Driving Miss Karen

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Our Favorite New Zealand Place is Not Real

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Hobbiton, or technically the Hobbiton Movie Set is our favorite attraction in New Zealand. We are such big fans of the Lord of the Rings books and movies and this is the site of Hobbiton where Bilbo and Frodo Baggins both lived and set off on their adventures. Although it’s 100% not real, they’ve kept the sets and enhanced it so it feels like you are in the books. For our second visit here, we were lucky enough to find the 10th anniversary celebration for the movie “The Hobbit”, which was also filmed here. This included a wonderful meal at the Green Dragon Inn, a tour of the hobbit holes, and a screening of the first Hobbit movie. It was so cool to be at the party field at night. Magical!

Bag-End where Bilbo and Frodo lived. So nice with the lanterns in the evening. The Tree on top is completely fake but still looks great
The tour starts in the late afternoon with gorgeous views of the party tree and field and the mill pond and bridge
Even the less famous hobbit houses are beautiful
The sign from Bilbo’s Hundred and EleventyFirst (111th) Birthday
You get to see many of the more famous hobbit holes and of course the most famous Bag-End
Being there in the evening really added to the atmosphere
Enjoying Ginger Beers at the Green Dragon
Then you move on to the Green Dragon all lit up and so pretty for drinks and a hobbit style buffet. We were not there for the food but it was up to Hobbit standards. Amazing!
It’s all done with such nice detail that it is easy to believe that Hobbits live here and are just away on an adventure
The future is pretty cool to in Hamilton NZ. We had our first robot server bring food to our table. We are such a nerds, we loved it.

Jose

AKA Alfred

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