Today in Montréal we visited the Biosphère, the geodesic dome designed by Buckminster Fuller and built in 1967 for the Montréal Expo. We started on the top of the museum in the Planet Bucky room, and took the water tour (Exhibits and activities) and learned about their water treatment system and wind turbines. After the water tour, we went to the Parc Jean-Drapeau Aquatic Center for a swim. There’s a nice long outdoor lap pool, with a kiddie pool on the other side. Julie and I learned some French from a loquacious little girl named Gaelle while Max and Blake played with the water toys.

We came back to the Biosphère and checked out the Water Wonders exhibit, which the kids loved. We finished our day there (and closed the place) with the hilarious “Brain Shaker” video, where you rest your chin on a little rack and your face is digitally inserted in an animated video and projected onto a big screen for the audience.