This morning they moved the piano out of here. Two guys carried it down the stairs. One guy must have been at least 250 lbs. He was harnassed to the piano and I could just feel the discs in his back bulging as he made his way down the stairs.
The destination for the piano was a third story room just down the street.
Now if you know Montreal, you know that there are a lot of crazy staircases on the outside of every building - usually spiral staircases. So Carolyn has a crane lift the piano to a tiny third story balcony a few doors down. Safety standards in Quebec are a little different than Ontario. In fact, I'd say they are pretty much non-exisitant. So it was with quite some excitement and a little adrenline that we saw the piano hoisted and swung with significant amount of momentum into the doorway of that third story room. A very dramatic morning. Sorry, but I forgot to bring my video camera with me.
In the afternoon, Seth and I went to the Montreal Science Centre. We had an awesome time. We are members of the Toronto Science Centre, so it was fun to play with some new exhibits. Although it's much smaller than the Toronto one, this science centre was very interactive (memories of the old T.O. Science Centre) and surprisingly quiet. Lots of cool projection and touch screen interactivity. I discovered that I have powerful Alpha and Theta brain waves. Beat Seth many times in a Star Wars-like "feel the force" game where we battle for control of a ball with the power of our minds. The Science Center has definitely been the best entertainment value for our money yet.
We saw Under the Sea - 3DImax. Awesome!! We'll have to go back and watch the U2 concert in Imax 3D as well.
Oh yes, they had an Aqua exhibit about water (some great video at that link that shows the wave effects). It was produced by Cirque de Soleil founder. It was very theatrical and utilized some great projection interactivity. For example, the presentation happens in a small 360 degree theatre and at one point you could stand next to the screen and create waves in the ocean by moving your arms in various directions. Cool.
We had some Mexican food for dinner and then headed home. Seth actually went to bed before 10:30 this evening.
I don't think I'll post any video for today. It's mostly silly Seth stuff that belongs in the "how to fold underwear" section of YouTube rather than the "man accidently sets underwear on fire" section. I'll try to produce better material in the future.
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