{"id":4387,"date":"2019-02-22T22:00:42","date_gmt":"2019-02-22T22:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.karenandjon.co.uk\/blog\/?p=4387"},"modified":"2025-06-11T19:26:22","modified_gmt":"2025-06-11T18:26:22","slug":"harry-potter-and-the-cursed-child","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hweb.uk\/?p=4387","title":{"rendered":"London – Harry Potter and the Cursed Child"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Thursday 21st February <\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Our Family Christmas present was tickets to watch Harry Potter and the Cursed Child<\/strong><\/a> – a two part play where up until now, the tickets had been incredibly hard to get hold of. We had booked tickets 10 months previously!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Callum’s excitement started when we got to Reading Station – he had spotted one of the Elizabeth Line trains being tested for the Crossrail project.<\/p>\n\n\n

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We were staying at the Novotel behind Paddington Station and headed there first to drop off our case. As we were in London for two nights, we couldn’t get away with rucksacks this trip. As it was close to Paddington, we could swing by to collect before getting our train home. Bit of luck as our room was ready. Very odd layout though. WC was in a separate room with the sink and shower completely separate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jon had been doing a little research for this trip – one of our favourite places in London is Borough Market where you can pick up delicious street food from a wide variety of vendors. This time, we were going to try Leather Lane Market<\/strong><\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

We were completely spoiled for choice. The vendors lined the street and they just went on and on and on! Callum and Jon eventually settled on Thai Green Curry and Pad Thai whilst I went for Teriyaki Chicken with noodles. Really good and am sure we’ll be back on a future visit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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From Leather Lane we wandered by Smithfields before heading down towards St Pauls. En route, Jon spotted on Googlemaps that there was a William Wallace memorial – he’s a bit of a Braveheart fan. We searched and searched but couldn’t find any statue. Eventually we discovered the memorial was a plaque on the wall – this was marked the spot where he was hung, drawn and quartered. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Quick drink in Paternoster Square – weather was glorious and unseasonably warm for February. From here we made our way to the West End to find the theatre and also find somewhere to eat.<\/p>\n\n\n

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