In addition to fountains, Bern is also full of bears. As legend has it, after Duke Berchtold V. von Zähringen ordered up the city of Bern, the first animal he saw (and captured, depending on the source) in the wild was a bear. Good thing it wasn’t a skunk or a chipmunk.
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Picture this: Rome. A maze of narrow cobblestone streets opens into a square. Eight a.m. Eighty degrees and humid. A powerful klieg light illuminates not only the entire scene, but the entire length of the tight street behind it. A man. A bear. A bear? Yes, a poor, poor man in a full bear costume… […]
