#nerd
Yup, I admit it, I am a nerd! Today, I stepped into the world of Westeros as I embarked on a journey through the sets of the Game of Thrones series filmed in parts of Northern Ireland. The tour was very well made and showed us how the movie magic- the graphics, the high volumes of people, the filming, the sets- were all coordinated. It's crazy to think that when they filmed the first season, people could walk 20 feet away from the place where they were filming! (Because nobody knew what Game of Thrones was back then!)We went to the Tolleymore Forest which is home to the Wildling Pit from Season 1, Episode 1 as well as that whole opening scene with the snow and the horseback riding. We continued hiking through Tolleymore Forest until we had seen about 3 scene spots. We then moved onto lunch at Paddy's Barn where they had King Joffrey's crown as well as the (now grown) direwolf pups from Season 1!! Afterwards, we made our way to Winterfell, or Old Castle Ward, which is also home to where they filmed the Twins and Odley Castle. Finally, we stopped at Inch Abbey where Rob Stark becomes King of the North. At this point, we got to use replica swords and pose around the abbey as we crowned our own King and Queen of the North- a couple who got married during the tour!!
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| The wildling pit featured in the very first episode of Game of Thrones minus the dead bodies. |
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| Me, dead, in the wildling pit. |
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| A pretty little path near where the Direwolf scene was shot. |
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| These two doggies were famous in their youth- these were the direwold pups in Episode 1. |
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| Tree where girls were hung. (When Breanne tries to bury them before having to kill Stark soldiers.) |
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| The newly-engaged King and Queen of the North featuring the Hound and our tour guide. |
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