If you need a place to sit and take a load off, the padded window seat overlooking the grounds is just the ticket. Its comfortable and usually rather quiet, being situated in a corridor off the main thoroughfare, though you will find gaggles of students wandering past directly before and after Muggle Studies class begins or lets out, as this lovely spot is just around the corner from those classrooms. The padded window seat never seems to run out of room - you'd be surprised how many can comfortably fit without squishing, but that isn't the loveliest part of the window seat - the windows themselves are charmed so that they always seem to have the comforting patter of soft rain hitting the glass. So do take a seat for as long as you like - just don't doze off and miss your lessons.