| My time in London was set right in the middle of | | | | than a few tennis courts, it was like a small town |
| my month long overseas adventure. From | | | | it was so big. I watched some games on the |
| Christchurch, New Zealand I'd traveled through | | | | outer courts first, had to pinch myself that I was |
| Bangkok and onto the majestic city of London. | | | | actually watching tennis at Wimbledon, where |
| Just flying over the area was exciting; looking | | | | were my strawberries and cream? After having |
| down on the Thames River was great and for | | | | some fun checking out the speed of my own |
| some reason reminded me of the Eastenders TV | | | | tennis serve I ventured towards the main courts, |
| programme. | | | | I managed to purchase some resale tickets to |
| After settling in at my sister's apartment I got | | | | the main courts and ended up watching both |
| some valuable sleep, traveling can be great fun | | | | Raphael Nadal and Andy Murray, couldn't believe |
| but the jet lag can quickly bring you back down | | | | my luck! The atmosphere was amazing, even for |
| to earth. The next day I headed out to St Paul's | | | | so early in the tournament. |
| Cathedral, it's an amazing monument and was well | | | | The next day involved lots of time in the |
| worth the visit. After taking the usual touristy | | | | underground and on foot as I made my way |
| photos in front of St Paul's I moved on to the | | | | around London's Museums. I went to the Science, |
| Tate Modern Art Gallery. They had some really | | | | Victoria & Albert, Natural History and British |
| fascinating exhibitions on at the time with some | | | | Museums and thoroughly enjoyed each one, just |
| great sculptures and art work. | | | | the buildings were impressive. I particularly |
| Heading out to lunch reminded me of how | | | | enjoyed seeing all Egyptian and Greek artifacts |
| expensive everything is in London after you've | | | | such as vases, statues and the Rosetta stone. It's |
| exchanged New Zealand dollars to British Pounds, | | | | a shame I had limited time because there was so |
| after coming from the very cheap Bangkok; I | | | | many interesting things to see. |
| realized that this part of my holiday was going to | | | | For dinner we went out to the Ivy, a very posh |
| be expensive. Holidays are all about spending | | | | restaurant that my sister had booked well in |
| money though so it was time to move on and | | | | advance. The food was good and the atmosphere |
| spend some more. | | | | nice, if not slightly pretentious. After a few drinks |
| Being a huge sporting fan I was very keen to get | | | | at a local pub we meandered back to Clapham |
| to Wimbledon to watch some tennis. After the | | | | Common and my sister's apartment. It had been |
| first day got rained off I decided to make the | | | | a great day of sightseeing and certainly one I |
| journey to the grounds and see what my | | | | wouldn't forget any time soon. Luckily I had |
| chances of getting in were. Turned out that I just | | | | bought enough memory on my digital camera to |
| had to wait in line, a particularly massive line! | | | | last me a lifetime because I was taking a lot of |
| Luckily waiting in line turned out to be part of the | | | | photos. |
| fun, I received my queue card, my official guide | | | | London is full of amazing sights and to do it |
| to queuing handbook and numerous other goodies | | | | justice you would have to spend weeks exploring |
| that were dropped off to those who were | | | | its vast areas. The only problem is that it can |
| waiting so patiently. We waited in the line for an | | | | take a long time to get from A to B so you have |
| hour and a half in the end which wasn't too bad, | | | | to be prepared for some frustrating times |
| especially when you compare it to the other line | | | | whether it's delays on the underground or huge |
| of people who were queuing for good tickets to | | | | lines at famous attractions. Luckily you'll never find |
| the following days play! | | | | yourself disappointed with what you find in |
| As I walked into the legendary Wimbledon | | | | London, it's a destination that should be on every |
| complex I realized that this was so much more | | | | traveler's to do list. |