Drummers, acrobat and crane

If you'd missed this notice in the Ottawa Citizen, you wouldn't have expected to look up yesterday evening over the roofs of the Byward Market to see those seven noisy drummers dressed in 18th century French costumes (tricorne hats) and a trapeze artist suspended in the air from a giant crane. They call it the Mobile Homme. A compulsive sight that stopped the traffic and stopped business in the market for a while too. I overheard a woman saying, "Well, I've never seen anything like that before!"

Un mobile de percussionnistes prenant place à plus de 200 pieds dans les airs, soutenus par une grue de 300 tonnes!

I am so annoyed that I didn't have my camera with me. Here's a link that gives you an idea of the excitement, though.