Tuesday, August 10, 2010

No smoking, PLEASE!!!

Yugoslavia (all of it) used to be ranked third in number of smokers in Europe. I'm not sure where Serbia stands, but there are still lots of people puffing away....but not in this photo. The 'smoke' is actually mist that is sprayed to cool off diners on this restaurant on the Danube. I took this photo while on a river cruise. I must say I did a double-take before I zoomed in on this scene. I thought it really was smoke...

16 comments:

Gaelyn said...

Could have fooled me. Another great drive by, or I guess this is a cruise by.

Luis Gomez said...

Looks like a great place to eat!

Stefan Jansson said...

A fun photo. Thanks for the info. Luckily many people have quit smoking in Sweden, but it's still popular among young people.

Alexa said...

This made me chuckle. Good capture, Bibi. (Actually, I was at an outdoor restaurant down in Virginia recently where they did the same thing—it was very refreshing!)

Louis la Vache said...

hee hee...
You could have fooled «Louis», too!

[M. Scélérat, éditeur à «Louis»: Easily enough done...

Louis» à M. Scélérat, éditeur«: Aw, shaddup! ]

Randy said...

Nothing like a mister to cool you off on a hot day! Nice shot.

Virginia said...

Oh please bring these to Birmingham. We need some relief from the heat!

Olivier said...

c'est original, cela donne une atmosphère spéciale au restaurant. c'est un bon restaurant ?

Francisca said...

I've seen outdoor heaters in restaurants, but spray mist to cool? That's different!

Electronic Sally said...

Yeah- it really does look like smoke- Thanks for the explanation otherwise you wouldn't catch me in that restaurant!!!

B SQUARED said...

Dinner and a facial! What a concept.

Daryl said...

In South Beach, FL along Ocean Drive the restaurants all do this .. otherwise no one would be able to sit outdoors .. nice shot! love the header!

Genie -- Paris and Beyond said...

Bibi, I can imagine that with the thatched roof the "smoke" would cause great alarm! I'm with Virginia, we need some of those misting machines here!

Costea Andrea Mihai said...

:) well seen!

Thérèse said...

Huffing and puffing like here with the monsoon. No need for a mist of any kind lol.

Virginia said...

In Paris this would still be "puffers"! HA
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