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Hi! For the month of August, I am co-hosting an event with Alexa from Alexa Love Books and Magan & Estelle from Rather Be Reading named Travel Tales. It’s our way of traveling through books. Each week will bring a different post from each of us. This week’s theme is places to visit in books. Of course, the obvious answer is the wizarding world of Harry Potter. Since the world is so expansive, I thought I would highlight five places I would visit in J.K. Rowling’s world.
hogwarts
Is Hogwarts the best school ever or what? Secret passages, food, cosy common rooms, and lessons you would actually want to go to. According to Pottermore, I am a Ravenclaw. So that’s one check off my dream list but I’d still like my Hogwarts letter.
beauxbatons
I mean, it’s no competition for Hogwarts but I’d still love to visit this French school! Fleur Delacour may or may not have been exaggerating but it sounds beautiful. It is a GLITTERING PALACE! It would let me live all my magical princess dreams. Also, silk uniforms? Fancy!
diagon alley
Really, my number one shop to visit in Diagon Alley is Florean Fortescue’s Ice Cream Parlour. It’s me, come on. Also, Flourish & Blotts? It’s like taking books to the next level — MAGICAL BOOKS. Even taking a trip to the bank would be exciting in Diagon Alley. How much fun would Weasleys’ Wizard Wheezes be?!
hogsmeade
I am so glad that this has come to life in a form of a theme park but I’d still like to visit the real deal. Honeydukes sounds HEAVENLY and mmm, butterbeer! Butterbeer sounds so warm and lovely and although the Muggle version is fab, I’m sure it’s not a match for the wizarding one.
the burrow
The best house Harry Potter has ever been to so you know it’s kind of a big deal. It just sounds like a HOME, all lived in and full of heart. A summer with the Weasleys promises hijinks and good food.
Travel On:
Alexa introduces the event and throws a birthday giveaway!
Estelle recommends three travel reads.
Alexa reviews A Mutiny in Time.
Estelle and Magan share some of their favourite settings.
Alexa talks about modes of transportation.
While I was majorly in love with this series I was also seriously jealous because i wanted to go to Hogwarts and hang out with my friends and learn spells. I could have done without fighting the meanest dark arts wizard in the world of course…
I love what you did with this post :) It’s so imaginative and JK has certainly created so many places I would love to hang out. Luckily we get to do a lil bit of that in Universal but I would love to see an entire park dedicated to it. (Have you heard they are expanding HP World btw? They’ve already started working on it.)
xo
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I KNOW RIIIIGHT. I mean, I’d like to visit after the war obvs but even then, it still had so much hope and love for Harry Potter. I WANT TO DO SPELLS AND GO TO HOGWARTS!
Merci merci, Estelle! I would love to see an entire park dedicated to it too. I did hear that and I am so excited because I think the current one is too small. Wonderful but small.
<3
I would love to hang out in Honeydukes.
I loved seeing some of the filming locations while in England.
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Me too, me too. Lucky you!
This post is made of sheer awesome. I LOVE the world that J.K. Rowling created in Harry Potter. All the places that she wrote about and how she described them definitely made me want to visit! I love what they’ve done with the Wizarding World of Harry Potter for sure, but I imagine that the real deal would be even more awesome!
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You’re made out of sheer awesome! I WANT TO LIVE IN HP AND NEVER GO BACK. I can’t even imagine how much more amazing the real deal would be, I think I’d explode from teh awesome.
HOW BADLY DO I WANT TO GO TO DIAGON ALLEY?! Oh my goodness! I love, love this post. And you. And am so excited about Travel Tales!
Magan @ Rather Be Reading recently posted..Estelle: The Lonely Hearts Club by Elizabeth Eulberg
RIIIIGHT?! I <3 you and I’m so excited for it too.
Who doesn’t want to go to Hogwarts? :) I wish I could move in with the Weasley’s and call The Burrow home. It looks so warm and cosy and I would love to meet Fred and George. I’ve never really given Beauxbatons much thought before, but I would love to go there too! It would be nice to compare it to Hogwarts (which I know oh-so-well) ;D
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YES! Fred and George were some of my favourite parts of the series. It WOULD be nice to compared to good old Hogwarts. Durmstrang sort of scares me though.
I want to go to these places so much!
Awesome post!
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It would be so fun! Thanks. :D
I loveee this post! Gosh, I love the Wizarding World to death, so I love your insight and awesome picks! :)
~Keertana
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Yes, yes, yes! I love it! I visited the Harry Potter world in Florida and LOVED IT! It was exactly what I thought it would be … even if I can’t visit the places in the movie, it’s nice to visit the Disney version. :)
Awesome post!
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Seriously! Gosh, so jealous of all the actors who grew up on the HP set.
Ohmygosh, YES!!! Love this post. :) The pictures are beautiful. I would so love to go almost everywhere in the HP world.
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THANKS! Me toooo, maybe I would even brave the scary places! (Probably not.)
Hehe. I’m one of those people who has not read any of the Harry Potter books. Whoops! Haha. If anything, I’m intrigued just because I want to read about these places! They sound pretty amazing! Such a fun event. :)
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What a fantastic and phenomenal event!!?! I adore this pictures.. if there is one world I’d love to live in it’s HP – minus Voldemorrt. So I just want the fluffy magical school and places! Those pictures are to dream for .. Must bookmark this post!
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I think the world of Harry Potter would be at the top of most readers’ travel lists, if it were really possible! Great choice, Elena!
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LOVE this post, Elena! And I love the meme you guys are hosting, that’s so awesome. Hogwarts and Harry’s world would definitely be at the top of many readers’ lists of places they want to travel, I’m sure.
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YES. Beauxbatons! I’ve always wondered what the other wizarding schools were really like, from the inside.
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I loved the world of Harry Potter! I want to watch a Quidditch match, visit Diagon Alley, study at Hogwarts …
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These all sound like wonderful places to visit. The world of Harry Potter is just so fantastic and interesting. Hogsmeade would definitely be on my top list of places to visit. That’s cool you’re a Ravenclaw via Pottermore. I’m a Slytherin. :)
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Oh my gosh, this post is just epic!! <3 I'm practically obsessed with anything Harry Potter, so I love this post, Elena! <3 I remember your post of Harry Potter theme park, and now I have urge desire to visit this magical place! :')
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OH YES! Please take me to all those places in Harry Potter! I would LOVE to live in the world of Harry Potter forever, now that Voldemort is gone :P HOGWARTS IS THE BEST SCHOOL EVER!!!
Awesome post, Elena! ♥
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I’m still secretly waiting for my owl to arrive ^^ Because I hope that I might discover my magic some day; it’s just hiding :p Haha. I would LOVE to travel to Hogwarts with all the magic places and wonderful characters <3
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I’d love to see Honeyduke’s, Eeylops Owl Emporium, and Hogwarts most. :) Great post!
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I SO AGREE ON ALL OF THESE. Also, I adore all the images you chose for them; they’re just perfect!
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I love this post! Seriously, I would happily sign up for any of these, and really cannot wait to at least visit the themepark someday. Of course I would love to visit Hogwarts and the Borrow, and wouldn’t mind checking out #12 either. :P
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Oh, I can’t think of anything I would want more than to visit Hogwarts, Diagon Alley, and Hogsmeade. Brilliant post.
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Oxford has some pretty cool filming locations! A good compromise? And you get tea and scones and clotted cream too!
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