London Day 3: Platform 9 3/4 & Camden Market

 This morning we got up and headed out a bit earlier than was our norm. Why? HARRY POTTER THAT'S WHY!!! We went to Kings Cross Station and saw platform 9 3/4. We decided not to wait in line for the photo op (I still have mixed feelings about this decision, but that line was so long - it would have taken us at least an hour to get in to the store, if not more). That shop was just such a magical place (I know, I know, it's a wizarding world thing, but that's not the kind of magic I'm speaking of). So many fun trinkets and bobs, candies, ornaments, clothing, and wands!  We loved it there (even if the Slytherin cashier hard-core judged me for wearing my Gryffindor hat haha)!!

After we'd enjoyed perusing the shelves there, we started looking for a couple anime shops that Celeste had wanted to see and explore. Along our way, we got to ride a double-decker bus!

We found one store and then another almost right next door that we weren't planning on seeing,

As we were looking for the second store she wanted to see, we stumbled upon Camden Market. This place is HUGE!! It is several blocks long and wide and has so many different vendors of various kinds, street food galore...oh my goodness, it was the shopper's heaven! This solved our next quest of trying to find a place to go shop the afternoon away! 

We found the shop that Celeste had been looking for an then spent the next 5 hours wandering through the different shops there. We found a shop that custom paints shoes, so Celeste ordered a pair. We enjoyed street food while we waited for them to get done. Cashmere shops, hat shops, leather shops where you can build your own...fill in the blank, alley-ways and tunnels filled with tables and bays - every nook and cranny was filled! 

After our afternoon of shopping, we hopped on the underground and back to the hotel we went to relax and enjoy our finds of the day!

Unfortunately, Celeste started feeling sick. Slight fever and her lungs started to hurt. We found a chemist (pharmacy) and got a few things to help her get through the next couple days until we could get her home. She was still such a good sport through the rest of the trip though!