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Destination: London, England
One of the great things about London is that there are a tremendous number of things to see within walking distance of one another. We'll start our tour of London as so many people do, at Buckhingham Palace (if you're not staying nearby at The Ritz, just take the Underground to Green Park station).
From the palace, you can walk along Green Park and St. James' Park down through Admiralty Arch to Trafalgar Square.
If you turn right after crossing through the arch, you'll be heading down towards Westminster, where you'll find Big Ben, the houses of Parliament, and, of course Westminster Abbey.
If you walk past Big Ben, you'll be on Westminster Bridge, which goes across the Thames River. That's the Marriott Hotel next to the London Eye (Millenium Wheel).
After seeing London from the sky, you can proceed down the Thames and cross back over at Waterloo Bridge.
You'll find Embankment Gardens, the Savoy Hotel, and the Strand on the west side of the river.
If you walk back down the Strand, you're in the Theater District, and you'll wind up back at Trafalgar Square, where you can find the National Gallery. Or you can head over to Picadilly Circus, Leicester Square, Mayfair, Soho, Covent Garden, or Oxford Circus. If you head the other direction down the Strand you enter the old City of London, where you'll find Sloane Street and St. Paul's Cathedral.
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