This was a college weekend which means I went to my acupuncture college in Reading for both days. Saturday classes from 9.30 until 19.30 and Sunday 9.30 to 17.00. This time I set myself the challenge to take some pictures in the breaks - that's a bit scary, I don't like being seen hoisting a camera out of my bag. I think it's good for me though, go on - be brave! Lose your image!
So, the green door is one of two doors in a grand tall building with pillars right opposite the college building. See, I'm making an attempt to find redeeming features in buildings, even though I still find them boring.
Reading is a pleasant enough place - it has a canal, a river, old fancy buildings, quiet high street and a green church yard close to the college.
This is my college - The College of Integrated Chinese Medicine. Named so because it teaches both Traditional Chinese Medicine and Five Element style. More on that some other time.
It's actually both those buildings you see, and they're delightful inside - stairwells going up this way and that and small corridors to get lost in. It's an old residential building with fancy carpentry and adorned ceilings, which I couldn't get pics of this time, but next time we're in that kind of classroom I promise.
This is the view from the classroom we were in this time, I like sitting by the window.
I've just got to show you my favourite bookshop all time - it's Waterstone's on the high street. It's got two floors, a magnificent ceiling, stained glass windows, so many sections I haven't seen them all yet and I love the stairs going up and the circular bannisters in the middle. I could spend so much time in there if only the lunch break was longer than an hour...
I'm going to leave you with this funny little miniature church that is on one of the turrets of the church I mentioned. Isn't it sweet? And mind you - I never say that about churches.
By the way, if you want to see all the pictures I took of Reading and college - look here. Have a lovely week!
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