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The Ultimate Guide For First-Time Visitors to London

The Ultimate Guide For First-Time Visitors to London, London, England

London stole my heart back in 2002. Well, actually, it first stole my passport鈥擨 believe I got a piece of paper with 鈥淒ETAINED鈥� stamped on it in exchange. Apparently, peeps working at the Heathrow airport had never seen an unaccompanied minor at the ripe age of 14 flying solo into the country. My young looks didn鈥檛 help either, but that鈥檚 another story. I remember them being nice and asking if I wanted juice or something to eat (I just wanted to go to the聽loo, thank you very much, being too frightened because this was not how my London vacation was supposed to start!) Well, it toughened me up. There鈥檚 nothing airport related I am afraid of after that experience.聽

I don鈥檛 remember much from my first visit to London, though I wasn鈥檛 that young. But I do remember the feeling very accurately: being crazy in love with what I believed was the most amazing place in the world. 15 years later, I still believe that. In fact, London is the most amazing place in the world, and I don鈥檛 think that will ever change for me. ...... (follow the instructions below for accessing the rest of this article).
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Guide Name: The Ultimate Guide For First-Time Visitors to London
Guide Location: England » London
Guide Type: Self-guided Walking Tour (Article (B))
Author: Tihana Smiljanic
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Sight(s) Featured in This Guide:
  • Houses of Parliament
  • Big Ben
  • 10 Downing Street
  • Trafalgar Square
  • Nelson鈥檚 Column
  • Leicester Square
  • Ben & Jerry鈥檚 scoop shop
  • Soho Square Gardens
  • Z Caf茅
  • Oxford Street
  • Piccadilly Circus
  • Buckingham Palace
  • Westminster Abbey
  • Westminster Bridge
  • London Eye
  • Globe Theatre
  • Millennium Bridge
  • St Paul鈥檚 Cathedral
  • Tower of London
  • Tower Bridge
  • Shangri La Hotel
  • British Museum
  • Tate Modern
  • Madame Tussauds Wax Museum
  • National Gallery and National Portrait Gallery
  • The Knight鈥檚 Templar
  • Ceviche
  • Covent Garden
  • Borough Market
  • Camden Lock Market
  • Book Warehouse
  • Kensington Palace
  • Platform 9 戮

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