For those of you unfamiliar with Wimbledon, the only grand slam tennis tournament played on grass, here is a little primer:
Not surpringly, when thousands of tennis fans descend on a small city outside of London, hotel rooms are at a premium. Expect high prices and book very early.
A couple hints:
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Andre Agassi beats Goran Ivanisevic to win his only Wimbledon title!
Nadal is SOO much better than Djokovic. How could this happen?
*The idea of discounting prices for the unemployed was an eye-opener. And from a prestigious private club no less! Makes me love Wimbledon even more!
Library (Yeah!! Now I want to go there even MORE)
Above Centre Court, where the players enter the stadium together, there is an inspirational quote from the poem entitled "If" by Rudyard Kipling:
"If you can meet with triumph and disaster and treat those two impostors just the same."
Of couse, no pompous, private club would dare host an event for the public without copious amounts of "guidelines." While there are the usual ones, like no cell phones on, and don't leave items unattended, there are some more unique guidelines as well, such as:
Tickets may be obtained through the public ballot or the queue.
Public Ballot
Queue
Show court queue
Grounds queue
***Grounds queue will be much more sought after when a British player (Andy Murray, Tim Henman [now retired] will be playing on a show court. Brits will gather on a hill reserved for overflow equipped with a large screen television to watch their countryman attempt to advance to the next round. This hill was first affectionately known as "Henman Hill", and now is referred to as "Mount Murray." British people are so creative with their alliteration!!