My bestie @callsignC30 and I converged upon Mystic Falls this past weekend and what a time we had!
I picked up the bestie Thursday afternoon at the Atlanta Airport and our Fan Girl Trip to Mystic Falls officially began.
On Thursday evening we just drove into Atlanta and visited Olympic Park, tThe CNN world headquarters, and had dinner. It was after all Friday morning when we would actually arrive in Mystic Falls.
The Bestie and I park and begin walking through the area that the production crew were working, much to our surprise we were left to freely roam at will. At this time we were the only two people in the park other than the production crew and a mother and her small child, (funny side note - we thought the mother was just letting her little boy enjoy a beautiful day at the park until we heard him say "mommy not Vampire Diaries again"). After about an hour of freely roaming at will we were approached by a set security guard that inquired as to our reason for being in the park. We were told we would be allowed to stay for filming, but we were asked to not take anymore pictures of the location as this would compromise future episodes.
As time for filming got closer we were joined by about 50 other individuals hoping to get a glimpse of today's filming. Once the director and cast begin to arrive, we were approached by a member of the production team and asked to relocate to a more secure location where we would not disturb the filming that was about to take place.
To make a long story short - we hit the mother lode! At different intervals during the days filming we were visited by different members of the cast to include - Paul Wesley, Nina Dobrev, Ian Somerhalder, Matthew Davis, Steven R. McQueen, Kat Graham, and Candice Accola. We were able to interact with them and have pictures taken with all the cast with the exception of Paul and Ian. What a way to spend a day in Mystic Falls!
Follows is some of my pictures of our day in Mystic Falls:
Bright and early Friday morning we begin the short drive over to Mystic Falls, a.k.a. Covington, GA USA - just a couple of exits past Conyers, GA (the birthplace of 'The Twilight Saga's own Dakota Fanning) off Interstate 20.
We begin our day with a 2 hour set tour of Mystic Falls (pictures to follow) and this is where we first stumbled across signs that the cast would indeed be filming that day. After our tour was officially over the Bestie and I found our way back to the home where we saw signs of production equipment and crew, but just short of that destination - we found the Motherlode! We found the sight of that days filming location! A city park that was being turned into a Vampire Diaries set. Production crews were very busy turning this park in to the set.
The Bestie and I park and begin walking through the area that the production crew were working, much to our surprise we were left to freely roam at will. At this time we were the only two people in the park other than the production crew and a mother and her small child, (funny side note - we thought the mother was just letting her little boy enjoy a beautiful day at the park until we heard him say "mommy not Vampire Diaries again"). After about an hour of freely roaming at will we were approached by a set security guard that inquired as to our reason for being in the park. We were told we would be allowed to stay for filming, but we were asked to not take anymore pictures of the location as this would compromise future episodes.
As time for filming got closer we were joined by about 50 other individuals hoping to get a glimpse of today's filming. Once the director and cast begin to arrive, we were approached by a member of the production team and asked to relocate to a more secure location where we would not disturb the filming that was about to take place.
To make a long story short - we hit the mother lode! At different intervals during the days filming we were visited by different members of the cast to include - Paul Wesley, Nina Dobrev, Ian Somerhalder, Matthew Davis, Steven R. McQueen, Kat Graham, and Candice Accola. We were able to interact with them and have pictures taken with all the cast with the exception of Paul and Ian. What a way to spend a day in Mystic Falls!
Follows is some of my pictures of our day in Mystic Falls:
The pics is cell phone pic of the original photograph - thus the lighting issues. This is a cropped pic from our group pic at the Celebrity Banquet.
We had a wonderful day in Mystic Falls - thus the beginning of our weekend at The Vampire Diaries Convention. A great weekend shared with my very dear friend and Twitter Bestie @callsignC30.
More pics to be added after the Bestie arrives back in the Pacific North West and sends me her pics!
