Where is Winnie????

This week I made my way to a very fashionable city to seek out a frienD who used to run his own club at Hogwarts.

That sounds like Horace Slughorn who ran The Slug Club back in the day.

I found him in the magical library that was shaped like giant books. Thankfully, I had stocked up On crystallized pineapple during the SouTh America trip.

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

My nExt stop took me to a place that had pyramids of a different kind than those in South America. I had to visit a friend who is an author and beastly anthrOpologist. I'm really and truly hoping that his experiences can help me on my mission.

The Pyramids at Giza, Egypt
The one thing that I did not like about my last stop?? There was sand EVERYWHERE! AbsolUtely can't stand the stuff. Gets in your hair, in between your toes, and other places that I will not mention here.

Until next week!
Winifred

The bolded letters: D O T E O U

The Physics of Nascar

So this would be a really good book for me to have. Maybe one day I might convince Mum to get it for me. She thinks I am pretty odd for my fascination with muggle car racing anyway.

Where is Winnie????

First, I visited a capital city that was built On a lake, but the lake has since disappeared. Many ghosts meet in the ancient temples and all over the town.

The first city that popped in my head was Mexico City. The city primarily rests on what was Lake Texcoco.

Next, I landed in a city where many kites are built & flown. Very windy place that! The city has old game courts which would have been useful for local Quidditch playoffs.

I'm not really sure about this but I've seen guesses that include Puente Alto, Chile. Apparently they have fighter kites and it is very popular to fly kites during Independence Day in Chile.

Then, lastly, I went to a beautiful Northeastern coastal city that is known for its annual multicultural carnival. Ravenclaws would have loved the pink library! The town is smaller than a nearby large city and is very relaxing. There are so many historic places to visit - I hope I get to see them all before I'm off on my next adventure. I'm definiTely going to catch the Friday night serenade before I set off to my next destination.

Another one where I don't have a clue but I saw this pink library on another blog that said it was Olinda, Brazil. Olinda is located on the northeastern coast of Brazil and they do have a carnival there.

Mystery bold letters inlude... D O T.

Where is Winnie????

This week it sounds like Winnie went to 2 places. She mentioned Cyprian Youdle who was cursed during a Quidditch match but that happened in 1357 and not 1857. I was thinking Queerditch Marsh as that is the birthplace of Quidditch but now I am thinking that she was referring to the first match of that year. She also mentioned that one of the teams had a lovely blue jersey and a silver arrow as in the Appleby Arrows whose home town is Appleby Village located in Lincolnshire. Sadly the village is void of any shops or pubs. Then there was the cryptic bolded letters - D N T. Still have yet to figure out what they mean.

Vampires???

Where is Winnie????

This week our headmistress went to two different places that are thousands of miles apart. Her first stop took her south of the equator where it is "spring" while it is "fall" up here. She will get to see lots of sheep and alpaca while there. So my guess would be Larnach Castle located within the limits of the city of Dunedin, New Zealand.

The second stop took her to a "a quaint little factory that makes it fresh in the town that is situated on a lake that is on the border of Quebec". Also the town used to be 3 little towns that were combined into one. So my guess is Stanstead, Quebec located near Lake Memphremagog. The town of Stanstead was created in 1995 by the merger of the former towns of Stanstead Plain, Rock Island and Beebe Plain. They were known collectively as "Trois villages" or "Three villages."

I haven't quite figured out what the letters "CLR" and "CLS" meant. But they are probably important somehow.

Where is Winnie????

Our beloved Headmistress has gone on vacation. Apparently it started off crazy with a run in with the department head of Magical Accidents and Catastrophes. Something about

improperly teaching some young wizards how to apparate. The department head must have clearly lost his mind as she would never do that. So it looks like her journey has begun in London, England at the Ministry of Magic. From there, who knows?

to be continued...