International balloon festival, August 8th to 16th, St. Jean-sur-Richelieu, QC.

[randomness]

Conveniently located on Rt. 133 on the way back from Montreal to Boston is the town of St. Jean-sur-Richelieu, QC. Between Saturday the 8th and Sunday the 16th, they'll be hosting an international hot-air balloon festival.

For more information, check:

http://www.montgolfieres.com/ (warning, flash animation) the main site

or

http://corpo.montgolfieres.com/en/index.asp the English language portal

I thought I'd post that just so people were aware of why all those balloons were in the sky when they go home from Worldcon. :)