[Student's Essay] Parliament House

Beautiful! is one word which can describe Brisbane Parliament house, the architecture and the perfect combination of colours and furniture makes this place a flash back to the past.
From the exact moment you see the building, you know it is special and excellent place to learn. So many times I have walked in front of it, but I never imagined it would be a gorgeous site full of interesting stories.

When you are inside is just amazing. Our tour started in the red carpet area near the grand staircase, it is just stunning! Parliament house was constructed a long time ago but it has suffered a series of rebuilding and changes in the architecture. Despite that, there are some parts and sites thatare original. 

The tour included a visit to two different rooms. One of them is for writing and discussing some of the ideas and programs to start. The other one is used for when Parliament is sitting to discuss the laws, taxes, etc.

I loved the moment when I stood face to face with Queen Victoria. It is a huge lead light window and her picture was beautiful. She is the Queen and I am the princess! I am famous in Australian history.

At the end of our excursion we had a nice conversation with the Parliament house guide who told us a few  interesting stories about ghosts. If you are brave you can have a tour at night and maybe the ghost will come and say hello to you. Another good story is about the tourists who go to take photographs on the stairs and the guards tell them stairs came from the Titanic ship! And then the tourists want to take more and more photographs.

I really enjoyed this excursion. I would like to have more of this kind of activities. I feel I that it really helped me to improve my English skills in a real world environment

From Victoria

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