Hermione decided to give herself a small vacation before going into hiding. A moment to bid farewell to her childhood and everything she had been. Win or lose, the impetuous game she suggested would change her life. The last family vacation the Grangers had gone on before Hermione discovered she was a witch had been to Papay, or Papa Westray, in the Orkney Islands. She wanted to feel a connection with her absent parents before saying goodbye. She apparated to Kirkwall, Scotland, and arranged to fly from there to Westray and onto Papay.