... The moment we've all been waiting for. (Trust me I was on edge days waiting to see this!) HOBBITON!
It's really out in the middle of no where and surronded by sheep farms, rolling hills, and green grassy knobs with random rocks jutting out of them.. Very Lord of the Ring like.. it was almost enough just to visit the area. Above is the first Hobbit hole you really walk by. I thought it was the prettiest personally as it had a beautiful garden and could have quite nice lighting.
The tour was about two hours and they described a lot of ways Peter Jackson was very detailed when designing this set.
First example: There were 3 scales of Hobbit holes. The one above was 90%, but there were also 60% scales and 100% scales.
To the left: the famous of all: BAG ENG!
Across the way is the Green Dragon Tavern which you could actually go in so it was probably one of my more favorite stops.
To the left: It was explained that the thousands of sheep surrounding the area were "too modern" looking so they imported 5 black faced sheep for the movies. This is the last one left on set. So happy we caught a glimpse of her! Movie star guys!
And because everyone needs to take them... There's my ticket and the little map they give you. (mine unfortunately got ruined later on in a water bottle incident...)
Above: yes I am sitting in the party are of the Fellowship where Bilbo had his birthday party. The reason Peter Jackson chose this are supposedly, was because of this fine little lake behind me and the big tree beside it. He needed those elements for the perfect party scene.
To the left: my second favorite Hobbit hole... This was Sam and Rosie's hole in the 3rd movie: Return of the King. It's so cute!
The magnificent Bag End again. One of the most fun things to learn about were the trees. The tree on top of Bag End is the only fake tree in the area and they had to do this so that they could make it look younger for the Hobbit movies. Each leave was spray painted to that color and hand pinned on to the tree. AMAZING!
There was another aspect where the area already had apple and pear trees, however since the book specifically mentions plum trees, plum tree leaves and fruit were grafted onto the existing trees..! Crazy right?!
All of the wood carvings within the tavern were hand carved and the Green Dragon was certainly the coolest! I loved it! We got complimentary drinks (and I had probably some of the best ginger beer I've ever tasted. It was soo good!)
I ended up with quite a few souvenirs from their gift shop.. wouldn't ya know. haha I got Braden and I matching hats, some magnets, and 3 books (2 of which are on location sites in New Zealand)
And lastly, this was the only Hobbit Hole we actually got to go into.. It was a hole haha . Like that door couldn't even swing all the way open inside... I think most Hobbit holes opened a little bit so they could put props inside and they had umbrellas in this hole.
Apparently Hobbiton was only used for external filming. Still pretty cool though.
Over~Amanda
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