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Hi Everyone
Well I have been really slack about getting this travel journal started! Its been chaotic since I arrived on 24th June. Gavin & Wendy arrived the same day as me & we started our trip staying in Wimbeldon with my cousins daughter..so my 1st cousin once removed?? or 2nd cousin..can never get that! Anyway Shalze & her husband Conrad have a little son a few months younger than Lucca so it was lovely to meet him & Conrad whom we`ve never met before. Shalz took us on the tourist trail through all the main sights in London over the next couple of days. Then Russell & Leanne(my Cousin) joined us. They`re all from SA but now living in England. Also Russells 80 yr old mother whom we havent seen in 20 odd years was there too. Russell & his brother gave her the trip for her birthday as Dylan..the groom to be is her only grandson so very special!! Various other cousins & friends arrived as it was Leanne & Wendys birthdays so a big night was had by all!The next day we tried in vain to go to the tennis at Wimbeldon.The ques were at least 5km long & after 2 hours we finally made it to the end of the cue for tickets only to be told it would be at least another 5 hours before we could expect to have bought our tickets & be in the stadium! We started our journey at 9 in the morning queing for the bus that would take us to the que for tickets! We would have finally made it into the stadium at 5pm had we persevered..needless to say we gave up! That night we had yet another party with friends of the Balfours (the cuzzies) a 50th Bday..so another late night! It has been so lovely to catch up with the SA cuzzies. Tony was still in NZ at this stage so was missing him & it felt a bit strange to be away from all the family.
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