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Jerome, Javier, and I decided to experience a true London adventure: Wimbledon. Wimbledon is one of the few sporting events the general public has the opportunity to actually get good seats. All you have to do is queue! Yes, folks, we camped out in Wimbledon Park from 4:30 on Monday, in order to get goo:d seats for Wimbledon Tuesday.  Here’s what happened: We put up our tents around 4:30 pm. At 6:00 official Wimbledon employees, called Stewards, handed us queue cards. These cards are numbered, and indicate when you can claim a wristband for the court of your choice. I was number #28, which guaranteed I would get the court of my choice.  We then hung out all night, got around three hours of sleep, and were woken up by an Honorary Steward (a Steward of an advanced age) at 5:30 am. I will say if I could get woken up by an old English man whispering each morning, I would! After that it was many more hours of queuing, before we got to purchase our Centre Court tickets! Then it was more waiting for a match to actually begin.  FINALLY, around 1 pm, the first match on Centre Court began. It was a quarterfinal match between Elena Dementieva and Nadia Petrova. It was actually a great match, with Dementieva having match point, but Petrova forcing a new game, and winning the set. In the end Dementieva prevailed.  Our second game was Serena Williams!  She totally dominated her opponent Agnieszka Radwanska winning 6-4, 6-0. After a long day in the sun, we capped off our day with two Wimbledon traditions: Pimm’s and Lemonade and Strawberries and Creme.  It was a long, great two days, and  I’ve tried my best to capture them  and some of the action. 

 
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