picture yourself here
A week ago we reported that your magical dreams can come true in London : enjoy a Christmas dinner in the Great Hall of Hogwarts. This week, double joy! Of course: fulfilling your dream of recreating one of those chapters from J.K Rowling's tomes will cost you a little more effort. If you want to spend a weekend in Hogsmeade , the magical English town of Harry Potter, you must buy a plane ticket to Ithaca, New York.
magic wand craftsman
This university town could be the setting for new Harry Potter adventures: the Cornell University campus, the flower and produce markets in the Finger Lakes region, the Cornell Forest that surrounds the urban core, the Taughannock Falls, the streets of the center, full of low houses and traditional shops and bars... or even the corridors and the interior of the University church: everything seems like a magical setting, with that medieval and calm touch, full of mystery among the winter mists.
This is Ithaca
And so inside your university
And it is here where, for a whole weekend, the Wizardry Weekend , turning Ithaca into a town of magic. Do you want to see how they make your magic wand? Search for your patronus in the woods? You may. Look out for the activities scheduled for this weekend:
- Care of Magical Creatures : Learn more about the magical creatures that accompany us in our daily lives (and beyond...) with the collaboration of the Cayuga Nature Center, the BrownCoat Cat Rescue and the Cornell University School of Veterinary Medicine.
patronus night
- The Harry Potters : yes, a pottery contest (well done, Ithaca) .
- Muggle Artifact Museum (Finger Lakes Reuse Center) - i.e. the museum of muggle utensils. They say from the organization that Arthur Weasley would be proud of such a collection.
- Patronus Portraits: local artists in town will draw your patronus.
-Wand Dueling: wand dueling "an art you must practise". Evidently.
-Occlumency Lounge (Family & Children’s Services) : learn to relax your mind and control it in the face of stress, through mindfulness techniques.
*_All activities are free with a donation option (all the money raised will go to different charitable causes) _
Interior of the Cornell University Chapel
Lake Ithaca
An ordinary afternoon in Ithaca
Bye Bye Hogsmead!