The Hyde Park Experience

This morning I woke up feeling pretty good about being able to get Wimbledon tickets (they didn’t go on sale until 9am this morning for tomorrow). At 9:01, by the time my request was processed there were NO tickets left. How the hell do you sell out of something that fast?! Blew my mind. So that was a fail. I took my time getting ready and eventually moseyed out to the bus station to be on my way. I was walking to tour the Royal Mews and I literally walked right into a changing of the guard ceremony. As in, I was walking down the sidewalk and a police made me stop. So I got to see the changing of the guards in front of the Guard Museum. It was pretty cool. I wanted to video it or at least take pictures, but my battery on my camera didn’t charge for some reason when I had it plugged in. I think when I turn off the overhead light, all the plugs shut off too.

After that quick detour, I made it to the Royal Mews. I toured around, it wasn’t as cool (big) as I thought it was going to be, but I still enjoyed it. They had a few royal horses on display and I just wanted to ride them. I need a horse. Could’ve bought one with all the money I’ve spent on this trip. Ha! Anyways, they had all the coaches on display and one of the Queen’s Rolls-Royce. After that went and met up with Kate and we ate lunch then headed to go to Hyde Park.

Let me tell you something about concerts in Hyde Park. It’s a fucking free-for-all. All tickets are general admission and it’s literally a game of how many people can fit into this space. Completely insane, but so much fun! The concert was really very good though. There were 3 bands I’ve never heard of before, but they were bearable. Then Zac Brown Band was amazing. And so was Kings of Leon. All in all, today was wonderful!

Now, I’ve gotta get to bed so I can wake up at 5:45 (yes, I know) so I can meet Kate and we can wait in queue to try and get into Wimbledon in the morning. Hopefully most people have better things to do with their Thursday mornings than wait to watch tennis matches. Ahhh, I’m so excited, I hope it works out!