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The All England Club
(home of The 125th Wimbledon Championships) |
People traveled from all over the world including Sweden, Spain, and Australia to experience The Championship at Wimbledon. As we are presently living here, it seemed like we should at least attempt to get tickets. Tickets for the "show courts" can be purchased on the day if you are willing to camp overnight or, if you are not as dedicated (like us), you can arrive early in the morning and try for a ground pass which allows entry into the complex to watch the play on a big screen or purchase a "re-sold" ticket. Now early for us has morphed a bit since our arrival (I like to call it cultural assimilation), so arrival around 7:30am seemed reasonable. Haha, joke was on us. We queued up in line K-9 only to find out that we were numbers 7749 and 7750. While we were cozy in our beds, people must have been streaming into Wimbledon Park to ensure a "live" Wimbledon experience.
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| Thousands of people waiting with us |
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| Standing in the Queue |
The weather predicted rain in the morning and sunshine in the afternoon, so we were prepared for the day with an umbrella, raincoats, and a full rucksack (aka backpack) of food. The 5 1/2 hours standing in line involved a lot of people watching as people were doing everything from playing games to resting and reading. As interesting as the atmosphere was, the odds of getting in to watch any tennis matches were slim as there were at least 1500 people patiently waiting in front of us. Thus, we "threw in the towel" and made our way home. We found out later that the line had been held up due to the discovery of contraband (ie paint and banners speculated to be used to protest or illegally advertise). Irregardless, Kevin and I are confident that we made the right decision to return to the comforts of our home where we could continue our picnic and watch the competition on our big screen. Go Serena!!
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| Wimbledon (left flag) and Serena (right flag) |
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| Practicing for the big day?? |
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| Mentally preparing?? |
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| Newspaper |
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| or book? |
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| Red Stripe (at 9:30am) |
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| or Starbucks? |
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Card games were also a popular
form of entertainment |
People traveled from all over the world including Sweden, Spain, and Australia to experience The Championship at Wimbledon. As we are presently living here, it seemed like we should at least attempt to get tickets. Tickets for the "show courts" can be purchased on the day if you are willing to camp overnight or, if you are not as dedicated (like us), you can arrive early in the morning and try for a ground pass which allows entry into the complex to watch the play on a big screen or purchase a "re-sold" ticket. Now early for us has morphed a bit since our arrival (I like to call it cultural assimilation), so arrival around 7:30am seemed reasonable. Haha, joke was on us. We queued up in line K-9 only to find out that we were numbers 7749 and 7750. While we were cozy in our beds, people must have been streaming into Wimbledon Park to ensure a "live" Wimbledon experience.
What an experience!
ReplyDeleteOh me oh my... Well regardless, it was an experience not soon forgotten..
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Red Stripe...Book! Sounds like quite a day!
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