A Vacation to Remember in London, England

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