All around Berlin there are these large fiberglass bear sculptures with various designs on them called Buddy Bears. The bear is sort of the symbol of Berlin, being somewhat "founded" by Albert the Bear in the 1200s (a pretty young city by European standards). The Buddy Bear program started in 2001 as a cooperation between businesspeople and sculptors; they began sculpting and placing these bears all over Berlin. It soon turned into the United Buddy Bears program, an international art exhibition teaching and expanding the art of tolerance. The Buddy Bear Exhibition is on tour around the world promoting peace, tolerance, love, and international understanding. They are in St. Petersburg, Russia now.
So, being Baers and all, we tried to snap a picture of every Buddy Bear we came across and really wanted to buy one of the tabletop replicas to bring home. But being that they were €60, we settled on the smaller version for €14. This one was in the train station representing the Berlin Zoo.
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