http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Greater-London/Wimbledon/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Europe , United Kingdom , England , Greater London , Wimbledon en-us Mon, 07 Dec 09 04:53:06 +0000 Mon, 07 Dec 09 04:53:06 +0000 Not too bad. The whole process has been outsourced to another company. Bit of research from Si H helped I went along to the Indian embassy and had a chat. Thankfuly it help remind me of what we can expect ... lots of 'yes's'... little information and a scrappy bit of paper. the gist of all this was that the following web site is the one to use victoria the place to go and you can indeed do i http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Greater-London/Wimbledon/blog-442098.html The early bird catches the wormFr att undvika nt strul verhuvudtaget s kliver jag upp 0530 drar p mig klderna och rullar ut hojen. Det r knappt gryning och alldeles daggfuktigt. Enligt fantomen r det 14 mil som ska avverkas p ganska precis tv timmar. Vilket ger mig en timmas marginal till bilker passkontrollstrul etc.Hojen dundrar igng jag r n en gng njd att jag inte har det ty http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Greater-London/Wimbledon/blog-421006.html We stayed with Cillian my bro in Wimbledon after we arrived from Jersey and as we had nothing to do the next day we decided to chance our luck with getting into see some games at Wimbledon. Ive always wanted to do it and we really had nothin else pressing Having been advised to get up at Sparrows we decided to ignore all advice and mosey on down at 9am. when we got the near the gate I coul http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Greater-London/Wimbledon/blog-417509.html Heaven and Hell del 2. Mest Heaven.Upp p morgonen till en strlande varm och solig dag. Ringde skatteverket kl 8 prick. Fick prata med en handlggare som direkt faxade ett personbevis till ambassaden och hotellet. Kvart ver tta hade jag alts ett personbevis. Ngot verrumpad ver smidigheten och bevpnad med detta gick jag till ambassade fr att vara frst in. Blir inslppt i lokalen som de d http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Greater-London/Wimbledon/blog-416099.html We only managed to get into the main grounds as general admission was reasonably cheap all the tickets for Serena vs. Elena Venus vs. Safina were sold out argh. A really nice experience watched mainly Serena vs. Elena which def was a pleasure to follow a really good match Williams nearly lost http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Greater-London/Wimbledon/blog-415899.html Gangway 210 Row J Seat 352. That my dear friends is my seat in Centre Court Wimbledon Friday June 26 2009. I got to see Novak Djokovich take apart an American named Mardy Fish. It was almost embarrassing rooting for a guy named Mardyand a last name Fish. But the crowds were clearly rooting for him as they hate Djok. He is known as a poor sportsman and uses every bit of the rules to h http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Greater-London/Wimbledon/blog-415204.html The magical day is finally hereMonday. I have taken the tube out here once before to my total and utter dismay on one fine September morn. The All England Lawn Tennis Club has grown considerably since 1972. It is one of the world's premier sporting events and a major happening here in the United Kingdom. It is surpassed only by football cricket and pub crawling not necessarily in that o http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Greater-London/Wimbledon/blog-415105.html The magical day is finally here Monday. I have taken the tube out here once before to my total and utter dismay on one fine September morn. From the famous Victoria Station it is a straight shot on the District line to Southfields exit. Then a half mile walk to the queue. Just follow the masses.The All England Lawn Tennis Club has grown considerably since 1972. It is one of the world's p http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Greater-London/Wimbledon/blog-414253.html The tennis was one thing that I had to do while in London so when I got told that we would have to wake up at 6am and mission it to Wimbledon line up for four hours in the boling hot sun we were all jumping out of our skins for the opportunity. So glad we did it though just to say I went there is very cool and something I will never forget. It had to be one of the warmest days in London and sitt http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Greater-London/Wimbledon/blog-413469.html Our first entry still in the UK but i need to see if this works right hopefully will delete this once were all up and running http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Greater-London/Wimbledon/blog-402662.html AccessCollege is a small private school in Wimbledon offering English Language Courses Foundation Degree courses and Graduate programmes. I enjoyed myself very much teaching Ielts Conversation and oneonone classes there. My Ielts group was very keen on progressing rapidly and they all gave their best in class. I ran a multilingual group comprising students from Thailand MexicoTurkeyFrance http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Greater-London/Wimbledon/blog-376772.html No not a reference to 80s hair metal although I am now inspired to add it as the soundtrack to this entry The Final Countdown but an acknowledgement that I am now less than 9 days away from departure. I still have a list as long as my arm of things to doprepareorganise and people to see before I go yet here I sit having a lazy Sunday and putting all of that off. I am excited to be goin http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Greater-London/Wimbledon/blog-357924.html The last booze filled party in London An eventful day which started off with South Africa smashing England in the Rugby followed by numerous amounts of shots and ending with a drunken dance at Henry J Beans. A good time was had by all............. and the pictures are posted to tell the story. http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Greater-London/Wimbledon/blog-347931.html So I had these grand plans that I was going to queue it up for Saturday's centre court Wimbledon tickets on Friday evening...Rewind I had booked a hostel for Tuesday Wednesday and Thursday nights in London but decided that to save money I would just keep my bag locked up at that hostel and camp out overnight in the queue for Saturday's matches. Well I wake up Friday morning to a lot of rain. http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Greater-London/Wimbledon/blog-346749.html We have done the time to commit the perfect crime...... entering into a world of adventure and becoming masters of our own destiny......no work and all play WOWhellip.what a year Like all great things this didnrsquot come with luck. It has taken a great deal of planning and sacrifice and is a tribute to all who have helped us along the way. The countdown started at 302 days and after man http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Greater-London/Wimbledon/blog-344836.html Okey dokey. I reckonrsquos wersquove left the blog update long enough. Wersquove copped enough abuse from people about lack of blog action that I thought Irsquod better write another one.Lots has happened over the last month or so but we still havenrsquot really left London so our adventures have been limited to this crazy city. Irsquoll try and cast my mind back over the last months http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Greater-London/Wimbledon/blog-295639.html There are quite a few things and places I want to experience while away on this trip one of the top ones is to go to Wimbledon. We can now tick that off the list. Shelley had heard from her workmates that there were groundpasses available for Wimbledon and that after 5pm they were just half price. I thought it would be a waste of time even getting there as the Australian open finishes it's outsid http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Greater-London/Wimbledon/blog-293873.html I have written often about my tendency to over plan my life. It really kicks in when Mom and Lynn come to visit as I want them to have a good time and to see as much as possible in the time when they are here. This time however we decided not to put anything in the diary but to see where life took us. Deep breath I know I can do this.On Sunday we met for a late breakfast and decided that http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Greater-London/Wimbledon/blog-293429.html There are few things more exciting than waiting at the airport to pick someone up. I love being part of the crowd and watching the reunions as people get off planes. As I am always standing at the international arrivals one sees some very moving things. On Friday morning I was waiting for Mom and Lynn to arrive and got to see quite a few of these scenes. Turns out that immigration at Gatwick http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Greater-London/Wimbledon/blog-293060.html Flew to London HeathrowMetup with my Aunt and CousinWent on a mini tour on my ownWent to Mosque CenterToured London by Night by carI did pretty good on the flight I slept 6 hours out of the 9 so it helped when we arrived in London at 935 am and I was somewhat rested. It is funny how things in London are just as you remember them it felt like I was just there a year ago but the last time I wa http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Greater-London/Wimbledon/blog-285449.html