I hope you all had a wonderful summer. I sure did! My daughter Emily, my mother Byrd, and I went to England and Scotland for 2 weeks. One of the highlights was on July 15th (the day the 6th Harry Potter Movie came out) we were in Edinburgh and had dinner at The Elephant House, the cafe where J.K. Rowlings wrote Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone. That day we also found Tom Riddle's and Mogonigal's headstones in the graveyard near The Elephant House. Did you know she used names from that graveyard for her characters?
A few days later we came back from the Isle of Skye on the "Hogwart's Express". It is the steamtrain that goes once a day from Maillae to Fort Williams. It takes you over the big viaduct too. All the men who shovel the coal during the two hour journey are volunteers. The very friendly Supervisor even let us on the steam engine at the end of the trip to see (and feel the heat of) the fire. I will try to put some photos and videos on this blog as well.
My question for you: What is the best book you read this summer?
