Today was a beautiful day, the sun was shining the snow had cleared from the streets and it felt like Spring, so I thought I would go and see the Bears! Bern is renowned for it's bears, even the Bern flag 'bears' this! Everywhere you go in Bern there will be some monument or symbol of the bear, either in the big squares or the names of hotels.
There are 3 bears, maybe more, but I have only ever seen the same 3 each time I have been there, but they are really fascinating as I have never been so close to a bear before. You are even allowed to feed them, so they sit there waiting for you to purchase the proper bear food from the tourist shop. I have just added a couple of pictures but I actually took quite a few.
Here is a picture of me, this was taken by a complete stranger. I spoke to her in my schoolboy Deutsch and asked if she would take a piture of me and here it is, not bad I think! This is on the big bridge over the river towards 'Kursaal' the
Allegro hotel and casino. If you get to the middle of the bridge and look over you will 'shit yourself' as its bloody high up and a notorious and favoured spot for suicide jumpers. Apparently Bern is not just the capital of Switzerland it is also the capital for jumpers and there have been a few over the years. If you look carefully you will notice my cheeks are tightly clenched and I have a tight grasp of the rail. :-0
Today was a beautiful day, the sun was shining the snow had cleared from the streets and it felt like Spring, so I thought I would go and see the Bears! Bern is renowned for it's bears, even the Bern flag 'bears' this! Everywhere you go in Bern there will be some monument or symbol of the bear, either in the big squares or the names of hotels.
There are 3 bears, maybe more, but I have only ever seen the same 3 each time I have been there, but they are really fascinating as I have never been so close to a bear before. You are even allowed to feed them, so they sit there waiting for you to purchase the proper bear food from the tourist shop. I have just added a couple of pictures but I actually took quite a few. 
Here is a picture of me, this was taken by a complete stranger. I spoke to her in my schoolboy Deutsch and asked if she would take a piture of me and here it is, not bad I think! This is on the big bridge over the river towards 'Kursaal' the Allegro hotel and casino. If you get to the middle of the bridge and look over you will 'shit yourself' as its bloody high up and a notorious and favoured spot for suicide jumpers. Apparently Bern is not just the capital of Switzerland it is also the capital for jumpers and there have been a few over the years. If you look carefully you will notice my cheeks are tightly clenched and I have a tight grasp of the rail. :-0
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