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Spring Break Trip, 3/7 - Diagon and Knockturn Alley

Mar 05, 2006 03:10

A field trip into Professor Skeeter's hometown is going to be necessary in the afternoon. Enter the world of Albus Dumbledore, Tom Riddle, Minerva McGonagall and various others here.

Map of Diagon Alley

List of things available in Diagon Alley

The Leaky Cauldron, Charing Cross, London

Diagon Alley
The Apothecary
Florean Fortescue's Ice Cream ( Read more... )

spring break 2006

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The Leaky Cauldron - Charing Cross Road, London mparkerceo March 5 2006, 10:13:50 UTC

The gateway between London and Rita's hometown. The pub was built by Daisy Dodderidge around 1500 ""to serve as a gateway between the non-wizarding world and Diagon Alley (fw32)."

Re: The Leaky Cauldron - Charing Cross Road, London mparkerceo March 7 2006, 23:39:03 UTC

Parker, Rory, Marty, Angela, and Xander were stuck wandering the Charing Cross district, looking for the Leaky Cauldron.

So far, no luck.

"How hard can it be to find *one* magical pub?"

Re: The Leaky Cauldron - Charing Cross Road, London swerval_zero March 7 2006, 23:58:19 UTC

Zero wandered up. Amazing how even in a big city like London, people can still bump into each other, isn't it? "Well, fancy meetin' you lot here."

Re: The Leaky Cauldron - Charing Cross Road, London auroryborealis March 8 2006, 00:13:46 UTC

"Hi Zero! I have had much, much, much coffee!" Rory said, bouncing on her heels. "And I boughtinated prezzies! Yay!"

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Diagon Alley - street mparkerceo March 5 2006, 10:15:24 UTC

Diagon Alley, a long cobbled street where is to be found a strange and exciting assortment of shops and restaurants, some of which have tables outside with brightly colored umbrellas.

Atlas of Diagon Alley

Re: Diagon Alley - street walter_n_wires March 8 2006, 02:50:22 UTC

Walter expected that Victor would join him eventually in Diagon Alley. In the meantime, he was going to be taking advantage of being on his own to get some shopping done that you couldn't just do on the internet.

His first stop netted him a carefully packaged box with an astronomical model inside. He also picked up a wizard's chess set for Alfred, a model dragon for Victor, a fanged frisbee for Pup, a pocket sneakoscope for himself, three decks of self-shuffling playing cards, and a nose-biting teacup.

There were a bunch of things there that seemed really exciting, but wouldn't work for him. He wondered why he kept hearing the word "muggle."

Re: Diagon Alley - street fh_extras March 8 2006, 02:59:55 UTC

A man all in black with an exceedingly unpleasant demeanor blusters down the street muttering about how "standards are going down around here" and that they're letting in "just anybody".

Re: Diagon Alley - street walter_n_wires March 8 2006, 03:03:12 UTC

Walter noticed, but what was he going to say? Hey! Wash your hair!? Not likely.

And unlike the mun, he does not squee.

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Slugs & Jiggers Apothecary mparkerceo March 5 2006, 10:16:12 UTC

The Apothecary sells potion ingredients. It's a fascinating shop crammed with all sorts of interesting things. There are barrels of slimy stuff lined up on the floor and jars of all sorts of powders, herbs, and the like along the walls. Bundles of feathers, fangs, and claws hang from the ceiling. The whole place smells very bad, a mixture of bad eggs and rotten cabbage. The name of this shop is Slug & Jiggers Apothecary.

Re: Slugs & Jiggers Apothecary chasingangela March 8 2006, 02:34:19 UTC

Angela? So not touching anything here.

Okay. Maybe a little. Cautiously, she opens a jar of foul-smelling herbs and sniffs the inside, making a face as she does.

Re: Slugs & Jiggers Apothecary auroryborealis March 8 2006, 02:51:29 UTC

Rory eyed the shop as she entered, wrinkling her nose. "Okay, ew."

Re: Slugs & Jiggers Apothecary soldtoarmenians March 8 2006, 02:53:59 UTC

Xander just out and out held his nose. At least for a second, til it started to hurt. "Well, I'll say one thing for it: if we're looking for something that came from inside a goat? This is so the place."

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Florean Fortescue's Ice Cream Parlor mparkerceo March 5 2006, 10:17:08 UTC

When you need a break-- get your chocolate-and-raspberry with nuts here.

Re: Florean Fortescue's Ice Cream Parlor swerval_zero March 8 2006, 04:59:54 UTC

Zero came out of Knockturn Alley looking slightly haggard, with a miniature giraffe following her. She headed straight for the ice cream parlor. After that, she needed chocolate. "Right," she asked the Parker-giraffe. "What do you want?"

Re: Florean Fortescue's Ice Cream Parlor mparkerceo March 8 2006, 05:02:05 UTC

Parker put her teeny hooves-- which still had silver nail polish on them-- on the glass, then licked the space above the White Chocolate Mocha ice cream, and looked back up at Zero pitifully, blinking.

Re: Florean Fortescue's Ice Cream Parlor swerval_zero March 8 2006, 05:07:26 UTC

"You're strangely adorable right now," Zero told the wee giraffe, then asked the friendly-looking man behind the counter, "Could I get a scoop of the White Chocolate Mocha in a dish for my long-necked friend here, and a--does that say tomato?--a scoop of chocolate-chocolate cookie for me?"

"Of course, Miss. That'll be three galleons, two sickles."

Zero fumbled out her handful of coins and stared at them. "Um."

The man asked, "You're not from around here, are you?"

"Not exactly."

"Three of the gold ones, two silver." Zero handed over the coins, and he told her to take her miniature giraffe and wait at a table. Zero picked a table by the street and started that way.

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Flourish & Blotts Bookstore mparkerceo March 5 2006, 10:17:54 UTC

Manager is a bit brusque, but then he has to deal with strange and bothersome things like books that bite (The Monster Book of Monsters), books that are completely invisible (The Invisible Book of Invisibility), and book signings by Gilderoy Lockhart, who draws quite a crowd which can get a bit unruly at times.

Re: Flourish & Blotts Bookstore strongestgirl March 8 2006, 06:37:09 UTC

Pippi buys a copy of "Magical Water Plants of the Mediterranean" for her very own.

Re: Flourish & Blotts Bookstore notcalledlizzie March 8 2006, 15:09:00 UTC

Books are books. From whichever world. So it's hardly surprising that Elizabeth is almost immediately drawn there, and spends far too long wandering around there, looking at things in amazement.