I was hoping you guys would talk about all the crazy small bears they have scattered around St. Petersburg. I think you pay the bear's owner money to have a picture taken with it.
This student tour guide told us that it's a big Russian wedding tradition to drink a bottle of Champagne, throw it in the Neva River, and then have one of these guys send their bear in the water to fetch it. Supposedly this bear was only drinking apple juice, but I'm skeptical … I mean, it's Russia.
Ted M, Denver, CORead: Russian zookeepers get animals hammered on vodka
This student tour guide told us that it's a big Russian wedding tradition to drink a bottle of Champagne, throw it in the Neva River, and then have one of these guys send their bear in the water to fetch it. Supposedly this bear was only drinking apple juice, but I'm skeptical … I mean, it's Russia.
Ted M, Denver, CORead: Russian zookeepers get animals hammered on vodka