点评:The State House in Maine was the 47th Capitol building that we have visited. Easy free parking by the Cross Legislative Building, from which it is an easy walk to the State House. We wanted to do the guided tour so arrived about 8:50 to catch the 9:00 a.m. tour. No one at the tour desk so security advised us to wait in the welcome room and someone would be there soon. About 9:00 a woman stuck her head in and said she would be our guide, but had to attend a 10-15 minute meeting first. We waited, and waited, and finally about 9:40 we decided to just do the self-guided tour as we were running out of time. As we exited the welcome room, a different woman was at the tour desk and said she would give us a tour. She had been only about 15 feet from where we had been waiting and never checked to see if anyone was waiting for a tour!
The interior of the building felt very sterile and plain. Replicas of flags were present, but the nylon replicas weren’t near as interesting as the real flags would have been. We have been to many capitols where the real flags were displayed. Supposedly, the real flags were on display at the museum across the street, but it was closed for renovation.
Also, we always purchase an ornament at each Capitol we visit. But no, ornaments (and other souvenirs) were only available at the museum, which was closed. Why wouldn’t you set up a small kiosk in the Capitol while the museum was closed? The lady at the tour desk suggested purchasing an ornament at Walmart! Seriously?
This was the worst experience we have had by far at a State Capitol building. I must say that Maine was a beautiful state to tour, but our Capitol visit definitely put a damper on things.
翻译:缅因州的州议会大厦是我们参观的第 47 座国会大厦。在 Cross Legislative Building 附近有免费停车场,从那里步行即可轻松抵达州议会大厦。我们想参加导游团,所以大约 8:50 到达,赶上 9:00 的游览。旅游服务台没有人,所以保安建议我们在迎宾室等候,很快就会有人来。大约 9:00 时,一位女士探出头来,说她将成为我们的导游,但必须先参加 10-15 分钟的会议。我们等了又等,最后大约 9:40 时,我们决定只进行自助游,因为时间不多了。当我们走出迎宾室时,旅游服务台有另一位女士,她说她会带我们参观。她离我们等候的地方只有 15 英尺,而且从未检查过是否有人在等着参观!
建筑物内部感觉非常单调乏味。那里有旗帜的复制品,但尼龙复制品远不如真正的旗帜有趣。我们去过许多展示真正旗帜的州议会大厦。据说,真正的旗帜在街对面的博物馆展出,但博物馆因装修而关闭。
此外,我们每次参观州议会大厦时都会购买一件装饰品。但不,装饰品(和其他纪念品)仅在博物馆有售,博物馆已关闭。博物馆关闭时,你为什么不在州议会大厦里设立一个小亭子呢?旅游咨询台的女士建议在沃尔玛购买装饰品!真的吗?
这是我们迄今为止在州议会大厦遇到的最糟糕的经历。我必须说缅因州是一个美丽的旅游州,但我们对州议会大厦的访问绝对让人扫兴。