Wimbledon 2007 - Day 8, June 30

Today started badly.  It was raining when I got up and showed no real signs of stopping.  I went down for my workout and was surprised as I came back out that the rain had stopped.  Maybe we'd get play after all.  I enjoyed another free breakfast at the hotel and by the time I got down to walk to the underground, it was raining again. :-(

Walked in from the station to the venue in the rain.  Good thing I have my umbrella.  It made it at least palatable.  Spent a lot of time sitting in the venue hoping for tennis to actually play.  We wound up having a bet in the venue as to whether or not there would be enough play to avoid a refund for the patrons.  We actually got it incorrect as the tickets themselves say only one hour of play is adequate to avoid a refund, but we had our bet for 2 hours as the over or under.  I lost as we only managed one hour and fifteen minutes of total play for the entire day.

They chose to cancel play for the rest of the day just before 8 PM.  That meant we got out of the venue by 8:15.  We wanted to have something different and chose a Lebanese Restaurant Mandaloun for dinner.  It was very tasty and while it wasn't very far removed from Greek food, it was an interesting experience.  From there, we walked to an Irish Pub and had a couple of pints of Guinness.  Never a bad choice and is sure to be colder than the English beers around the area. ;-)

Got back to the hotel quite tipsy and had walked a good deal in the rain.  I packed some of my stuff, but I wasn't finished and knew that tomorrow the moving day would be quite difficult hung over.  Called Colleen and we talked for a bit.  Drifted off to sleep knowing an odd second half of this adventure would begin.

Cheers!