"When once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the earth with your eyes turned skyward, for there you have been, and there you will always long to return."
In 2009, when Guy Laliberté (Quebec-born founder of Cirque du Soleil) announced that he was boarding a Russian Soyuz rocket for a 12-day space journey, it made some people a little more than just envious.
"What 'normal' human being gets to make dreams like that come true (and can pay 35 million dollars for the chance)? It’s all well and good to talk about great men with great means, but this former street clown gave his trip a global mission: preserving water resources".
"Using art to boost the profile of the ONE DROP awareness organization (which he founded), Guy Laliberté has put together a coffee-table book of the photographs he took during his space voyage, shot from over 350 kilometres above the earth. Sixty of the large-format photographs from the book were on display along the Promenade des Artistes, in Montreal's quartier des spectacles transforming it into a path of discovery".
Francois and I visited this exhibit on the weekend and all I can say is WOW! There really aren't enough superlatives to describe the magnificence and beauty.
The images focused primarily on the areas of the world where water supply is challenged.
Mauritania - West Sahara
A West African country bordered by the Atlantic Ocean, Mauritania is mainly desert. Every year the Sahara gains ground moving south at an average rate of 7 km. The principal waterway, the Senegal River is of critical importance to the population which is mainly concentrated along its banks. The river serves the communities making fishing and farming possible thus guaranteeing food security and providing a source of revenue. Despite this, poverty and lack of access to drinking water dims the future of many Mauritanians.
Algeria - Sahara Desert
China - Hotan Region
Canada - James Bay
(one of the last remaining intact seas in the world)
All this focus on water resources made us thirsty, so as per our usual outing routine stopped by our now favourite watering hole - 3 Brasseurs - (http://www.les3brasseurs.ca/fre/anjou.php)
for a taste of their 'beer of the month' (Le Munich - “a copper-coloured beer with a traditional Bavarian flavour, ideal for the Oktoberfest.”) and a wee bite to eat. 
Good as always!
