Our New Grad...

It’s probably not a big surprise that we walked around campus and took lots of photos, including inside the School of Environmental Sciences...

...as well as outside.

We found some nice spots on the bridge to the Sainsbury Centre...

...and on this spiral staircase.

I thought this one was particularly cool. 

Of course, Veronica couldn’t resist taking some photos as well. 

We were really impressed with the efforts that the school made to make a nice hospitality area next to the sports hall for the grads and their parents. The only problem was that they miscalculated how much vegan food would be needed for the Env grads.

What a nice way to spend our final day on campus.

Grads and a Drone...

Veronica gathered her ex-roomies on a hill behind the campus...

...to create a graduation video with her drone.

It was nice to meet her friends’ parents and to see them acting as silly as us trying to capture every moment...

...including when the grads let their mortar boards fly.

Afterwards, Veronica set up her tripod to catch a few family photos with the Ziggarats...

...and UEA Broad.

Veronica’s Graduates from UEA...

July 15 was a big day for us as we accompanied Veronica to the University of East Anglia for the final time.

Jimmy and I were so thrilled and proud to be there to watch Veronica go through her graduation ceremony and to receive her Bachelor’s Degree in Environmental Science with First-Class Honours, indicating high academic achievement.

Here she is with Larry, one of her housemates from her second year.

We had no idea that the sports hall had such a large auditorium. In addition to the 130 Env students plus their parents, there were also Chemistry majors.

When the Administrators, Lecturers and Professors arrived on stage, they were wearing brightly colored robes and sashes depicting where they graduated from.

I didn’t manage to catch a photo of Veronica actually getting her diploma, but took so many other photos of her that day that I opted to just borrow the official version.

Afterwards, all the grads gathered on bleachers outside to grab a giant group shot. Can you spot Veronica above the lady passing by in yellow?

Spotted in Norwich...

On the subject of random photos, here’s some more including this tacky toilet teapot...

 ...spotted in this very cool antique shop.

Was very impressed with this cigarette-box inspired ad at a bus stop.

As always, looked for reflections...

...and beautiful historic buildings.

Final Visit to Norwich...

Not only was Veronica’s time in Norwich coming to an end, but so was Jimmy’s and my time in this lovely city. We had one final weekend to help her pack up and squeeze in some fun. We went to an adult aerial circus show, which was rather eye-opening....

...explored several cocktail bars...

...and took lots of random photos.

Non-Human Sculptures...

There were plenty of interesting non-human sculptures as well, including this large bunny...

...colorful tunnel...

...creepy Dementor...

...oversized puppy...

...cool silver carriage made from recycled metal by an artist from Curacao...

....as well as this creative use of metal car bumpers.

The final artwork I saw wasn’t officially part of ArtZuid, but was a fun interactive water play area in a park near the stadium. Clearly you had to watch where you sat as there was no telling when one of the fountains would spring to life.

You just never know what you’ll encounter on a train late at night. That evening there was another farewell dinner at Steve and Patti’s. We made the last train back in the nick of time and I had a rather unusual close encounter after Jimmy encouraged a stranger with a pet chicken to put it on my shoulder.

Human Sculptures...

There were several intriguing sculptures of the human body.

I loved that The Corner Piece by Sachi Miyachi had stairs built into it, clearly inviting interaction with little people.

Jan Fabre had another interesting piece: The Man Who Gives Fire.

It was fun posing with the Hash with Marc Quinn’s Myth (Sphinx), but I never did get to see the finished photo.

My favorite series of sculptures were these three floating high in the sky near the Olympic Stadium: Athlete I, II, III by Jerzy Kedziora.