Thursday, May 6, 2010

"Viking" Riverboat Restaurant burning down – Moscow, 30 April 2010





Never thought I would say "Priv-Et" - that is "Hello" in Russian. But life takes you on unexpected turns, and you may as well buckle in and enjoy the ride.

So I spend much of my time in Moscow now days with my " muzh" (husband in Russian), and have some incredible photo ops.

This photo op came completely by chance. We live across from This favorite, all wooden, floating restaurant called "Viking". I was coming back from my morning jog and saw something was wrong with the boat...

I witnessed the fire from the first tiny smoke cloud appearing, and someone running with a fire extinguisher trying to put it out, to 5 hours later, when the fire was finally put out with collaborate efforts of 15 fire trucks, one boat "fire truck", and numerous fire fighters.

Hopefully it will be re-build soon.

1 comment:

Deb said...

Wow.
Great shots of a very sad experience. I hope it rebuilds to, it looks really unique and you know me, I love the unique.

I'm smiling at the work "Muzh." Really big smile from ear to ear.