Saturday 4 June 2005
Today was a movie-themed day.
Today we rose early and headed out to Kings Cross station to look for Platform 9 and 3/4. Being a Harry Potter fan I was shocked to discover an awful truth - there is no barrier between Platform 9 and 10 - Platform 9a, 9b and 10 are separated by tracks. The Platform barrier shown in the first movie is actually between Platforms 4 and 5. However, the train station does have a small monument to Harry Potter - a luggage trolley is half disappearing into a wall outside the walkway to Platform 9.
We then caught the tube to the Science Musuem for the Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy exhibition. I was dissappointed by the exhibit, it was just a few sets and props from the movie but no information about the science behind the movie or about how the movie was made.
Afterwards we caught the bus to Piccadilly and had a look through the Virgin Megastore - four floors of music and DVDs! I was tempted by the Yes, Minister and Yes, Prime Minister DVDs but the exchange rate meant they were no more expensive than in NZ. I was also tempted by The Goodies DVD, especially as our Hotel is around the corner from the BT Tower that is destroyed by Kitten Kong. (Anyone under 30 will not understand.)
Afterwards we went back to the Science Musuem to see' Hitchhikers' in the IMAX cinema, before heading back to the hotel for a good nights sleep.
Today we rose early and headed out to Kings Cross station to look for Platform 9 and 3/4. Being a Harry Potter fan I was shocked to discover an awful truth - there is no barrier between Platform 9 and 10 - Platform 9a, 9b and 10 are separated by tracks. The Platform barrier shown in the first movie is actually between Platforms 4 and 5. However, the train station does have a small monument to Harry Potter - a luggage trolley is half disappearing into a wall outside the walkway to Platform 9.
We then caught the tube to the Science Musuem for the Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy exhibition. I was dissappointed by the exhibit, it was just a few sets and props from the movie but no information about the science behind the movie or about how the movie was made.
Afterwards we caught the bus to Piccadilly and had a look through the Virgin Megastore - four floors of music and DVDs! I was tempted by the Yes, Minister and Yes, Prime Minister DVDs but the exchange rate meant they were no more expensive than in NZ. I was also tempted by The Goodies DVD, especially as our Hotel is around the corner from the BT Tower that is destroyed by Kitten Kong. (Anyone under 30 will not understand.)
Afterwards we went back to the Science Musuem to see' Hitchhikers' in the IMAX cinema, before heading back to the hotel for a good nights sleep.
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