Biosphere Montreal

Our belated trip to Montreal was a week later than planned originally. I had to cancel when I realized I had sent my passport to the Ethiopian Embassy to get my visa. I called them early Monday morning and they were able to process my visa and send my passport back within the week so our rescheduled trip was a go.

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Montreal at first glance from the new bus station, through one of it's multiple interconnecting underground tunnels and into it's downtown area was a clash of sterile and grubbiness. Having made it successfully to the hostel after navigating the French metro system, it was nice to do simple things like showering and the all important washing of …

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Casa Loma, Royal Ontario Museum (ROM), hostel, Old Montreal, Notre Dame, Chinatown, McGill, Squirrels, Underground City, French people, Olympic Parc, biosphere, Sir Winston Churchill, Mont Royal. But you'll have to read towards the end …

... line, which ran underneath the river, and exited just yards from the enormous dome-like structure. The Biosphere was erected in 1967 for the Montreal Expo/World's Fair, and serves to raise the awareness about environmental issues related to water, ...

... . Please, if you like this blog leave comments on the pictures or the text. This is always a nice reward for me. ///////////////////// Montreal and in general the Qubec province are special places for me to visit. I have lived in Quebec city from 1994 to ...

... , but took a long way around to the Old Port.  We biked by the Habitat 67 (expo 67 apartment block), by the biosphere that was a symbol of expo 67, but now houses an Environment Canada musuem.  The biking trail is wonderful, with beautiful ...

... with French, switch to English, Canadian painters can really do snow.  Friendly neighborhood restaurant for dinner.  Tomorrow the Biosphere and Botanic Garden (Jerry's choice) and then on to Quebec City.  All going too fast.  Must ...

... the subway to the Olympic Park or Parc Olympique as those crazy French fools call it. The velodrome has been converted in to a biosphere and as we were there we went in to look at the usual collection of animals and plants in a variety of temperatures ...

... of stores, from souvenirs, candy, restaurants to fur! Next we decided to try and catch the ferry over to where the Biosphere is. 'Try' being the operative word. We couldn't figure out where to buy ferry tickets, so went inside the science museum to ...

... to the metro station and caught it (bus/train hybrid) to ile ste helene (island) where i saw the famous (in architecture circles) biosphere and then went exploring to get a good view back to the also famous habitat '67. i ended up finding a ferry stop ...

... and beyond.  Despite being a bit of a gloomy day we could easily see across the icy water of the port to the Biosphere and Olympic Park area.  Being close we decided to swing by the old port to observe its landmark clock tower before making our ...

... at night but it would be even colder then so I won't be seeing the lights on this trip. In the after noon I headed for the Biosphere which is on an island in the middle of the river. The Biosphere is a remnant of the 1967 expo that was held here. I ...

... across town to the Isle St Helene, just south of downtown, also prooved fruitless. The winter festival there was dead and the biosphere was closed as it is Monday! La Ronde, the famous Six Flags theme park with the tallest wooden roller coaster in the ...