Papa John & the Australian Open

So although we were able to secure a lease on the house of our dreams, the house would not be available for 1 whole month! During this month my dad came out to visit (the last time he came over was when Thomas was born while we were living in England). He had been backpacking in New Zealand for a month, and had to re-rout his trip to Melbourne from Sydney (since we were no longer living there). It was great to see him, he had the pleasure of bunking with us in our hotel for a couple of weeks; which I know he didn't mind since it was within walking distance to the tennis courts during the Australian Open!

I had the pleasure of going with my dad one day, day match (11:00-5:00) and then Stan & my dad went another day. My dad also went to three additional day matches (some by himself or with other friends); which overall was quite a bit of tennis!

During my day match we happened to have Victoria Azaranka, Kim Clisters, Maria Sharpapova, & Petra Kvitova all play on the court we had seats too!

Victoria!

Here is a close up of Victoria Asaranka (she won the Womens singles--and is known for her really high squeak when she returns the ball).

After the womens match we saw Roger Federer and Del Potro 

Roger Federer --an older pro in the tournament but someone I had been hearing about since I was in high school!

after being at the tennis all day we ran into someone who was getting  rid of their night tickets, Rafael Nadal was hitting next (another high school favorite!) We took them but had to give them away to someone else in the end for a lack of a babysitter. The match went into 2:00am, and was arguably the best match during the whole tournament!

The next night, Stan and I saw an evening match and saw Djokovitch (who won the mens singles a few days later) and Ferrer. Since those tickets were from Bain we also got treated to a really nice dinner before the match, it was fantastic--no better way to kill time before a house move right?

 Thanks Dad & Bain!

Overall--we LOVE tennis!