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Another 9am meet up and we were banished to the bottom tier Yes they have their own food station but it wasn’t as good as the upper level so I made multiple trips up and down the stairs to ensure I didn’t miss out We then went back to the rooms, fully packed and unbelievably all bags came in under 23kg Then, just as we were to leave, Kieren rushed into the loo and violently threw up This went on for several minutes and when he emerged he was white as a sheet We rested him a while until some colour came back and then we were off Someone had a recollection that the train station had a lift to avoid going down the masses of stairs to the metro but alas there was none and so we ended up doing a 500m detour only to be back at the stairs anyway - less than ideal We got the suitcases down eventually and waited for our metro Just as it came, Kieren started being sick into a plastic bag Going from cold to hot wasn’t helping him We missed the next couple of trains before I realised I hadn’t even...

Our luck finally ran out. Both the upper and lower decks for eating breakfast were completely full although doing the search meant I finally saw a food station at the lower level We had to make do with tables more suited to a leisurely coffee as I ate my cereal with my knees round my ears on the low chairs We first went to the souvenir shop next to the hotel then onto the bookshop where we’d been before so that Hattie could get more Harry Potter books as she’d found out that her suitcase wasn’t as heavy as we’d all thought They had all the books she wanted except book 5 so we went on search for it, taking in as many souvenir shops as we could When we got to the bookshop, it had a Harry Potter floor where as well as books it had a million pieces of merchandise, which made Hattie very poor She was still happy though Kieren then bought his 6th Gabby’s Doll House toy - I do hope they all get on I wanted to say a fond farewell to the Dubliner so we had lunch there - I had the pasta and the ...

Back to the slight lie in of a 9am breakfast and we managed to get seats on the upper level for the 3rd morning in a row I know this kind of luck can’t continue so I need to enjoy it while I can as I don’t fancy my chances of carrying cereal and drinks down a set of stairs First up today was a metro trip just the one stop to see if we could find any Harry Potter books for Hattie We’d seen a bookstore the night before and thankfully they were well stocked so that met with Hattie’s requirement Then it was back to the metro to finally see The Little Mermaid Once again google maps tried to do me dirty by suggesting a sweet shop with the same name is where I needed to go but I was wise to its tricks and locked down exactly where we needed to go It was about a 15 minute walk but we had to take a slight detour because if this sign says what I think it says I daren’t go down there with all the beer I’ve been drinking And then we were finally there - weird that such an iconic sculpture is prett...