Parliament

I was SUPER excited to visit Parliament, not only because it has to deal with politics, not only because of Big Ben, but because it is the place of my internship. How many people from my group could say that we went on a field trip to the place where they are going to have their internship? None, zero, goose egg. As excited as i was to see Parliament i couldn't help but feel a little bad in not remembering all details, because i had such a long day. Mind you i visited the globe theater, Tate modern, and Parliament all in one day! So it was a lot to take in but i hope you enjoy what i do remember.

So the first thing about visiting Parliament that was cool, was when you first enter into the security area they have you look up and smile and before you know it you have a picture ID that it attached to a necklace that you have to wear on the outside of your clothing. It was like airport security and whatever. When you enter, you enter through the side like my photo to the left shows. You enter into this amazing enormous hall that has an all wood ceiling and has lights.
What i didnt know at the time, was that this is going to be the way i have to get to work every Tuesday-Thursday. Unfortunately there are no pictures allowed to be taken after this hallway. However i can tell you that it is enormous! and there are painting all over the place showing the rulers of the pasts. We were able to walk the halls that the Queen walks every year and visit the rooms that the MP's work in and that are televised. It was amazing to see how many cameras and microphones were in the rooms. As old fashioned as everything is, there was a lot of new technology as well.

there are two colors in Parliament. In the House of Commons (where i work) everything is green. And in the House of Lords everything is red. Like i said before a lot of details are fuzzy because i was extremely tires from the whole day of events....but one of my coworkers said that he would be able to give me a tour again so i think i may take him up on that offer to get a personalized tour of parliament and hopefully get some more pictures!