 | | Our home away from home in Montréal-- the Chateau Versailles.
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 | | While wandering around Old Port, we saw a poster for the Mosaïcultures Internationales exhibition and decided to go. The theme was Myths and Legends of the World.
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 | | The matryoshka dolls were cute.
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 | | John Belushi is Samurai Kite Maker.
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 | | This one was very dramatic.
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 | | Canadian geese, eh?
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 | | A topiary tsunami (with Mt. Fuji on the left).
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 | | The knight in shining armor...
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 | | the dragon...
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 | | and the damsel in distress (chained to the tree).
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 | | Lizard!
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 | | My own personal fave: topiary moai.
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 | | How cool is that?
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 | | I want them on my front lawn.
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 | | Fern Totem.
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 | | (Actually, no ferns were involved.)
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 | | This is an "inukshuk"-- a rock pile used to mark trails or campsites in the Arctic.
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 | | Moose!
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 | | 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea.
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 | | This one was just so darn cool; I really liked the waterfalls.
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 | | The cobras were also nifty... their tails snaked through several of the previous exhibits.
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 | | No penguin topiary.
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 | | Modern art with penguin.
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 | | Irish pub (we had lunch at the creperie next door).
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 | | There was some sort of minor league game (or practice or something) going on while we were there.
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 | | I'd never been to an indoor stadium before. It's kind of weird having a roof.
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 | | Cheese.
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 | | On the way up...
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 | | And up...
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 | | Looking out over the Botanical Garden. You can see the Chinese Garden to the left (with the brightly-colored lanterns).
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 | | Looking toward Old Town/ Old Port.
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 | | Montréal skyline.
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 | | A better view of Old Port.
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 | | Looking down from the Observation Tower to the plaza below.
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 | | Riding back down.
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 | | Looking up the tower.
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 | | The Biodôme (actually the velodrome during the Olympics) and the Observation Tower.
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 | | A better view of the Tower.
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 | | Penguins frolicking in the Biodôme.
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 | | Watching the show.
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 | | Souvenir sack.
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 | | We also went to the Insectarium. I didn't take pix of the exhibits, but it was interesting seeing all the butterflies and scary bugs.
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 | | It was nice wandering around for a bit. We didn't stay to watch the sunset because we were getting hungry.
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 | | Here are a few lanterns.
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 | | Goodbye, Olympic Park!
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 | | Goodbye, penguins!
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 | | On our way home, we visited Dan's parents in Vermont.
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 | | And you can't go to Vermont without visiting Ben & Jerry's.
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 | | Best. Flavor. Ever.
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 | | Snuffy, this is the print that I bid on (and won) at Worldcon. It's called "At the Drive-In" and the artist is Yokoyama Eiji.
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