Day 7 – 8 July 2019, Monday It’s the day of our departure but we managed to squeeze in one last activity before our afternoon flight home today. For the morning, we booked a 10am guided tour of the Royal Albert Hall (RAH). I’ve always wanted to watch a performance at the RAH but never […]
Category: Wimbledon 2019
Day 6 – 7 July 2019, Sunday After being blessed with five days of bright sunshine and clear skies, it was cold and cloudy today. For our last full day, we headed to East London in the morning to check out some of the weekend markets at Spitalfields. We took the Tube and alighted at […]
Day 5 – 6 July 2019, Saturday Today’s programme is pretty straightforward as we are going to Wimbledon again to catch the 3rd round (3R) matches. We have already secured our tickets for Centre Court through the worldwide ballot so thankfully, no (overnight) queuing required today, yay! And having watched the 2R matches two days […]
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Wimbledon 2019: Day 4 – Camden / Natural History Museum / BST Hyde Park
Day 4 – 5 July 2019, Friday It’s our fourth day in London and yet another sunny day with temperatures between 19 and 24 degrees Celsius. After having our breakfast at the hostel, we took a leisurely stroll to Camden Town, located about 2.5km away. Camden is famous for its street markets and live music […]
Wimbledon is arguably the most prestigious tennis tournament in the world and tickets are not easy to come by. If you haven’t been successful with the ballot, the good news is that you can still get tickets if you queue for them. The bad news is that thousands of others are doing the same thing […]
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Wimbledon 2019: Day 2 – British Museum / Covent Garden / Borough Market / Tower Bridge
Day 2 – 3 July 2019, Wednesday It’s strange that whenever I am overseas, I will always wake up early no matter how tired I am. Today was no exception. We woke up at about 7:30am, had a quick breakfast and were out of our hostel by 8:30am. The 7-hour time difference and jetlag had […]
How It All Began I wasn’t planning to make a trip to London this year but due to a stroke of luck, I found myself heading to one of my favourite cities in the world again this July, and it was for a very good reason – to watch the Wimbledon tennis tournament. After our […]