Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2017/09/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Beautiful auditorium.? The hats might be useful in Denmark, but not in Spain. Jim Nichols Tullahoma, TN USA On 9/15/2017 3:12 PM, Nathan Wajsman wrote: > This is the first week of classes at the University of Alicante, and on > Wednesday the official opening of the new academic year took place in the > auditorium of the university. Why was I there? Because the Executive > Director of our office was getting an honorary degree as part of the > ceremony, so I was invited to attend along with the rest of the management > team of the office. There are certain invitations you do not refuse, and > this was one of those cases. So I spent 3 hours in a chair, listening to > speeches, partly in Valenciano, partly in standard Spanish, wishing that I > were somewhere else ;-) But at least one could take pictures, so it was > not a total waste of time. > > The auditorium just before things start: > http://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-kPXRhdP/A > > The great and the good march in, dressed in funny clothes. This lady is a > professor in the law school, I think: > http://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-pRzxGc3/A > > I have no idea who he is but I found his expression amusing: > http://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-8nrPDbc/A > > The professor from the second image is giving the speech explaining why > the university decided to award our boss an honorary doctorate: > http://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-mzjffBJ/A > > The rector magnifico (president) of the university places a funny hat on > the head of our boss: > http://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-L7GM3tD/A > > This was the culmination of the ceremony. After this image, our boss gave > a nice, personal speech, which was then followed by two utterly useless > speeches by a local politician and the rector of the university. And then > we were released. > > To put things in perspective: when I got my PhD from the University of > Florida in 1991, I did not bother attending the ceremony. I just picked up > the diploma a few days later from an office at the university. The only > graduation of mine that I have attended was my high school graduation in > Denmark in 1979 and I was not entirely sober on that occasion. I have > attended my children?s various graduations, though, mostly for their sake. > > Cheers, > Nathan (who is not into ceremonies unless they involve Liverpool FC > winning a trophy) > > Nathan Wajsman > Alicante, Spain > http://www.frozenlight.eu <http://www.frozenlight.eu/> > http:// <http://www.greatpix.eu/>www.greatpix.eu > PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws > <http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws>Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ > <http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/> > Cycling: http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator > <http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator> > YNWA > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >