Twin Cities, Land of 10,000 Lakes

The last weekend I visited the Twin Cities of Minneapolis-St Paul in the great land of 10,000 lakes. It was almost an year since my last year to the Cities, but every time I go back I feel more attached to that place than ever before. After all I had spent close to 3 years before I had moved to the ‘Crossroads of America’. It was all the more enjoyable as we (I invited my extended family members who were visiting us) to accompany D and me to MN. We drove through Madison and this time I spent some more time exploring the city. We enjoyed the visit to the Capitol, the Museum and the Lakefront. The hospitality of D’s cousin in Madison was phenomenal and we were talking of that all through the trip. I cherished my visit to my erstwhile school, and felt nostalgic about some of the memories that came flooding back as I showed everyone around the St Paul campus. I got some parting shots of the ‘Finnish Bakery’ and the Dunn Bros coffee shape where in I filled up on many a cups of Cappuccino on my way to the library while writing my MS thesis. The weather during the trip held up, though we experienced some anxious moments as the clouds threatened occasionally. The highlight of course was attending J’s marriage. The church was tastefully decorated and so was the reception which was held in a ‘Manor’. We really enjoyed our drive through the twin cities on our way to Minnehaha Falls and Lake Harriet. Not to forget a nice visit to the Mall of America.
The timing of our drive was perfect and we reached back home on time Sunday night. Last Monday I started off with the “Applied Management Principles” class that I talked about in my earlier post. It has been an amazing eye-opener, a wonderful opportunity that I have always desired. The instructor is amazing and he draws upon his vast experience to teach us some ‘fundamental principles’ in Management. Hopefully, I will be documenting some of my key learning’s or “take-away” in the B-school parlance in future posts.

Adios… G’nite