London: Part Seven (Goodbye England!)

Just a short post this time, as I'm getting ready to move to Chile within the next couple of days!!! At the start of this week, I still didn't know if I would get the visa in time to travel at the end of this week, but on Tuesday I found out the visa had been approved, and then yesterday I went up to London to collect it at last. So I've got a lot to pack up and sort out at the moment!

After collecting my visa, I had a few hours to do my last bit of sightseeing in London (and in the UK, for that matter) for the foreseeable future. I had wanted to go to see the prime meridian at Greenwich, but I wasn't sure I quite had enough time to get there and back without missing my train, so I decided to spend the afternoon seeing my favourite part of the city, which is the area around Tower Bridge and the Tower of London.

I took the Uber Boat from Westminster, and it was definitely a more scenic and entertaining way to travel, compared to just going by tube. It allowed me to see some other famous sites along the way, including St Paul's Cathedral and the London Eye.

After arriving at Tower Pier, I enjoyed having a walk around the area, even though it was an extremely windy day, which made walking across the bridge feel a bit scary! It was great to see the iconic old and new buildings on both sides of the river, and it reminded me why I love London as a city. I hope that maybe I'll have the opportunity to live there one day!

I also saw a few sights that were new to me, or that I'd only seen from a distance, including St Katharine Docks...

...All Hallows-by-the-Tower church, which was reminiscent of the churches in Stockholm...

...St Dunstan-in-the-East church, which was mostly destroyed during the Second World War, and is now a public garden with quite an exotic vibe...

...the Walkie-Talkie...

...and the Monument to the Great Fire of London.

I really enjoyed my day in London, and I know I'll be back to see more sights there at some point in the future.

But over the coming months I'll be exploring a completely different part of the world! There's going to be a lot to do when I arrive in Chile, but I hope to do some travelling around the country fairly soon, and some travelling in other South American countries in the near future. I probably won't have time to blog as regularly as I've done over the last couple of years, but I'll give updates when I can!

I'm really excited to finally begin this next chapter of my life, which at times I thought would never happen. Hopefully, everything will go to plan, and it will be a year filled with fun and adventures.

See you on the other side! 👋

Read about London: Part One here!

Read about London: Part Two here!

Read about me and Claudio's trip to London here!

Read about London: Part Four here!

Read about London: Part Five here!

Read about London: Part Six here!

Read about London: Part Eight here!