Over the last week, we've been in a couple of high places. Last Friday, we headed into town for 'city drinks' and took the fastest lift in Europe to Sushi Samba for cocktails. The heights and the cocktails were equally dizzying but recently surpassed by the view from the newly tallest building in London: The Shard
The Shard only opened to the public on Friday, which makes going to see it now a sightly surreal experience. The staff are a little frantic, there's nothing to eat or drink but the views are truly incredible and make you appreciate the sheer size of London.
The Shard: Tallest building in London at 309 metres...
We took great pleasure in spotting Heron Tower (the Sushi Samba and Duck and Waffle tower) from our new higher vantage as well as The OXO Tower, The London Eye, The Tower Bridge Promontory and all the other places we've gone in the past to ooh and aah over London's views. From up here they look like lego blocks.
The walls of The Shard slant inwards which heightens your sense of vertigo, as does the fact that on the 72nd floor - the open air one - you can continue looking upwards into the Sky and the unfinished feel makes it all seem more precarious than it (hopefully) is too.
A little birdie has told us that Aqua - one of our favourite cocktail bars with a view (near Carnaby Street) have bought up some prime real estate on the 33rd floor which will soon be a bar/ restaurant so we'll be back very soon.
Sushi Samba: Fastest lift in Europe... not so great after a few cocktails but a claim to fame nonetheless.
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The Shard only opened to the public on Friday, which makes going to see it now a sightly surreal experience. The staff are a little frantic, there's nothing to eat or drink but the views are truly incredible and make you appreciate the sheer size of London.
The Shard: Tallest building in London at 309 metres...
We took great pleasure in spotting Heron Tower (the Sushi Samba and Duck and Waffle tower) from our new higher vantage as well as The OXO Tower, The London Eye, The Tower Bridge Promontory and all the other places we've gone in the past to ooh and aah over London's views. From up here they look like lego blocks.
The walls of The Shard slant inwards which heightens your sense of vertigo, as does the fact that on the 72nd floor - the open air one - you can continue looking upwards into the Sky and the unfinished feel makes it all seem more precarious than it (hopefully) is too.
A little birdie has told us that Aqua - one of our favourite cocktail bars with a view (near Carnaby Street) have bought up some prime real estate on the 33rd floor which will soon be a bar/ restaurant so we'll be back very soon.
Sushi Samba: Fastest lift in Europe... not so great after a few cocktails but a claim to fame nonetheless.
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