====================== HES POSTING ===================== Folks, As you may recall (quoting the HES'98 Conference announcement here): Because of the city's numerous cultural and sporting events, such as the Grand Prix and the Jazz Festival, visitor accommodation in Montreal in June is at an absolute premium. See our HES'98 Conference index http://www.eh.net/HisEcSoc/Conferences/98.shtml for links to the June Festival Calendar and much more. Here is a table representing evenings and nights around the conference. "hotel lodging" marks the three nights of the arrangement between hotel and conference, which were covered on the accommodations form for both hotel and university residences. More nights are still available at the university residences. [NOTE: Table will display properly if your email viewer is set to use a proportional font, such as Courier.--RBE] ---- Some Evening Events in Montreal ---- JUNE DATE Conference Fireworks Baseball TIME: after 17:00 after dark 19:05 ----------- ---------- -------- 17 -- Spain New York 18 -- New York 19 keynote Atlanta buffet (early) hotel lodging 20 business Austria Atlanta (no meal) hotel lodging 21 president Atlanta banquet (late) hotel lodging 22 -- -- (at Toronto) (ends at noon) 23 -- -- (at Toronto) 24 -- Toronto 25 -- Toronto FIREWORKS: --------- The Benson & Hedges International - Montreal fireworks competition is quite impressive; the fireworks are a regular feature of the Montreal summer scene. Spain will compete on Wednesday the 17th, Austria on Saturday the 20th. Highlife opportunity: dinner on Saturday night at the Restaurant Club Lounge 737 tel:(514)397 0737 for a panoramic view of Montreal and the Austrian fireworks. Reservation presumed necessary. [--Valerie] Lowlife opportunity: stand anywhere on the ground and look up! BASEBALL: -------- The Montreal Expos are one of thirty "major league" teams, the top of North American professional baseball. Montreal is playing at home and at night for most of the time around HES'98, host to "America's Team" (Atlanta) and then engaged in a two-city series with "Canada's Team" (Toronto). The team does not sell out its stadium, even for the most popular games, so some walk-up tickets will be available. [--Paul] LODGING: ------- Lodging in University Residences is available for the Conference nights and also for the preceding and following nights (perhaps more than one). Contact Valerie Cauchemez <[log in to unmask]> Paul Wendt [log in to unmask] ============ FOOTER TO HES POSTING ============ For information, send the message "info HES" to [log in to unmask]