My own Harry Potter tour, ROTPOTA, Daniel Radcliffe and the Maze Runner

Halloooooooo!!!

I hope you are all excited for this weeks blog post! My apologies for the length of this one, but I'm just too excited because I have to admit, I've had an awesome week! Saturday was tour day. On Monday I saw Daniel Radcliffe and on Friday I had the AMAZING opportunity to go to the screening of The Maze Runner!

But first: HERE IS A VIDEO!!!!!! Enjoy ^^

My very own Harry Potter film location tour
I feel very proud about the fact that I organized it all by myself. A 2 hours tour in London that leads you from place to place where a couple of scenes from the Harry Potter movies were shot! (I am back in a Harry Potter fase, if you hadn't noticed already) To be honest, I did 3 hours over the entire thing, but you know, when you discover new places in London, you have to take your time to explore. A couple of places are familiar though :)

But first I had a very lovely lunch on Leicester Square with a coffee and a raspberry and white chocolate muffin. The little kids playing with the little fountains around William Shakespeare's statue were just too adorable. It felt like I was right back home. Considering how much time I spent on that square when I worked at RDP.

Leicester Square with the fountains going crazy

My tour started at Piccadilly, but I still can't find the exact spot where they shot...
But what I did found was this on Great Scotland Yard: AWESOME. The pictures at the bottom are mine, obviously. It is not like Rupert Grint hangs around all day on Great Scotland Yard for tourists x)

Cecil Court inspired Diagon Alley. They have the cutest stores there. Mostly book shops, so you can imagine I spent more than a couple of minutes browsing one of the shops...

On Great Newport Street is this little gateway, that is the entrance to Diagon Alley if anyone has payed any attention at the beginning of the 6th movie.

Entrance to Diagon Alley in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 

The Lincoln's Inn Fields was used for the exterior shots on Grimmauld place.

Obviously not this building, but the square (you can see the square in my video FYI)

But apparently this is incorrect and they used Claremont Square, Islington instead. Which makes sense, if I may belief Google Streetview. I guess I'll be stopping by there too in the future.

The Australian House was the interior set for Gringotts Wizarding Bank.

All the way to the Millennium Bridge, which was destroyed in the 6th movies as well.

Millennium Bridge destroyed in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

After Millenium Bridge, I made my way to Borough Market where the entrance to the Leaky Cauldron of the 3th movie is supposed to be. It is a Market below the railway that leads to Cannon Street and London Bridge. Pretty cool market I have to say :)

Couldn't find the flowershop that was used for the entrance of the Leaky Cauldron in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, so instead a shot of the Borough Market roof

After that I crossed the London bridge on my way to Leadenhall Market. I know I know, I've been there already with Molly. But we missed the actually entrance to the Leaky Cauldron whilst we were there back then!

I found it !!!!!!

ROTPOTA
After this very very lovely Saturday, I went home to eat dinner and watch Rise of the Planet of the Apes (ROTPOTA). If you follow me on Twitter or perhaps if you have seen on the Twitter side bar on my blog (if not, feel free to scroll down), you know how amazed I was with the entire motion picture. You can expect a #movietime blog post some time in the future!

Source: loyalkng.com

Andy Serkis takes motion capture to a whole new level with his performance of Caesar. Just breath taking. Now I am very excited to see Dawn of the Planet of the Apes. It is so unfortunate that going to the cinema is so bloody expensive.

Meet the actor: Daniel Radcliffe
Monday was a very exciting day. I even had a post-it on my computer reminding me about the very exciting event that was taking place just a couple of metres from the Media Circus office.

