Wimbledon!

I accidentally deleted my few pictures from yesterday, but all we did was go to Piccadilly Circus and see the play, 39 Steps. The play was a comedy based on Alfred Hitchcock's 1935 film. There were only four actors in the whole play, but they played over 100 parts. It was very creative and entertaining.

We don't have class on Fridays so we woke up very early today and went to Wimbledon! We waited four hours in the 80 degree weather, but it was totally worth it! I had strawberries and cream and watched a men's single match and a ladies' double match.

The mass amount of people. We got there at 8 am and I was the 6339th person in line. They only let in about 7,500. People were there even earlier than us to stake out their spot and camp out for the NEXT day. They were very dedicated.

The queue is a big deal I guess...they even gave us a 35 page brochure titled, "A Guide to Queueing for The Championships."

The group of girls that I went with.

It was very very very crowded. This is the first match we caught a glimpse of - I am not sure who they are. Right behind them is the center court covered in pretty flowers and ivy.

Court 17 where we watched the ladies' double match.

Kanepi/Zhang and Hsieh/Kudryavlseva

The score board where I recognized a player's name - Sam Querry! He is from Thousand Oaks, CA and was actually coached by my tennis coach for a couple of years when he was young. He has won his first two matches. Go Sam!!!

Court 5 - Mayer (Germany) vs. Yen-Hsun Lu (China)

We were for cheering for Florian Mayer, but unfortunately he was hurt and had to retire early from the match.

We thought the ball girls and boys were so funny. The players are treated very well here -they get shade between each game!

It was definitely worth the time and money! We had so much fun.