New Zealand

Finally made it to Rivendell! I wish I had more time to explore the park that it's in, Kaitoke. The whole area is gorgeous. The set itself is pretty small and there's also nothing left of it. That arch was put in later to commemorate the movies and is much smaller than the original that was built. The little map they had on the sign was neat. It showed exactly where all the buildings were built and where you should stand and look to see where they filmed which scenes. The tree with the funky roots is actually where they took the promo pictures of Legolas (https://goo.gl/3cHgoE) and the river took me forever to realize what it was since all the sign said was "Fords of Isen filmed here." In the second movie it's where that horse finds Aragorn after he falls off the cliff during the fight with the orcs and wargs. Anyway, that's my nerd excitement for the day :)Read more