Saturday, January 29, 2011

In New Zealand…of course…LOTR tour

One of the favorite movie series in the Fraser household is Lord of the Rings…at least for Ron, Tanner, and Justin.  Of course being in New Zealand presents many opportunities to tour various film locations.  We chose to do the tour in Twizel, where they filmed many of the scenes from the Return of the King.  Specifically we were at the location where the Pelennor Fields scenes were filmed.  The tour was fantastic as the guide was actually present during some of the filming and was very knowledgeable about what transpired during the 30 days the film crew was at this sight.  Even Kim left the tour with a new appreciation for the movie, although she will still not watch it.  The kids all had a great time as they got to handle swords and dress up as orcs.  

IMG_3412The guide had movie pics to compare to our locations…very cool

IMG_3439 Scary orcs wearing Disney shirts!!IMG_3440 Reenacting the witch king scene…fortunately Ron fared significantly better than the real witch king!

IMG_3445 IMG_3447  IMG_3417 IMG_3418 IMG_3419 IMG_3424 IMG_3432 A family really comes together when they are shouting ‘death’!

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