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First Visit to the UK (Part 5): London

River Thames During my visit of the UK in September 2019, one of the cities that I visited was London. It was more of a transitory route on my onward travel to Chatham and later to St. Neots. After leaving Tetbury, I travelled by bus to London for 1 hour a journey of 100 miles (160 km). As we approached London, I could sense I was in London without being told. The magnificent buildings I started seeing gave the city away. I alighted the bus from Victoria Station in the heart of London. At the station, I bought some food and then looked for a place to sit so that I could do some work on my laptop. I found a suitable place at Starbucks where I ordered some coffee and worked away. After working for more than a hour, I decided to become a solo tourist. I went to the baggage section at the Victoria Station and left my bag for storage at a fee. Buckingham Palace I followed the clearly labelled signs to begin my touring with my first point of call being at the Buckingham Palace area. O