leaving London

From London we headed north to York, the only city in England that still has its city walls. We left from King's Cross Station for a two hour train ride to York, and yes I finally got to see the not so secret entrance to Platform 9 and 3/4. 

The top picture shows a little tourist "witch" pushing her luggage trolly through the wall that opens to platform 9 & 3/4. Pictures 2 and 3 are of the new and old architectural features of King's Cross. The final picture is a view of an old, old street in York called the Shambles. Notice how the upper stories of the buildings lean in over the street. Our guide told us that they were built this way because buildings were taxed on the area or square footage of the ground floor. She also said that Japaneze "Harry Potter" fans think this is "Diagon Alley". There is now, no surprise, a shop at the end of the street called "The Shoppe that Must Not Be Named". OK, that's it, no more Harry Potter references for this trip.