[HPforGrownups]the burrow

[bboy_mn]

No: HPFGUIDX 42911

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Nguyen, Marc" <marc.nguyen at g...> wrote:
> <<<<<<<<<<<<<<
> Additional Question: on a similar subject-
> Is the Weasley's Burrow, in the wizard's parallel universe similar
> to Diagon Alley, or is it just muggle space that the Weasley's have
> enchanted so the muggles will ignore it?
> 
> bboy_mn
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

Marc Responded:
> IMHO, it's the latter of the two, although I'm not sure if the 
> burrow is enchanted or not. In GOF I think, Uncle Vernon receives 
> the letter full of stamps from the Weasleys. It says to reply via 
> owl, since the postman doesn't ever come to their house much(due to 
> lack of mail?). also, when they take the kids to Kings Crossing, 
> Molly has to get taxis to come get them, so it is accessable to 
> muggles.
> 
> 
> Marc

bboy_comments:

This brings up an interesting point. I always assumed that Mrs.
Weasley called (telephoned) the muggle taxis from the town post
office. Which is true, but I also assumed that they waited at the post
office for the taxis to arrive and loaded everything up there.

"Mrs. Weasley had braved the telephone in the village post office to
order three ordinary Muggle taxis to take them into London."

"'Arthur tried to borrow Ministry cars for us,' Mrs. Weasley whispered
to Harry as they stood in the rain-washed yard, watching the taxi
drivers heaving six heavy Hogwarts trunks into their cars. ..."

I always took 'yard' to me the waiting/parking area in front of the
village post office, since most Brits refer to their yard as the
garden,  but I get the impression that most people took that as the 
yard in front of the Weasley house.

On another note, let's think about who was there-

1)Mrs. Weasley
2)Bill
3)Charlie
4)Fred
5)George
6)Ron
7)Ginny
8)Harry
9)Hermione

Nine people, 6 trunks, three owl cages, and one very large somewhat
overexcited cat.

OK, all that fit in 3 limousine maybe, but 3 common English taxis?
That seems like a stretch. 

And who paid for all this? If cost $12 to take a taxi from my house to
the airport (Minneapolis); it's about 8 miles. Ottery St Mary in Devon
(the inspiration for Ottery St Catchpole) to Westside London is about
225km/140miles. So what's your guess, US$100 minimum per taxi?

Pretty expensive for a family that is scraping for pennies.

Maybe the Ministry paid. Mr. Weasley tried to get Ministy cars, maybe
since no cars were available, the Ministry offerred to pay for the
taxis instead. Although, since Mr. Weasley got all those Top Box World
Cup tickets for free (not cheap tickets), it seems like a lot of
additional money to add taxi fair on top of that.

Just some thoughts.

bboy_mn