One venue is world famous and the other is not, but both are very English! We have two guest bloggers today which makes this entry especially historic...
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| Murray Mound |
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| The queue, 11, 000 deep |
My dad and I had
the opportunity to go to Wimbledon last weekend. We took the train there. We
didn’t get tickets beforehand so we got in the queue. There was a giant line of
people stretching a mile long. My dad and I were just a small dot on the canvas
of 11,000 people. After 4 ½ long and tiresome hours of waiting, we got
into the grounds.
They were fantastic
and very posh. It looked like a tennis players haven with twenty beautiful
courts, food stalls, stores, and a huge TV on a hill known as Murray’s Mound. We
took in the views and watched some young stars trying to make a name for them selves.
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| Photo from Ryan's cell phone |
We made our way to
the ticket resale booth hoping to get tickets to Centre Court to see Andy
Murray vs. Marcos Baghdatis. After another grueling 2 ½
hour wait we finally got in! We ran into Centre Court not wanting to miss any more
points. When we arrived the match was in the middle of the first set. We stayed
until it was over and Murray won, concluding one of our best experiences in
England.
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| Andy Murray, "I'm getting closer." |
As they say in Wimbledon, “Three cheers for Murray. Hip-Hip-Hooray! Hip-Hip-Hooray!
Hip-Hip-Hooray! And one for luck! Hip-Hip-Hooray!”
For those who missed the news: on Sunday Andy Murray lost
to Roger Federer in what was probably the biggest televised match at Wimbledon since
1990, drawing over 17 million viewers.
It was heartbreaking, and as Murray said, he “lost to one of the
greatest athletes of all time.”
Sandown Racetrack by T. Cobb
We went to Sandown
on Saturday and bet on horses.
Some people won and some people lost. It was stunning seeing the horses run. We had to dress up in a button down
shirt and jeans. When we bet we
went inside and asked the guy to bet on the horses. Then we went back to our seats and watched. People yelled when their horse came in
first. We won five or six
times. I really liked it.
Summer Camp by A. Cobb
Today I dropped off B and T at Chelsea football camp. They are learning football at the
training ground of England’s premier football team ~ Chelsea. It is the hottest team in England and
they train five minutes from our house.
It’s not just about football but also about the
players. T thought he saw John
Terry this morning, the Captain of the team. However, Terry was in court for racially abusing another
football player.
Fortunately, it’s not just about the players. B and T were dressed in their
proper team uniforms representing Liverpool and Chelsea respectively. T matched the grounds crew and the staff
working all around Chelsea this morning!
R started tennis camp today as well. He begrudging went thinking he would be
the oldest and playing with only novices. To his surprise there was a nice group of kids his age and all
of them were quite talented. He had
a great time!
I think it’s going to be a good week J.
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