

 

Hogwarts Express

I'M A WIZARD!!!

Costumes from the last movie

Knight Bus

4 Privet Drive

 

Wooden Bridge that connects to Hogwarts

Chess pieces from the first movie

Flying car

Hagrid's ride

Dobby 

Hedwig 

Dementors

Buckbeak

Diagon Alley 

At the very end there was a replica of Hogwarts. I was in awe of this. I honestly felt at home when I saw it and I spent a long time looking at it and taking every angle in. I couldn't believe how beautiful it was and I did not want to walk away. 

Comment if you have been to the studios tour or if you are a big Harry Potter fan!!

A Trip To: London, England

A few weeks ago I left for my very first trip outside the United States without my parents! I was very terrified but it was amazing. I went to London for an honors class I took over the summer. A few of my friends also took the class and so did my sister!

Big Ben with my sister!

London Eye!

A beautiful view from the London Eye

Another view from the London Eye

Shakespeare Globe theater: we toured it and saw A Midsummer Night's Dream there

Buckingham Palace! We didn't see the Queen but we did see a rehearsal of The Major General's Review of Trooping the Colour that will be performed for the Queen's birthday.

A picture from the rehearsal 

We also saw the Crown Jewels! They were absolutely beautiful and larger than I thought they would be. We weren't allowed to take pictures so here is the outside of the building they are kept in.

 

Tower bridge!

The second floor of the Tower Bridge has glass floor, ceiling, and sides!

St. Paul's Cathedral!

Westminster Abbey!

 

Harrods is a huge department store in London so of course I had to pay a visit!

Piccadilly Circus: London's Times Square!

Saw the murder mystery play Mousetrap that has been playing for 64 years and counting. I highly recommend going and seeing it! I loved it!

Albert memorial!

Beautiful view from Greenwich Village!

Stood on the Prime Meridian!

Kensington Palace!

We were walking around Piccadilly looking for somewhere to eat and looked up and saw Fifth Harmony on a double decker bus! So cool! 

If you get the chance to travel DO IT!! I only went to London for 10 days and I want to go back so bad! I will post more pictures here soon :)

Classicaly Ann

I love it when my mom cleans out her closet...because I get her old clothes! This dress used to belong to her but not any more. I absolutely love the color and the crochet detail around the bodice area. I have been wanting to wear this for a while now. I was waiting for the weather to corporate but mainly I was waiting for the confidence to wear it. It's not that I'm not confident (that's another story for another day) but this is not the "typical college outfit." I wish students here dressed up more and cared more about their appearance. Now don't get me wrong, I do have those days where I wear sweatpants (I wouldn't have been caught dead in them in high school) but not every day. My favorite part of my day is picking out what I will wear. If I have on a great outfit, it will be a great day. That's a good motto to live by! 

My Outfit: Dress-Ann Taylor Loft; Shoes-Converse

Purple Paisley

Apparently I like to dress like a librarian. Something about this outfit reminds me of a librarian.

Speaking of librarian, I have been starting to read books lately. Shocker right! I never liked reading as a kid, but I have found a few books recently that I enjoy and I really want to start reading. The book I am currently reading is Live Original by Sadie Robertson. It has been teaching me a lot about faith and how to improve in certain areas of my life. I would definitely recommend this book to anyone!

For my outfit, I paired a turtleneck tank top with a high-waisted skirt. I love this skirt because it fits perfectly and has buttons all down the center. My oversized sweater compliments the colors in the tank top very nicely. I recently purchased these mint green sandals from Old Navy and they are really comfortable except the back which rubbed my ankle the whole day.

My Outfit: Tank top-Thrifted; Skirt-Dottie Couture; Sweater-Aeropostale; Sandals-Old Navy

Casually Laughing

As mentioned in a previous post, I love the show Supergirl! I wore this outfit recently and my sister commented and said it looks like something Kara Danvers would wear (Supergirl's secret identity). Her style is very preppy and sophisticated. I don't know if she would wear this outfit exactly, but I love it. 

My Outfit: Shirt-TJ Maxx; Sweater-Thrifted; Jeans-Gap; Shoes-Converse