River Boat Adventure, Wimbledon, and the Royal Baby!

Today was an exciting day!  We started the day off heading out to our river boat adventure.  It was awesome!  We both loved it!  It was half leisure boat cruise and half rollercoaster ride.  Okay maybe not quite as scary to me as a rollercoaster but it definitely travelled at a high rate of speed and was quite rocky at times. Well worth the money if you like an adrenaline rush!

Next up for us was Wimbledon!  Yep, we hunted down Wimbledon.  I had noticed that the Tube line we travelled on to get to the boat pier had service to Wimbledon.  I suggested traveling out to the Wimbledon area and Brad certainly didn't disagree.  We had lunch at a pub then went to Wimbledon.  We walked and walked and doubted whether or not we were lost a couple of times before finally finding it.  Wimbledon is located in a quaint residential area.  It's not in an area I was picturing it being in at all.  It's a lovely section of London.  It was nice to see.  I'm quite confused when Wimbledon is going how the residents of the area, the media, the spectators and the players plus the player's staff all fit in that quaint neighborhood?  We were both picturing Wimbledon to be off by itself with direct Tube access.  That's not the case!  By the time we walked to Wimbledon from the Tube station it was closing for the day so we didn't get to go for a tour or see the gift shop.  We are still debating whether or not we want to try again tomorrow. 

After snapping a few pics in front of Wimbledon we continued on towards the Tube station, before getting to the station we came across a tennis store.  Brad couldn't resist going in the tennis store.  As we browsed around at tennis gear I soon noticed there was a TV at the front of the store mounted to the wall. I then noticed what was on the TV at the time....breaking news that the royal baby was on it's way.  It wasn't long before we made our way back to the Tube station then back to our hotel to watch the news unfold.  The baby was born just a few minutes before 4:30 local time but was not reported as being officially born until 8:30 local time.  So for 4 hours they kept it a secret as the media stood outside the hospital and the Palace waiting for the official word.  Meanwhile we set watching and waiting for the official word.  I wonder why the delay?  Were they waiting for rush hour to be over with?  Because royal protocol is for an official "birth announcement" signed by the doctor stating the royal birth has occurred is handed from a press secretary at the hospital to a waiting car then driven to the palace where the paper is then displayed on an ancient easel for the public to read.  Anyway I'm just surprised there was such a long delay.  Finally, the royal baby has been born.  I can hardly wait to get the newspaper tomorrow!  What a keepsake that will be for us!

The plans of the day for tomorrow are still to be determined!  We have tossed around the idea of taking in another tea time at a fancy hotel or taking in another play.  Or possibly we'll make the trek out to Wimbledon again.  We'll see!



Pics of our hotel room:

Pics from the river boat adventure along the Thames river:

 

Brad in front of Wimbledon: