Tuesday, June 2, 2009

Hot Weather, Da!; Hot Water, Nyet!

Larry:
This is supposedly Day 8 of life without hot water in our neighborhood. But it's really the first day we've had any problems.
Our neighborhood is supposed to be without hot water from May 25 until June 6, as part of annual shut off. But we didn't notice cold water until a few days later. At that point, we switched on the backup water heater in our apartment, and actually had hotter water than we were used to.
Then today, after a muggy Moscow day, we returned home to ice cold water. Sasha just attempted the first shower, which lasted 30 seconds. We've sent an email to our landlord, to find out what else we can do. If this is a Russian effort to get us to leave, we're ready. We are out of here on June 11.
Alison just re-read the notice from the city, which says we're supposed to be without hot water from 7 of May until 21 of May. Now we're really confused.

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