Visit the new Capitol of Florida

Visit new Capitol of Florida & Black Archives Building

Tallahassee, FL

Friday, July 08, 2011; 1:00 PM

Today VTS and I as part of "Getting to Know your Hometown" of "Tallahassee" visited the Black Archives Blue Union Bank Building and the new Capitol Building in the downtown area. The first Black Archives Building but it was closed.

Then we visited the new Capitol Building. We looked at the Medal of Honor Wall, Music Wall of Fame, the great Seal of Florida, offices of the Attorney General, Lt and Governor of Florida in the first floor. Then from the third floor we took pictures of the seal, Florida's animals, birds, etc. Then we looked at the Senate (South side) and House of Representative (North side) chambers in the fifth floor. Finally we took the elevator all the way to the 22nd floor to capture the panoramic view of the East, South, West, and the North.

Visit war memorials

Visit War Memorials
Sunday, July 03, 2011
Tallahassee

Today as part of "Getting to Know your Hometown" of "Tallahassee" we visited several war memorials in the downtown area. The first was Korean War Memorial which was next to an area where there were construction work going on. We found profound meaning in the memorial.

Then we visited the World War II memorial in front of Florida History Museum and found all 67 counties have been represented. The Copper Wreath was very poignant.

Then we visited the Vietnam War Memorial in front of the Old and New Capitol Buildings. The huge American flag was still waving. There was a picture of solider and a small American flag at the base of the memorial.

We couldn't visit the Medal of Honor wall since the New Capitol was closed.

Visit Tallahassee's Old Capitol

Visit Tallahassee's Old Capitol
Florida Historic Capitol Museum
400 South Monroe Street • Tallahassee, FL 32399-1100
Sunday, June 26, 2011

VTS and I visited the Tallahassee's Old Capitol Building now called "Florida Historic Capitol Museum". It was part of VTS' class project called getting to know your "Hometown" Tallahassee. We spent about an hour visiting the building and reading about the renovation and checking out the Senate chamber (South side) and the House chamber (North side) in the second floor. We also saw Judicial chamber and the Governor's office in the first floor.

Once this building along with the portions removed during the building of the New capitol housed all three branches of the government of Florida.

Visit by Vasanth from Bangalore

Visit by Vasanth

Thu - Sun, Apr 21-24, 2011

Tallahassee, FL

My friend Vasanth from Bangalore visited our family for few days on his way to a conference in Florida. He arrived late on Thursday night from Charlotte. VTS was away at Houston at a conference. We discussed about his research work and updated him with my current research in Biophysics.

On Friday we had a very busy day visiting IMB, Biology, Chemistry. We also stopped by his collaborator's office twice to meet with him personally. Unfortunately his collaborator was not available during our both visits. We left our telephone number and went to the Mag Lab. Since my friends interest is in the magnetic and electrical properties materials.

On Saturday we went to TKD, Lake Ella and finally to Wakulla Springs State Park. We had a reasonably relaxing day on Saturday. Then early this moring he left for his conference via Greyhound Bus Service.

Visit Baltimore-03 | First Cathedral

Visit Baltimore-03 | First Cathedral

Tuesday, March 08, 2011; 9:00-9:30 AM

Baltimore, MD

This morning just before the session started I visited the first Cathedral (Catholic) in Baltimore, MD which was walking distance from the Conference site.

After my breakfast I walked to the National Cathedral in Baltimore, MD and spent about 1/2 hour inside and was shown around by a volunteer. After that I walked few blocks to see the Washington Monument and statue of Lafayette.

Then I took the Charmcity Circulator (Purple route) to the conference site.

Visit Baltimore-02 | Fort McHenry

Visit Baltimore-02 | Fort McHenry

Monday, March 07, 2011; 11 AM to 12:30 PM

While attending the conference and during the lunch time I visited the Fort McHenry, National Monument and Historic Shrine, Baltimore, MD.

I walked around the National Monument and saw a short movie about Francis Scott Key and his inspiration in writing the National Anthem.

Visit Baltimore-01

Travel to Baltimore, MD

Saturday, March 05, 2011

I started my travel to Baltimore, MD to attend the 55th Annual Biophysical Society Meeting at the Baltimore Convention Center, Baltimore, MD.

I left Tallahassee around mid morning via US Airways and traveled to Charlotte, NC. I was accompanied by another colleague. Our connecting flight to BWI was less than 45 minutes from the time of our TLH flight arrival. However, after rushing to the departing terminal we were told that our flight will not leave on-time anyway due to mechanical problems. We were then put on another flight after 1 1/2 h delay and arrived at BWI late in the afternoon.

We both took the MTA LightRail to the Convention Center and finished our Registration. I went around the Poster session checking out several interesting posters.