we also took this opportunity to go to roland garros! yes, the grand slam at paris, france. i looovvveeeeeeeee watching tennis live! i was pretty star-struck. i mean, i saw maria sharapova, dinara safina, roger federer, julien benneteau, gael monfils, ivan ljubicic, fernando gonzales, robby ginepri, radek stepanek and david ferrer. its a pity i didnt get to see rafael nadal and novak djokovic! :( but still, its all worth it. one day, im going to go on a tennis tour with my sisters, and we'll catch ALL the grand slams! HAHAH.

stratford was beautiful and quaint. we had abundant sunshine and so that made us really happy people. shakespeare and his family had lots of estates in stratford and they all look so amazing. especially anne hathaway's cottage.

| shakespeare's birthplace | nash's house and new place | in the gardens of nash's house and new place | the gang of us soaking up the sun in lush green fields | hall's croft | anne hathaway's cottage |
and then we went to wimbledon! before we rushed back to singapore. being the tennis fanatic we are, wimbledon was so awesome. we took pictures with the terra cotta army figurines of the top eight players who played at the shanghai masters last year. it was sooo fun! and we got to see the centre court and court one, before the grass were ruined by the players during the matches.