TGIF (3): Literary Vacations
TGIF is a weekly meme by Ginger at GReads, where bloggers can recap their week and answer a blogging/bookish question.
Here’s this week’s question:
Literary Vacations: If you could take a trip this summer to any place within a fictional book, where would you go? Tell us about your summer dream vacation!
Well, I’m going to go with what probably a lot of people will say: I want to go to Hogwarts! Luckily the fabulous people at Universal Orlando have made it possible for Harry Potter nerds like me to get our fix! I haven’t been able to go yet, and I’m really sad about that. But I do know that I’ll go someday, and I’ll be getting some Butterbeer and buying lots of Ravenclaw merchandise! I’ll probably ride all the rides, too, even though I’m not a big roller coaster fan. I mean, it’s The Wizarding World of Harry Potter! How could I NOT do everything possible??? I’m thinking I’ll need to make sure my trip is for like a week so that I won’t miss anything!
But I am lucky enough to be going on a cruise this summer – in the Mediterranean! I’ll be going to Spain, France, and Italy, and while I’ve been before I’m so excited to be able to go again! And it’ll be the first time for my husband and our son! (Don’t worry, I’ll be sure to take lots of pictures!)
Where do you want to go? Let me know, or leave a link to your TGIF in the comments and I’ll stop by your blog! Happy Friday!
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Kimberly @ On the Wings of Books
May 4, 2012 at 10:52 amI'm so jealous of your Mediterranean cruise! I've always wanted to go to Spain and Italy. Pictures are definitely required!
I picked Hogwarts too, I can't even think of another place in books that even comes close to Hogwarts.
Andrea @ The Overstuffed Bookcase
May 6, 2012 at 6:26 pmI know – I'm sure there are other places in books I'd like to visit, but nothing compares to Hogwarts!
Tanya Patrice
May 4, 2012 at 11:18 amOoohhh – I would love to go on a Mediterranean cruise! I hope you have the bestest time :-) and share lots of the pictures.
Andrea @ The Overstuffed Bookcase
May 6, 2012 at 6:40 pmI'm really excited! And yes, I'll try to take lots of pictures and do some kind of post about it!
Patricia
May 4, 2012 at 11:53 amI picked Hogwarts, too, then added something else. I think it's just one of those obvious picks and for a reason! So magical. <3
Wow, Mediterranean cruise! :O My friends do something similiar every summer. They spend one week in Spain, one in Italy, and one.. I'm not sure where that one was. But anyway, they always talk about how awesome those three and a half weeks are! So I hope you'll have fun!
Patricia // My Hop
Andrea @ The Overstuffed Bookcase
May 6, 2012 at 6:45 pmHogwarts seems like a major favorite!
Ooh, that trip that your friends do sounds really cool! That would be wonderful to do it every summer!
Shannon@BooksDevoured
May 4, 2012 at 12:45 pmThat cruise sounds amazing! I am so excited for you!! I am most jealous of Italy, I have always wanted to go there!
I really think we are going to try and get to the Harry Potter theme park in the next year or two!
Andrea @ The Overstuffed Bookcase
May 6, 2012 at 6:50 pmYeah, I really need to go to that theme park soon! I'm hoping I'll get to go in the next couple of years, too. My son is pretty young now, but I'm thinking when he's 4 or 5 he'll really enjoy it, so that way we can all have fun!
Ivan
May 4, 2012 at 1:27 pmSo lucky! I've always wanted to try cruising and I want it to be in Europe. I just feel that countries there are so diverse.
-Ivan
Rumpelstiltskin and Co.
Andrea @ The Overstuffed Bookcase
May 6, 2012 at 6:56 pmCruises are a lot of fun – I definitely recommend them! And you should definitely do a European cruise if you can!
Thanks so much for stopping by! ;)
Kate@Midnight Book Girl
May 4, 2012 at 1:33 pmUmm, I want to go with you on your European cruise!
Andrea @ The Overstuffed Bookcase
May 6, 2012 at 6:59 pmStart training yourself to fit in a suitcase! ;)
fakesteph
May 4, 2012 at 3:30 pmI want to come too!!!!! And also go to Hogwarts… except I'm a Slytherin, so lots of green and silver for me. :)
Andrea @ The Overstuffed Bookcase
May 6, 2012 at 7:00 pmYeah, the hubs is in Slytherin, too, so it'd be a house divided over here! ;)
Jen Ryland/YA Romantics
May 4, 2012 at 6:52 pmWWHP is amazing — loved it.
But your cruise sounds pretty fantastic too!!
Andrea @ The Overstuffed Bookcase
May 6, 2012 at 7:11 pmI'm really excited about the cruise! But yeah, I have to go to that theme park soon!
Suzanne
May 5, 2012 at 9:36 pmI'm guilty of picking Hogwarts too… But you would have to be crazy to not want to go!! And your cruise sounds amazing, can I come please? ;)
Added you via GFC so I can drool over your cruise pics in the future! :) So jealous!
Check out my TGIF post @ YA Nation if you get a chance!
<3, Suzanne
Andrea @ The Overstuffed Bookcase
May 7, 2012 at 3:22 amHogwarts is definitely the place to go! Thanks so much for stopping by and for following! I'm off to check out your TGIF!
Bengal Reads
May 6, 2012 at 12:23 amWOW I didn't even know that you could do that! It would be totally awesome to go to Hogwarts :) Also, you are so lucky to be able to go on a cruise :) I hope you and your family have a great time when you do go!!! Great picks!!
Andrea @ The Overstuffed Bookcase
May 7, 2012 at 3:28 amYou didn't know about the Wizarding World of Harry Potter???? Where have you been living, girl??? ;)
Juju at Tales of Whimsy.com
May 8, 2012 at 8:37 pmCan you believe I have fam in Orlando and still haven't made it? I'm SO changing that this December.
Andrea @ The Overstuffed Bookcase
May 9, 2012 at 2:43 amOooh, December would be a good time to go! I've actually heard that November is a good time, like right before Thanksgiving I think… It's less crowded than like any other time. One of these days I'll get to go!
Bittner
May 9, 2012 at 12:01 amHogwarts would be amazing! Who wouldn't want to go there? I don't know when we would all be able to afford it, but one day it would be fun to get a huge group together to go to Universal and see it all!
Andrea @ The Overstuffed Bookcase
May 9, 2012 at 2:44 amThat would be awesome! Didn't Ame want to do that at one point? And then no one could go? We should start saving NOW and plan on going in like 2014! ;)