Wimbledon!!

Well, due to the teacher strike in England, I was not likely to work today. I woke up about 5:40am and walked down to Wimbledon Park to join The Queue around 6:30am. It was the perfect time to go, as not many people were there yet.

It was a really quiet queue day, so it was probably a good day for me to have picked. It was the most organized process I have ever experienced. Kudos to the Wimbledon organizers for figuring it out! I got into the grounds no problem, and only paid 16 quid for a grounds pass, instead of 48 quid, which would have gotten me into Court 1 (not even the big action on Centre Court). I first watched Martina Hingis/Lindsay Davenport (former singles stars) up against an unknown (to me) doubles team. It was game, set and match from the start. Those two are phenomenal! Martina's reflexes were unbelievable. They really were a sight to see. I had a COURT SIDE seat for that match. REALLY COOL!

Court Side!!! For Hingis/Davenport doubles match


Lindsay Davenport and Martina Hingis - tennis legends!!

That match was over in about 40 minutes, so I walked around to check out the rest of the grounds. I heard someone say Rafael Nadal was practising on Court 15, so I raced over, and sure enough, there he was...in all his Spanish gorgeousness! Bless him - he was practising with a junior player. It was really neat to sit and watch him give the junior some pointers - what a practise that must have been for that lad!

Rafa and the luckiest lad in England!

Rafa being whisked away quickly by security - bless him, he was trying to sign as many autographs as possible!

I walked around some more...watching some Centre Court action on Murray's Mount, and collecting my free strawberries and cream snack (courtesy of HSBC).

Murray's Mount

Enjoying my free strawberries and cream!

I watched a few more matches and generally just enjoyed being a part of the action. Before I left, I stopped and watched World No. 2 - Novak Djokovic practising. Very cool as well!

The future talent is looking good!


Novak in fiiiiine form!


Signing autographs after practise

All in all for 16 quid, I'd say I got my monies worth - Nadal, Djokovic, Davenport, Hingis AND strawberries and cream?!

Kendle and Meaghan are coming up tonight, and we are celebrating Canada Day in Trafalgar Square. Happy 144th Canada Day to everyone...I guess I shouldn't fret too much about 25, eh?!

Much love. xo