Saturday, December 9, 2023

Taylor’s graduation yesterday

 

 

The reason we’re all here!

 

A train ride from Newport Wales back to the University of Reading in England.

 

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A bus ride to campus on a double decker.  A quick walking tour of the ruins of Reading Abbey, right in the middle of town.  It was founded in the 1100s.


 


 

Shuttle bus rides on campus to get to different functions.


 

A campus that looks like this.


 

A ceremony in this hall.


 

With the pipe organ roaring.

 

Degree awarded, with distinction.


 

An award for best in class.


 

Happy graduate and family.


 

Becky and Brian, Judy and I, and David, got admission to the ceremony.  Limited number of admissions for each graduate because of the size of the hall.  Some of us watched remotely from another location on campus.


 

And in fact, the feed was watched live in Colorado and Arizona.

 

A celebratory dinner at the London Street Brasserie.


 


 

During which Judy was also honored for having achieved another birthday.


 

The crowd breaking up at the train station. 


 

Four different families headed to three different destinations on three different trains.  Mission accomplished; we were all home by midnight.

 

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