wimbledon

today we went to wimbledon! Well, among many other things. but this was by far the grandest of my adventures today.
We took the tube all the way out there and met the nicest fellow who lives there who gave us directions and chatted with us about how he prefers nyc - crazy. we made it there, discovered that it cost 12 pounds and that we had to hurry to the ticket tent which closed in just a few minutes, we ran - and were there 3 minutes before 8, but they w
ere closing then and wouldn't sell us tickets. so we decided to walk around the perimeter. little did we know this extends at least 200 miles around, or that's certainly what it felt like. it was so much fun though, we chatted with the guards at every gate (though no one would let us in...) and took ridiculous picture and got ourselves completely lost. when we finally asked someone where the tube was he said "what tube?! you're at least 40 minutes away from any tube stop." so we walked back, more making friends with a police man and some more locals along the way. so we didn't actually get in - we might go again tomorrow - but we had an awesome time!
today i also went to the V&A museum to do an assignment for my jane austen class though I wish I could have stayed waaay longer. I'll be back there for sure. and then to the national portrait gallery to do some more assignments. hung out at trafalgar square, sitting on some statue, talking to someone from birmingham or something like that. people here are so FRIENDLY! when was the last time i had a conversation with a complete stranger for 5 minutes? it's amazing.
I love it.
I love LONDON.

ps, please read this entry in a british accent. I've been speaking (and thinking) in a rather poor one all day. I really can't stop....