Six day London trip
Spoilers ahead throughout my entire post.
We were welcomed in the U.K. with buckets of rain. The first test for our newly purchased bag. Luckily for us it was waterproof. :-)
We arrived at the hotel and got our key from a cute trainee surrounded by arguing staff. Nice.
We dumped our stuff in our claustrofobic little room and headed for Sectus to meet![[info]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif)
madscot.
Sectus to me was at times like high school: clique-y. No one talked to us and when we asked someone questions they looked at us like we were some odd species from outer space. Over the next days the atmosphere at Sectus changed. Some had read The Book, others hadn't. And the security level for spoilers was beyond any imaginable colour.
For me it changed a lot too. The lectures became more interesting. More participation, more theories. People talked more to each other, about farfetched and not so farfetched storylines, about the quality of the book and how J.K.R. screwed up most of the beloved characters. All of course in the spoiler section of the convention. I think everyone who didn't want to be spoiled was pretty safe until Steve Van Der Ark lost it completely at the auction. They should have thrown him out, but I guess famous people get away with more than others.
The first three days of our trip was filled with Harry Potter,madscot and OH, and I liked it a lot. When we weren't discussing the troll that is J.K.R. and how she messed up the love that is Snape we were eating at some Italian restaurant. At night jamaisneutral and I walked the streets in search of Culture and Landmarks like real tourists.
On Sunday we said goodbye to our Scottish friends and on Monday we welcomed Spikey. He had read the book online so Harry Potter was never far away. we scavenged the streets of London in search of the perfect shoes we didn't find and occasionally we went to see the sights.
I had a great time, although my feet hurt and I sleepwalked the whole day on Wednesday.
random remarks 'bout DH and London in general:
Going to a Harry Potter convention without reading the book but willing to be spoiled discussing matters was really interesting.
I believed and still believe Snape isn't really dead. There was no funeral, no portrait so he's not dead!! Oh, and when Fenrir was attacked by Trelawney J.K.R. wrote something along the lines of "and he moved no more".jamaisneutral believed this meant he was dead, BUT he joined the battle again in the Battle of all Battles. So when J.K.R. writes about Snape "and he moved no more"... see NOT dead. Ha! :D
Snape/Lily. Please... as if.
Why is that when we went to restaurants and diners we never were served by native Brits? Too good for them I s'pose... :-)
Bakeries in London are non-existent and when they serve something along the lines of a croissant it tastes like something that's been made three days ago.
We were welcomed in the U.K. with buckets of rain. The first test for our newly purchased bag. Luckily for us it was waterproof. :-)
We arrived at the hotel and got our key from a cute trainee surrounded by arguing staff. Nice.
We dumped our stuff in our claustrofobic little room and headed for Sectus to meet
madscot.Sectus to me was at times like high school: clique-y. No one talked to us and when we asked someone questions they looked at us like we were some odd species from outer space. Over the next days the atmosphere at Sectus changed. Some had read The Book, others hadn't. And the security level for spoilers was beyond any imaginable colour.
For me it changed a lot too. The lectures became more interesting. More participation, more theories. People talked more to each other, about farfetched and not so farfetched storylines, about the quality of the book and how J.K.R. screwed up most of the beloved characters. All of course in the spoiler section of the convention. I think everyone who didn't want to be spoiled was pretty safe until Steve Van Der Ark lost it completely at the auction. They should have thrown him out, but I guess famous people get away with more than others.
The first three days of our trip was filled with Harry Potter,
madscot and OH, and I liked it a lot. When we weren't discussing the troll that is J.K.R. and how she messed up the love that is Snape we were eating at some Italian restaurant. At night jamaisneutral and I walked the streets in search of Culture and Landmarks like real tourists.On Sunday we said goodbye to our Scottish friends and on Monday we welcomed Spikey. He had read the book online so Harry Potter was never far away. we scavenged the streets of London in search of the perfect shoes we didn't find and occasionally we went to see the sights.
I had a great time, although my feet hurt and I sleepwalked the whole day on Wednesday.
random remarks 'bout DH and London in general:
Going to a Harry Potter convention without reading the book but willing to be spoiled discussing matters was really interesting.
I believed and still believe Snape isn't really dead. There was no funeral, no portrait so he's not dead!! Oh, and when Fenrir was attacked by Trelawney J.K.R. wrote something along the lines of "and he moved no more".
jamaisneutral believed this meant he was dead, BUT he joined the battle again in the Battle of all Battles. So when J.K.R. writes about Snape "and he moved no more"... see NOT dead. Ha! :DSnape/Lily. Please... as if.
Why is that when we went to restaurants and diners we never were served by native Brits? Too good for them I s'pose... :-)
Bakeries in London are non-existent and when they serve something along the lines of a croissant it tastes like something that's been made three days ago.
The same goes for us!