It's old, wisely old, so much character, absolutely authentic and a great blend of modernity. If there is one graduation ceremony I want to go to, it would be this one by Durham University in the Durham Cathedral. A thousand years old of history! It was a fantastic place.
We first arrived at St. Aidan's College (Simon's college where he will be the president the following year to organized programs and activities for students living in) of Durham University. This is one of the very few university that has the collegial system in England. We booked in to the hostel rooms that are emptied out to be rented to family and friends of graduates. And check out their hostel rooms!
This is the twin sharing room. The max allowed.
It gets as good as a regular hotel if not better comes ready with towels and toiletries.
Well layed out study table.
And a fridge by the window with proper heating from the radiator for the winter.
And each a proper wardrobe and a wash-basin in it. I can't help but compare to the place I used to live in UNIMAS. More like a shack to this really.
This is a pre-graduation dinner held in the college's room.
And the rest of it, I will just let the pictures do the talking. The atmosphere was truly very very different from the way I had my graduation ceremony back home. The air is filled with education, literature, art, history, knowledge, achievements and the ceremony in the thousand years old cathedral just took it to a different level of greatness.
And here's the very very much celebrated sunshine at the end of a wonderful experience along the street of Durham.
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dude.. i know where that suit came from!!!
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