First-Floor Corridor

[Zoe]

To get to Defence Against the Dark Arts, History of Magic, or Muggle Studies, one will have to make use of the first floor corridor. Getting here is usually relatively easy if you're coming from one of the lower levels of the castle as you need only deal with the moving staircases for just a few minutes. Rugs with intricate patterns have been placed on the floor to soften your footsteps so that any learning going on inside the classrooms isn't disturbed.

Make sure you are not dilly dallying on your way to or from class. This corridor in particular is often times filled with students during the school day and a few professors pointing those who have managed to get lost in the right direction. Various doors flank this corridor, so make sure to memorize which of the portraits are outside of the classrooms you should be entering. And don't freak out when the corridor comes to a sudden halt -- the door at the end of the hallway will take you outside to the stone bridge and then to the rest of the first floor over in the next tower. Just keep moving!

[WhittyBitty]

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Originally Posted by Watson

“Maybe this upcoming summer? Tenacius and I spoke about going to visit Santorini and then maybe exploring Australia with Melbourne,” she said with a smile. Ace and her had talked about traveling to Santorini one day.The beautiful white houses built on each other and then beautiful Mediterranean ocean below it. It sounded wonderful. It was something that she had always wished to see. “I’d love to see the world."

Apparation was something scary indeed as scary as needles or heights… but more scary in some aspects too. Splinching… That sounded painful. “Splinching… I worry about that when learning how to apparate. How long did it take you to learn?”

"That sounds lovely. I haven't been to either place before, but I would love to hear about them from you if it happens before you graduate." Tenacius and Melbourne too, of course. Vacations were wonderful to think about, especially during term because no matter how enjoyable it was to be at Hogwarts, breaks were ALWAYS a nice thing. On the plus side it would be Christmas soon enough and that was something to look forward to. "Wouldn't it be amazing if there were vacation packages that allowed you to do just that?" Of course there were cruises and whatnot, but none of those covered the ENTIRE world. Would be kind of impossible with all the landlocked countries for one thing...

Splinching was a common fear, so it was no surprised that Olivia had it. "I wouldn't worry too much about it because it doesn't happen too often." Was that reassuring? Rosalyn sure hoped so! "It took me some months to learn how to do it properly, and a year or so for me to feel comfortable with it." Confidence was key and sometimes it took a while to completely build that up.