Wednesday/Rāapa
We had our second day at Wimbledon. Back to The Lawn where we had a meal beforehand. You get ushered in by these girls and then they come and serve you, and another gives you your tickets. If you know Bill, he is the first there so we get our food etc. and out so we can get to the tennis as soon as possible.
Then a guy comes and asks if everything is ok? Realising the picture I took in there on Monday was too dark, I asked him straight off if he could take a photo of us. Bill noticed his name tag. It read Chef Michel Roux. Bill had heard of him. He was the first Michelin star chef in England and he had set up a chain of restaurants - at last a benefit from Bill reading the paper for one and a half hours every day. Bill said he didn't think Michel Roux got asked to take photos of people very often.
Then Michel says "Can I be in your photo?" I am pleased for anyone to say this as it livens up my blog. So he took this selfie. (Bill thinks he is not used to not being in the picture himself.) Famous as he is, he is more famous with me for taking our photo.
After an internet search and matching photos. we got this is Michel Roux Junior. "Having served his apprenticeship and training mainly away from the Roux brothers' British business empire, he joined his uncle at the Waterside Inn, in Bray, Berkshire in 1985, before working with his father at Le Gavroche from the April of the same year. He then worked in and managed the Roux brothers catering business for three years, before returning to Le Gavroche in 1990, the year the two brothers split their business down family lines.[2] When his father retired in 1993, Michel Jr took over the world-famous restaurant." He's been on some TV programmes in the UK too.
Then we caught up with Peter (Donnelly) and his partner Helen. Bill and Peter thrashed the possible cricket scenarios about (it was the second day of the Black Caps semifinal when they were bowling India out). It was a lovely catch up as always.
Then to the tennis! Today we watched mens' quarter finals Djokovic v Goffin, Nishikori v Federer, a doubles exhibition match with Navratilova and Black, and a mixed doubles match (and bits of a junior match, as we had on the first day, they are just as interesting to watch as the big names.) Djokovic and Federer were the winners in the mens'. We left the doubles so I don't know about that one.
Navratilova and Black in doubles.
I saw this photo on the wall in the lounge area. I love the Fed, and would love him to win. (Ed. He didn't.)
