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You know what today is! A journey #backtohogwarts compiled from photos from our trip earlier this summer - - St. Pancras (Kings Cross exterior from the movies) - Real Kings Cross exterior - the Platform 9 3/4 shop inside Kings Cross - the real entr
Throwback to when I snapped these pics of a three-toed sloth in Manuel Antonio, Costa Rica. What’s kinda wild is the picture was taken by holding my iPhone’s camera up to the eye hole of a digiscope! Pretty sure my patronus would be a s
Adding mine to the endless list of pictures of Edinburgh castle taken from this very spot in the Grassmarket here on Instagram. The floral decoration belongs to Cold Town House - a microbrewery and pub/restaurant on the Grassmarket.
In case you’re curious what the first class carriages looks like on the Jacobite steam train, aka Hogwarts Express! 🚂 You can book seats at a regular first class table, a 2-person table, or an entire compartment! #hogwartsexpress #jacobite #
Platform 9/4 this way! You need a ticket to get on to the platforms at London’s King’s Cross, but thankfully our guide got us access without (granted, we also had tickets from KGX to Edinburgh a few days later so made it on to the platf
 
 

Selected images from my travel gallery…

Three-toed slot. Manuel Antonio, Costa Rica

Three-toed slot. Manuel Antonio, Costa Rica

Home on Lombard St. San Francisco, CA, USA.

Home on Lombard St. San Francisco, CA, USA.

Redwoods. Muir Woods, CA, USA

Redwoods. Muir Woods, CA, USA

Belgrade Fortress. Belgrade, Serbia

Belgrade Fortress. Belgrade, Serbia

Belogradchik Fortress. Vidin, Bulgaria

Belogradchik Fortress. Vidin, Bulgaria

Equestrian statue of Carol I. Bucharest, Romania

Equestrian statue of Carol I. Bucharest, Romania

Hillside homes. Cinque Terre, Italy.

Hillside homes. Cinque Terre, Italy.

Optimistic cat. Cinque Terre, Italy

Optimistic cat. Cinque Terre, Italy

Forum column. Rome, Italy.

Forum column. Rome, Italy.

Gondolas on the Grande Canal. Venice, Italy.

Gondolas on the Grande Canal. Venice, Italy.

Lion of Venice and St. Mark's Campanile. Venice, Italy.

Lion of Venice and St. Mark's Campanile. Venice, Italy.

Crossing the Glenfinnan Viaduct in the Scottish Highlands on the Jacobite steam train, aka Hogwarts Express. Scotland, UK.

Crossing the Glenfinnan Viaduct in the Scottish Highlands on the Jacobite steam train, aka Hogwarts Express. Scotland, UK.

Glencoe in the Scottish Highlands. Scotland, UK.

Glencoe in the Scottish Highlands. Scotland, UK.

The Houses of Parliament, seen from the London Eye. London, England, UK.

The Houses of Parliament, seen from the London Eye. London, England, UK.

Edinburgh Castle, from Princes St. Edinburgh, Scotland, UK.

Edinburgh Castle, from Princes St. Edinburgh, Scotland, UK.