Our last touristy stop was Bern. It's known for it's Bears. It also posts the oldest mechanical clock in Europe, a rose garden, a series of fountains from the 1500s, and us Mormons took time to go see the Bern temple too. It was closed while we were there, as was the Frankfurt temple, but we went anyways.
Bern has Celtic and Roman roots. It was made a free city state by the Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II in the 1200s and is now one of the largest cities in Switzerland and ranked top 10 cities for highest quality of life in the world. Old Town burnt down and was rebuilt in sandstone in the 1400s. Bern has been keeping live bears since 1450. Currently they have 3 of them. We were able to find two and only take pictures of one because the other was sleeping in the trees. I thought it was funny that he was using the tree to keep himself from sliding down the hill. Seth said, "And here we see a bear at it's melting point."
I loved that he just stuck his paw back there like he was completely relaxed.
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