The main part of our big surprise trip to Melbourne was a trip to the Princess Theatre. It's just around the block from where we stayed.
A bit of backstory. My first daughter was a Harry Potter freak. She would read the whole series, then started again and read the whole series. Rinse and repeat. Has watched the movies a million times, every time there's a new Harry book, she's into it. In a BIG way.
The other daughter has held no interest at all in Harry Potter despite everyone telling her she'd love it. She refused to read the series, almost out of spite (wonder where she gets that from).
Then one day, her best friend who she has a healthy competitive rivalry with challenged her to read the first Harry book the quickest - well, that was a red rag to a bull.
She's now as big a freak as the first daughter. Perhaps more. So needless to say, my husband and I know an awful lot about Harry and Hermoine and Ron.
So fast forward to the start of last year. It was announced that Melbourne would be hosting the Harry Potter play, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child. We brought tickets for it, and for six months we kept it very, very, very quiet from everyone.
We flew them to Melbourne as a surprise, but still didn't tell them we were going to this. And so one day, on our walk around Melbourne, we just happened to walk past this. Both girls were sooooo disappointed that we couldn't go....
But then we let the secret out of the bag, and needless to say, we are now the Best Parents Ever.
But it was AWESOME. The whole Princess Theatre has been renovated in Harry Style, and it looks amazing.
And we remain the best parents ever.
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