Sloan Stephens (US) at Wimbeldon.
I met Deb and Joe at Wimbeldon on Thursday. We watched this match with Sloan Stephens, a young, American tennis player. We paid 16 GBP to enter and were able to watch any of the matches, except center court. Since I am not an avid tennis fan, this was perfect. I loved how up close and personal the experience was. I thought I would be bored, but it was really intriguing to watch and I found myself really engaged in the game. After Sloan lost, we watched a men's doubles game and then on the way out, stumbled on Anna Kournikova and Martina Hingis practicing. We watched for a bit and then headed home.
The joys of technology: I woke up this morning to a Facebook message from Dahlia saying that she, Natalie and Johnny would have an 11 hour layover in London. Thanks to my Vonage visual voicemail, I got a message when they arrived at Heathrow. We were out and about for the day at this point. Thanks to my Skype to Go number, I was able to call Dahlia on her U.S. cellphone and reach her at Heathrow and make arrangements for them to meet us at our flat. We ate quickly and the took a 4 hour, whirlwind tour of London. We started at Trafalgar Square, walked to Buckingham Palace, through the park to the Tube to Westminster, quick look at Parliament, Big Ben, the London Eye and Westminster Abbey and then back north to Hampstead, via Belsize Park (Tube problems...) What a day!!
