Birmingham Off The Beaten Path

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NHC convention Alabama 2005 - meeting Honda associates all over the world
Our team, Paperrazzia was in the finals and awarded for excellency
NHC stands for :
A small group of associates is brainstorming about big or even small problems in the company, analysing the problem and taking countermeasures. Our theme was : less paper consumption and indeed, in 2005 our team realised a less consumption of 32%.
New or next Honda Circle is initiated in Japan in 1973 and has grown to become one of Honda's truly global activities with participating Associates in five blocs, Japan, Asia, South America, North America and Eur-Africa East
On our second day in BAM we had a training lesson, a so called TEAM building training.
Synergy by Samba - we had to learn about rythm, coordination, and damned, within 4 hours of time , we learned everything about synergy - more than 300 people became a perfect orchestra, playing simple instruments, directed by the maestro himself. A wonderfull experience

Despite the rain, we had fun browsing among the farmers' tables spread with homemade salsa, local honey, beautiful hydrangeas, and all the fresh fruits and veggies you'd ever want. Only about 25 or 30 farmers there, but turnout might have been lowered by the rain. Takes place every Saturday, 7am-noon.

If you're willing to brave the ghetto, Birmingham has some really good modern ruins. Of course, there is sloss furnace, which is now a museam, but there are several other buildings scattered around Birmingham proper that were once nice places and now have all the windows broken out.

The College is referred to as "The Hilltop."
On our way into Birmingham and the Botanical Gardens we drove through the beautiful college campus of Birmingham-Southern.

I couldn't help but take a few pictures of some of the lovely structures. When one of the first ones that I really liked caught my eye, I jumped out to get a shot of what I thought was an interesting building. It turned out to be the Mathematics Center! You wouldn't think that was so amazing, but .... I work in the Mathematics Department at M.I.T. (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
And I'm not even a Mathematician!

The campus is located just three miles from Birmingham's downtown business district.

ROCK CLIMBING!!!!! I'm an outdoor nut, not one that wants to live as a hermit in the woods, but I get outside as much as I can. Rock climbing is a hidden secret for the Birmingham area but those who go are quickly accepted into the rock climbing family. The most popular place around Birmingham is in Hoover. It's called the Boulder Fields. I also go to a few places off of Shades Crest road in Hoover. With in a few hours drive, the main spots are Sand Rock and Little River Canyon. Here is my buddy Nick slapping some rock at the Boulder Fields.