So I wouldn't forget

The Apple store on Regent Street apparently organizes often these sort of events: "Meet the ..." In this case it was "Meet the actor: Daniel Radcliffe". As you all know (because I told you in the previous blog post, if you've missed it, you can read it here) on 12th August was the movie premiere of What If, the new movie starring Daniel Radcliffe. (It's in UK cinemas right now, if anyone is interested)

On Monday, he was in the Apple store to talk about the new movie. About how he relates to the character of Wallace, in which ways Wallace, Harry and he actually look alike, the most awkward scenes to shoot, etc. Because I didn't reserve any place I couldn't pass the black robe that demarcate the event from the store. But I had a really nice chat with one of the employees who had to make sure no one got through without a reservation.

But anyway, I saw Daniel Radcliffe and I could hear a fair amount of what he was saying (although it wasn't always that clear, because of the distance). He is genuinely a funny guy :)

No words needed

The Maze Runner screening!
Friday afternoon, Media Circus sent me to 20th Century Fox to go to The Maze Runner screening. Everyone at MC had already seen the movie at a previous screening, so they managed to let me go instead. I screamed on the inside when I was told I got to go. I saw the trailer when I was working at RDP and it looked damn good, but the release date has been moved twice. The promotion for the movie has started now, so it is official: the movie will be released autumn 2014. UK release is scheduled for 10th October in the UK. In IMAX on the 19th September :)

20th Century Fox twitter page

Because the movie will not be released until the 10th October, I am not going to say a word (I am not allowed to say a word). But you can count on a #movietime post in October! Here is the trailer if I managed to get your attention^^

Alright, I tried to keep it as short as I could, but it turned out quite long anyway. If you made it to the end: well done!

New words: Ignites= combust; leisure= recreation

Thanks for reading!
xo - Sara

Movie marathon

Halloooooo!!

I am so sorry for anyone who was waiting for a new blog post! I don’t have any internet in the house and it has been a bit busier at work so I couldn’t write and upload a thing.

But here it is, this weeks blog post :) Again, no video, but I am editing one now. As soon as I find a way to upload one, I’ll make sure you’ll be the first to see it ;)

As the title already explains, my first weekend was spend indoors watching a ton of movies.

On Saturday I had to stay in the house because the landlord promised me a table and a chair for in my room and I wanted to be at home for that. After that, I had to do a couple of errands so I could eat, you know. The weather was actually quite nice on Saturday, but stupid as I was, I decided to go and explore my neighbourhood on Sunday... Well, that was a mistake. Sunday looked like this:

Bummer 

No chance to explore my neighbourhood... So, I watched 5 movies: Accepted, Must love dogs, Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, The Vow and Despicable me. Of course I didn’t see all 5 of them on Sunday. No, one on Friday evening, two on Saturday and two on Sunday. What else can you do without internet?

 

Of course a Costa Coffee is required

On Tuesday was the premiere of What If with Daniel Radcliffe. For old time sake I decided to stop by at Leicester Square even though it was a detour and I knew it was in Odeon West End so there probably wouldn’t be any screens to watch. And it is also the summer holidays, so loads of tourists would be there as well. And yes, I was right... I didn’t see a thing, I just heard a lot of girls screaming when Daniel Radcliffe arrived... But I had this lovely shot anyway (it was gone just 3 days later)

What If banner on Odeon West End. Was gone by Saturday

On Wednesday, Paris, Georgina and I were the only one in the office. At one point the subject of conversation ended up on Paris’ previous employer. Apparently she worked for an event company that organizes movie premieres. That company did the premiere of What If. Just amazing how small the world is.

The rest of the week was quiet. Oh, one of my colleagues her boyfriend is manager at 20th Century Fox and he gets a lot of dvds for free. On Thursday she brought me a couple of dvds to watch: Rise of the Planet of the Apes (ROTPOTA), Frozen, Minority Report, The Grand Budapest hotel, The Secret life of Walter Mitty, The Wolverine and The Way Way Back. After I’ve seen them, I just have to give them back and she’ll give me a couple new ones. Her boyfriend doesn’t mind lending his dvds to the new intern ^^  

These are just too awesome

I am going to stop this blog post right here. I could keep on writing and go more into details on how my week was, but who wants to read a long blog post? Nobody ;)

I should have a video with next weeks blog post, but only if I manage to find a way to upload it by then! If not, no worries, I’ll upload everything sooner or later anyway :)

New words: erroneous= incorrect; notorious= infamous, known

As always, thanks for reading :)

Xo - Sara

Finding a tailor

Halloooooo!!!!

