Stepped into Middle Earth today and wished all our grandkids were with us cause it was so cool! Hobbiton is the movie set where the lush pasture of the shire were filmed for the Hobbit and the Lord of the Rings. The narrow, wandering paths took us by 46 Hobbit Holes each with clever and intricate details like clothes lines drying tiny clothes, tiny market selling pickles & cheese, another selling breads, picnic table set for lunch, baskets of garden vegetables, ax & wood pile, tiny, curved leaded glass windows with curtains & candles and each with colorful flower boxes & gardens and the brightly painted round doors. The stone curved bridge led us past the turning water mill and to the Green Dragon Inn. How fun to imagine our grandkids playing here!! This set is in the middle of a huge working 1250 acre farm so cows and sheep were pasturing in the paddocks separated by thick hedged rows...9000 sheep & 400 cows in all! As you look in the distance, you see tall mountains just beyond the lush green mounds and not the tiniest sign of anything in the last 300 years. Peter Jackson (director/producer) truly found the Middle Earth and in the process introduced the world to spectacular New Zealand! Can't wait to watch the Hobbit again!
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