Firstly my apologies to the pedants among you who may still be bothering to look in on us - yes, I know about the split infinitive in the last blog, but it seemed to fit a bit better, so it stayed.
We are still succumbing somewhat to the ravages of jet-lag - awake at 4.00 o'clock and out of bed by about 5.00, but fortunately no-one is at all grumpy, irritable or easily (insert irony font).
Today's adventure was a day trip for a behind-the-scenes look at the Harry Potter franchise and mega-marketing behemoth out just past Watford at the Warner Bros. studio. And again, the lessons from the American way of presenting this 'product' have been incredibly well learnt and acted upon - very slick, very professional and very well done. Often with these sorts of tours I wonder if some of the magic of the actual film is lost, as it is reduced to its bare and basic facets. If anything however, the way that it was presented seemed to enhance the magic of the story as laid out in film. The creativity of these people is astounding. I am sure that there will be many of you just itching to see all of the 200+ photos and 23 short videos of the day.
Thus today is a fairly short blog - wonderful to have experienced it, but hardly newsworthy.
Hello gorgeous travellers. I am loving reading all about your journey and feel like I am now an armchair traveller along side of you :) Thanks for taking the time to update us. Entertaining as ever Michael!! Love you all lots, Nicolle xoxoxox
ReplyDeleteHi Juls, Michael, Patrick and Isabel,
ReplyDeleteGary, Em, Alexander and I are officially connected to your blog pot, ready to live the ‘higgins holiday extravaganza’ vicariously (and with just the tiniest dash of envy!) Had to admit we grinned broadly at the thought of a future dated slide night compliments of Isabel wishing to capture every single moment of her day on film. Trust in the knowledge Isabel that your father will enjoy immensely the process of editing your endless photographic memories of this trip. (We have seen him avidly poring over multitudes of old photographs at this dining room table in the past with an ever eternal smile on his face)
Happy travelling dear Higgins..... cant wait for the next instalment!