In a previous blog post, I mentioned how surprised I was to see how “low to the ground” the city of London is. The reason for this being that the city was built hundreds of years ago where obviously the infrastructure to create skyscrapers was not considered during the building phases. Because of this, the most notable landmark to me in London is The Shard, the tallest building in the UK. It’s a 95 story skyscraper near Tower Bridge and definitely stands out amongst the other buildings in the London skyline. Compared to the rest of London, The Shard has a very contemporary looking design that clearly aims to bring the look of the city into the modern day and age. I’ve only ever been to the restaurant on the top floor once, but the building itself is right next to Borough Market, where I like to get food sometimes, so I pass by it pretty often.
Aside from just this city though, I did have the chance to go on a student excursion to Stonehenge and the nearby town of Salisbury. When I lived in the UK a few years ago on co-op, I was always too busy with work to go out and do a bunch of excursions so it was a cool experience to go and see something outside the city. To be honest, Stonehenge was cool, but I think I was a little disappointed because in my mind, I had imagined the monument to be a lot larger than they actually were. I still have no idea how they got like that though. Salisbury was really nice too. It’s a quiet town and my friends and I had a few hours to walk around but aside from some pretty views and the Cathedral, there wasn’t too much to do; not that I was expecting that much anyway. I haven’t had the chance to explore much else of the UK but I do have a couple trips to Scotland and Wales planned, so hopefully I’ll get out of the city a bit more and have a look around.
