Hobbiton

Yesterday we got to explore Hobbiton!!!!!  If you're a Lord of the Rings fan you know exactly what we're talking about.  Hobbiton is the fictional place where the Hobbits live in J.R.R Tolkien's books.  This fictional site was fleshed out in New Zealand as a movie set for the Lord of the Rings and the Hobbit movies.  We were in luck because they just stopped filming on the Hobbit six weeks ago and opened up tours so we could see the latest creation of the Hobbit village.

Was the tour overpriced? Absolutely.
BUT...
Was it awesome? ABSOLUTELY!
We got to see Bilbo Baggins' hobbit hole and learn interesting facts about how the movie was made.

We took a lot of pictures but they made us sign a confidentiality agreement that we wouldn't share them with anyone since the Hobbit movies have yet to be released.   You can see a few pictures of the movie set on the tour's website here.

Here's a picture not from the movie set.  It's a little hobbit hole painting in "The Shire's Rest Cafe."  Everett was a perfect size (and he grabbed the door all by himself)!

And now we've exposed just how unashamedly nerdy we are.