by Margaret Scott | Mar 25, 2014 | Blog
The Sagrada Família is a grand church in the centre of Barcelona. It’s an amazing experience to visit this huge construction site and see the work in progress, significantly enhanced by taking a lift and winding staircases to the top of one of the eight towers. I...
by Margaret Scott | Mar 24, 2014 | Blog
The tallest building in Australia is on the Gold Coast in Queensland, the ‘Q1′ residential building with a hotel topped by the Sky Point observation deck 230m above the ground. The building claims the title of ‘tallest Australian building’ as the top of its spire is...
by Margaret Scott | Mar 23, 2014 | Blog
I visited the world’s tallest building in April 2013, unfortunately during a sand storm so we couldn’t see very far. Good thing the technology gurus had installed interactive video screens around the viewing floor that show you the view you’re looking at ‘today’, ‘on...
by Margaret Scott | Mar 22, 2014 | Blog
At 450 metres, Tokyo Sky Tree literally towers over Tokyo. On a clear day you can see beyond the city’s perimeter in all directions and as far as Mt Fuji. And thanks to a couple of glass windows on the floor, you can watch the miniature traffic moving along the...
by Margaret Scott | Mar 13, 2014 | Blog
Walking outside on the top of Mori Tower is surreal, with a helipad in the middle and plenty of security guards watching to make sure you don’t overstep ‘the line’. The views over Tokyo are simply stunning, to Mt Fuji on a clear day. The railings at viewpoints in the...
