From worship at St. Pauls we hopped on the tube and about 45 minutes later were at another temple: Centre Court at Wimbledon. It was interesting to see. It\u2019s basically a really big country club, minus the golf course, covered instead in tennis courts. (There\u2019s a golf course across the street.)<\/p>\n
Located in more relaxed and quaint village in London, Wimbledon is a private, member\u2019s only club. They say the easiest way to get a membership in Wimbledon is to win the tournament. Though membership in Wimbledon isn\u2019t just a matter of money, it\u2019s also a question of \u201cWhat have you done for tennis?\u201d I think that\u2019s a good question.<\/p>\n
There is a museum with interactive displays, a gift shop, and of course, a tour of Centre Court which is only used during the two weeks of the tournament in June of each year. But they\u2019ll make an exception in a couple of years when the Olympics hit London.<\/p>\n
It might interest you to know that they know the height of the grass on Centre Court down to the millimeter. I believe I recall them saying\u00a0 six millimeters was the perfect length. It was at 8 mm when we were there. They only cut off 1 mm at a time in order to maintain the health of the grass.<\/p>\n
Wimbledon is one of those take it or leave it things in London. If you like tennis, as my daughter does, then I\u2019d say it\u2019s a must do. If you don\u2019t care so much about tennis, I\u2019d only do Wimbledon if I had lots of extra time and nothing else I wanted to see. That said, I\u2019m glad we did it. Madison enjoyed it. It was kind of cool. The village was relaxed. And, I can say \u201cI\u2019ve been there.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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