Now you may ask yourself how on earth it happened that within the same week I ended up at A) a posh, high society tennis event and B) a far from sophisticated cycling race that normally takes place in France… when I really wasn't meant to at either... I figured I would share the story.
As for Wimbledon, it is such a popular event over here that you have to book tickets really far in advance to get in (: which I of course hadn't thought about) + the tickets are really rather expensive.. which was also one of the reasons I wasn't planning on going in the first place. But then something unexpected happened! My 'host mum' suddenly had a spare pair of tickets that she wasn't able to make use of herself and so she was so kind as to offer them to me! So I invited Lea (: who luckily was up for it!) and we went the next day!
The tickets were for Tuesday in the 2nd week of the tournament. At this point they were already over half way through the tournament which luckily for us meant that many of the lesser players had already been eliminated leaving the bigger profiles for us to watch. Among others we saw Petra Kvitova who later became the winner of the Lady's single final in action and stars like Maria Sharapova and Rafael Nadal we followed on a big screen which was put up in the back of the grounds and that was transmitting directly from the huge Centre Court which requires special tickets (: that we didn''t have) to enter.
We stayed on the grounds; eating strawberries and enjoying the weather which turned out just magnificent, until the very last match and then we went home quite in ave over what we had experienced. I accepted the tickets just a tint bit prejudiced, but I have to say it was an impressive event. Even though my prejudices about Wimbledon probably being the most posh, polished sport event EVER was very much confirmed, I also saw how much of an English tradition it is and that I thought was quite unique.
Now on to a French tradition; The Tour De France!! Which have been on a three-day stay in England this year; having visited cities like Harrogate, York and Cambridge before it came crashing down on the capital this Monday.
And if you (: like me) have grown up in a rather bike enthusiastic family you don't want to miss it when the world's largest cycling race pay your city a visit so me and Lea (: who was once again game on one of my spontaneous, crazy ideas - bless her) devoutly spent our Monday afternoon sitting on the Queen Victoria Statue in front in Buckingham Palace waiting for the riders to arrive for the final sprint that was to take place at the Mall. We waited with approx. one billion other people (: so many Danes!! Well done us!!) under a burning sun and through a couple of angry showers, but the atmosphere was great and when the riders finally arrived the crowd just went mad! It was a mental experience, but so much fun seeing the whole set-up at such close range.
Afterwards, Lea and I went stalking the Danish press and reporters in order to send a message to our families back home, however, we did not succeed…
Not to forget, I also went to see the girls doing sport and other activities at their school's annual Sports Day last week. It was a great day - I'll come to miss the girls so, so much when I leave.
Speaking of which I'll be back in Denmark on Jul 18th. Only 6 days to go... Embrace yourselves.
x Sofie
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