This week's blog post shall be short-ish.

But first: because I don't yet have internet access in my room, I can't upload a video. Hopefully by next week, I'll be able to upload one :) So this blog post shall be without a video.

The Move

Starting with The Move. Yes, I use capital letters, as The Move was quite the event during the first weekend.

On Friday 1 August we packed the car in the early early morning. We have our Ford Mondeo for a few years now and I always complain about it being big and clumsy. I was, once again, surprized at the size of the trunk. It's like a Mary Poppins' bag!! Or like the old Ford Anglia from the Weasleys. Amazing.

The shores of Dover

Once on the ferry I felt awake enough to start listening to Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. Yes, you read it correct: listen. I recently discovered the audiobooks. Although I still prefer a proper book with pages to turn, I find myself growing fonder of alternative 'reading' like my e-reader and the audiobooks.

On Friday afternoon and Saturday morning we had house viewings plannend. By 11:15am on Saturday we reached a decision and arranged all the practicalities with the agency. By 4pm we had moved all my stuff in my new room. What a relief.

First week at Media Circus ltd

As every first week, my first week at Media Circus was exhausting. Ok, maybe that was an aftermath of the crazy weekend. And maybe I have to adjust again to the working life. Alarm clock at 06:30am, an hour traveling into town, working from 09:30am til 05:30pm. Comparing this week to my month holiday in July, that was pretty busy, this week was 10x busier. And maybe also because 2 of my housemates have to get up at 5am and don't bother to keep quiet *yawn*

Media Circus is situated in Carnaby!

But I am sure everything will cool down once I am more familiar with the company policy and the co-workers. And maybe I'll even dare to ask my housemates to keep it a notch down at 5am. Work hasn't been too exciting just yet, because I am just starting. My major task this week was to find a tailor for one of the events. Yes, that's right, a tailor. And also scouting a location for an outdoor marketing stunt. These are exactly the kind of stuff I learned at school x) And they have some pretty awesome projects in store they are going to pitch, so that is promising. Some regarding Night at the Museum 3, Penguins of Madagascar, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes and Kingsmen: Secret Service. I am so looking forward to see the latter for so long now! But of course, the release date has, again, been delayed *grumble*

But here is the trailer of Kingsmen: Secret Service anyway :)

This is the first week so far. If I have to describe it in one word, it would be: exhausting.

New words: bespoke suits= custom cut suits; footfall= number of people who go into a shop or business in a particular periode of time.

Thanks for reading!
xo - Sara

Moving house !!!!

Halloooo !!

Yes yes yes, it is finally here! It is time!

Maybe some of you remember what I said at the end of my last blog post about London, but in case you forgot, here is the link ;)

Back then things weren't a 100% certain, so I couldn't say a thing just yet. Since I am on my way back to the UK already, I can say, with confidence, that I am moving back to London, United Kingdom! :) And now I'll be staying a couple of months longer! Yiha!

But what am I going to do in London? 
Well, I am going to do an additional internship as I am already graduated. This time I'll be working at Media Circus Ltd. If you like to know what they do, just check out their website here.

Am I going to blog and vlog weekly?
I don't have an answer for this question yet. I am not sure things will be quite as exciting as they were the first time around. And Molly won't be there to drag me out of my house x) I'll definitly record and write about exciting things, I am just not sure if every weekend will be as exciting. But I have to say, my 14 blog posts and videos about my first experience in London are like the perfect diary, so I am definitly willing to give it another try ;)

Alright, that is it for this week. The next time you'll hear me, I'll be writing from my new room in my new house in London, UK!

Thanks for reading!
xo - Sara