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First Visit to London (Part 6): London (Part 2)

Previously I wrote about my first to London here. In this blog I write about my next visit that I did after a few days. I travelled to London from Chatham in Kent using a train. The trip took about an hour. My next visit in England after Kent was St. Neots in Cambridgeshire. However, before getting there I had a long stopover in London in order to visit some places of interest. My first stop was Metropolitan Tabernacle. To get there I used an underground train from St. Pancras International Station.

St. Pancras station is very busy linking London to many cities in the UK as well to the rest of Europe. It has a lot of shops and café’s. I had some good old English breakfast in one of the café’s. The breakfast was quite filling and give me energy to do my rounds in London. After breakfast, I left my luggage to be stored at the baggage section at the station.  I then set out to board the train to Elephant and Castle where the Metropolitan Tabernacle is located. Kunda, my host in Kent gave me very clear directions on how to get there. I spent a bit of sometime at the Tabernacle Bookshop browsing the books and other materials in the Bookshop. I bought a few books and CDs. 

The London Eye and River Thames behind me

I got directions from the Bookshop saleslady on how to get to some places of interest in Central London. I got on a double decker bus and sat on the top deck so that I could have a good view as I headed to my destination. The first stop for me was a place with World War memorial statues. I went round and read the information explaining the statues. Anyone who is familiar with the history of the United Kingdom, will be aware that a good part of its’ history has a lot to do with war.

Statues of War Memorials


One of the other sites that I saw from afar is the London Eye from which one can get a good view of parts of London. However, due to time constraints, I was not able to get onto the London Eye. I also got to see the River Thames again, which I had seen a few days earlier. As I walked around I saw beautiful garden. Later I took a bus and saw the Westminster Abbey after which I proceeded to Metropolitan Tabernacle to pick up my other luggage and then head to St. Neots from St. Pancras station.


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