Wimbledon

Look how close I could sit!

The Queue

I went to Wimbledon on Friday! A few classmates and our program administrators left Regent's College around 7AM to join the massive queue for ground ticket access to Wimbledon. The English don't f*** around when it comes to queues. We were in this massive field with painted lines and smartly dressed ushers. Each usher had an umbrella and they instructed us to get "comfortable but also close to each other". We were in this queue for about three hours but it was finally a sunny day so I didn't mind. I caught up on my journal and played cards. Children were playing soccer (football?) and some adults were drinking. I wish day-drinking were as acceptable in the United States as it is here. Alas.

We got into the grounds and grabbed some lunch (fish and chips for me). Then we tried to queue for center court for the ticket resales but instead chose to watch the lesser matches on the outside and not put all our eggs in one basket. I saw Lleyton Hewitt! I could've left after that and been totally satisfied. I feel like every break between games he'd look at me. :) I'll post my pictures here for you to enjoy the almost as much as I did in person.

Lleyton's ready

I went to the massive gift shop and spent way more money than should ever be spent on material goods but...it was Wimbledon. I probably won't be back. Who knows.

Unfortunately, the weather took a turn for the cold and rainy as it is apt to do here. Booo. The tennis youth people are so darn efficient at covering the courts, though! They ran that huge tarp out in record time. We grabbed some dinner and then moved to the hillside to watch Andy Murray play on Centre Court from the Jumbotron.

And guess who was there? Rupert Grint. He came to watch some tennis and my roommate and Rachel met him and took pictures. I'm told he's shorter than you think. He was also quiet. And why wasn't I there to meet him? Because my roommate and Rachel stopped to get scones and eat them on a bench while Katie and I went to watch a mixed doubles match. Oh, Fate. But that's ok, the last HP movie I saw was #5 and we're on like...part two of #7 now, right? The books are more my thang.