New Year's

Last night we stayed up until some very late hour celebrating New Years. This is the big celebration in Russia. Bigger than Christmas. Today all the shops are shut and people are out playing in the snow.
We watched with our friends Putin's speech and also witnessed the biggest fireworks display I have ever seen. It was locals letting off fireworks that are well and truly banned in NZ in the closed areas of the apartment blocks. The sounds echoed and after 30min the whole area was so smokey you could not see. It is amazing what happens when a couple of thousand people all combine.
Today I figured out what one of the kiosks was across the road.

Actually I had figured out what it sold a day or so ago but I can now read the sign. The little red Kiosk says Chicken Grill. Our own local KFC!!!