Feeling good

A 6 minutes walk from home, down a cobbled narrow road decorated in fairy lights, a turn to the left and there it is, Oliver's Village Cafe. I've only been there three times, but it's three times in four days so I'd say it's quite a lot. Wish I could go there everyday or work there.

I went there this afternoon and had some lunch. Feeling a little adventurous I went for a vegetarian quiche (are quiche's always vegetarian?) as I've never had one before and completed it with a cup of chai latte there was large enough to last me a whole hour. I craved a slice of one of their yummy cakes as well but thought I'd better not as I wasn't actually hungry anymore and since I've been wanting to lose a little bit of weight. The quiche was very good, decided with myself that I must eat quiches more often.

As I sat there in the café snuggled up in my corner with my fooc, drink, HP book and Joni Mitchell playing softly in the background I realized just how happy, healthy and fortunate I am. I have been aware of this before but today I just really felt it in every fibre of my body.
I don't know if it's just me getting older or me being away from home or perhaps a mixture of both plus having a very great morning but it really striked me today; I love life.

So. Thanks. World. Thanks to everyone in my family for giving me the greatest childhood, an amazing family-bond, a security I can always count on. Thanks to all my dearest friends for being who they are. Thanks to those who reads my blog it absolutely brightens any poopy day. Thank you to all the strangers who treats me with kindness, thank you grass for being green, thank you everyone for everything.

Harry Potter Studios, London

Dear chummy readers,
tonight's post is for all you fellow Harry Potter-fans out there.

My good friend Charlotte and I went to the Harry Potter studios in London just yesterday, Monday the 19th 2012 (I'll probably remember this date forever). If you can't tell already by those few sentences or any previous posts; I am a massive Potter fan.
My mum read me the first book when I was just 7 years old and continued reading the next ones until I was able to read myself. I've since read all the books multiple times, watched the movies until I knew the all words and spent lots of days daydreaming about going to Hogwarts while cursing being a muggle. Was actually quite upset at the age of 12 when I realized that I wouldn't really get a Hogwarts letter.
So as you can imagine, being a part of the Harry Potter generation (and quite quite happy about it) I was completely thrilled to be going to the Warner Brothers studios to see all the Harry Potter costumes, sets, props, etc. 

Can feel with myself right now that I'd be able to write a whole novel about this experience which neither of us really wishes to read so I'm just going to give you a brief summary of my trip.

We spent nearly 5 hours in there and could probably have used even longer time if we had gotten something to eat inbetween. There were so many things to see and so much to take in, I wish I'd worn my trainers with all the running-around we did! All the props were so cool and beautifully made and the sets, oh boy, they were amazing. It felt like I was standing inside the films, like Ron or any other character was going to pop in at any time.
We tried the butterbeer which I absolutely loved but I don't think Charlotte fancied it very much. We flew in the blue enchanted car and even took a quiditch lesson over the castle and through the streets of London!

My absolute favourite parts of the trip were seeing the great hall, Privet Drive, the Weasley's home, the castle, the boys' doorm, Dobby and Buckbeak (yep, just a few). It was also so thrilling seeing all their original costumes; they are literally tiny people though, so short and so skinny.

All the emplyees there were so lovely and kind and one even encouraged us to apply for a job there. Wouldn't be bad working there, would it.
After the tour I bought a box of Bertie Bott's Every Flavor Beans, a chocolate frog (I got Rovena Rawenclaw inside!), a bag of minty dark small chocolate frogs and the complete collection of all 7 books.
Already got them all at home, but haven't got the 5 first ones in English so I thought why not buy the whole box while I'm here.

We spent the rest of the evening  trying out the Every Flavour Beans making faces when we got some with nasty flavours; particularly didn't like the dirt or rotten egg flavor. But the sherbet lemon and earwax was quite nice.

All in all it was a truly magical day, definitely one of the best days I've had all year.
Have you ever been there, and have you written a blogpost about it? I'd love to hear and read about it!

PS. I actually tried not taking too many photos so I could just enjoy everything through my own two eyes, but I did manage to take some. I wanted them to look as though I was right there at Hogwarts etc. so I hope you get that feeling and enjoy them. x

Advice from a tree

Today I put on my wellies, wrapped myself in my knitted scarf, grapped my camera and spent a whole afternoon in Hampstead Heath.

Nature has always meant a lot to me ever since I can remember. Especially forrests, I've always been drawn to trees for some reason. A lot of people tend to go to the beach and listen to the relaxing sound of the waves; that's where they find peace and quiet, but for me it's always been the forrest. It is like it has some kind of  therapeutic effect on me. It helps me clear my mind, process the bad things that's going on and focus on the good stuff.
Autumn is my favourite season purely because of the trees and all their colours.

I don't really feel like writing much. I think I will just let the pictures speak for themselves.