Rapunzel Diaries 6: The Shard

I have had a lovely summer of towers. A tower fest to be sure. And the Shard was the tallest, not the most impressive but pretty near. It's obvious to say it but it does indeed look like a shard of glass piercing the London skyline. It's a bit of a wonky shard if you look directly up from the bottom - probably an illusion as it's so high. It's the tallest building in Western Europe but interestingly the second tallest structure in the UK after Emley Moor transmitting station. It was designed by Renzo Piano, a rather cool name to have and a rather cool place to say is your vision.

We caught the lift to level 68 for our first glimpse of London below us. It is breath taking. You can then climb the stairs up to Level 72. There are observation scopes around one of the levels so you can zoom in on places to find out what they are. It is fascinating to identify all these myriad famous places before you.

Our friends, S and R, got married very quietly last Saturday and went up the Shard as apart of their celebration. Congratulations. May your lives be full of interesting towers!