London: never a 'goodbye', always a 'see you later'.

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London: never a 'goodbye', always a 'see you later'.

As Jawaharlal Nehru once said, "We live in a wonderful world that is full of beauty, charm and adventure. There is no end to the adventures that we can have if only we seek them with our eyes open". In fact, our lives are full of books, films, programmes and articles that remind us how wonderful this world is and tell us about all the adventures that we may live in it. To some people like me, these messages are pieces of advice given by people who are more experienced than me and from whom I can learn a lot. And that is why I am always in need for new changes and new destinations in life. However, you don't always need to change your destination in order to seek new adventures. And that is exactly the case of London. As I already said here, I'm in love with London and the very first time I visited it I knew I'd go back sooner or later. And that comeback took place in May 2009, just after my 21st birthday. I didn't spend many days in the city, but I had time to visit some places that I hadn't visited before as well as to go back to the most extraordinary places I had discovered four years earlier. Those places gave me reassurance about Nehru's words: the world is beautiful, charming and adventurous and it is our duty to explore it and make the most out of the experiences we live in it.

London, I have a crush on you.

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London, I have a crush on you.

There's not a better way to start describing my feelings for London than quoting Roxette's song "Crush On You". I had been in love with London since long before I finally got a chance to visit it. Before I travelled to Brighton in 2005, I had already made plans to visit London, but I was advised to go to Brighton instead because I wouldn't meet so many Spanish people (and would therefore speak English more often). Nevertheless, the fact that I spent one whole month in Brighton didn't stop me from visiting the city of London, especially taking into account how close Brighton's train station was from where I lived. One weekend, my Spanish friend, Carmen, and I decided to take a train and go to London. After a two-hour-long journey, we arrived to the first city of my dreams (and I say 'first' because back then I didn't know that the future cities I would discover in my life would also become "cities of my dreams"). Of course, London surpassed all my expectations... not only was the city huge and beautiful, but there were also so many interesting sights to see. I remember taking a touristic bus and walking around it just as if it had happened yesterday. I remember eating a packed sandwich in front of the Thames with the Houses of Parliament on my right side and looking straight towards the London Eye. I remember sitting in front of the Buckingham Palace to see the Changing of the Guard, looking for a bargain in Oxford Street, falling in love with Harrod's windows, walking across the Tower Bridge, visiting the Tower of London and, of course, posing in front of the Big Red Bus and the telephone boxes. London was also the first city where I got to use the underground. London was - and still is - a must as well as a first for me: many things that happened in my life (such as using an underground or seeing lots of guards in front of a Royal Palace) happened in London for the first time. Due to all this, I think there's no need to say that London is such a special place for me nowadays. London was a dream before I had seen it with my own eyes and, even though I have already been there three times, it will always be a dream - though now it's a dream come true.