Montreal 2008
In Montreal for the 37th COSPAR assembly, we had a very good dinner at a restaurant recommended by Lance and Sylvie.
At the Boris Bistro in Montreal
We went to the Olympic Park, a return after 32 years for me, where we rode up the largest inclined tower in the world. When I was here as a twelve-year-old for the 76 Olympics, the tower had not been completed. The Olympic Velodrome has been converted to a “biodome”, a zoo of sorts. The olympic pool, however, is still a pool, and we were able to witness what appeared to be Canadian olympic divers training for next month’s games.
I return to the Olympic stadium after 32 years. In 1976 the large inclined tower, meant to support and retract the stadium roof, was not completed. The tower is completed, but the roof is permanent. We rode up a funicular on the back of the tower.
Inside one of the habitats of the “biodome”.
A ring-tailed lemur at the biodome.
We rode a tandem bike over to an island where we saw the “biosphere”, the former U.S. pavillion of the 1967 World Expo.