During my absence on July 29 and 30 we spent one night in
New Bern, NC
The city is filled with bear statures and one elephant in all kinds attire
Here are the ones we saw while taking a walking tour of downtown
Travelin' Bernie outside our hotel
A bear wearing flip flops too funny
Travelin' Bernie held court outside our hotel
A bear wearing flip flops too funny
Mitchell Bear
Judge Bear holds court outside a law office
This is Fun bear from several angles having fun
I forgot to check this bear's name but
jumping catfish he has a starfish on his foot
Well you have heard of gargoyles right?
This is a beargoyle
Bears in New Bern
I love all the bears! Very cool and makes for a smile this morning. Very interesting. We had dolphin statues for a season one year on the island in Venice. But they were not as cute as New Bern's bears!
ReplyDeleteThat sure is a super cool bunch of bears!!!
ReplyDeleteHari OM
ReplyDeleteI love this trend for fibre glass critters that has taken off everywhere. Great fun, indeed! YAM xx
learned a new word, Bern Bear.. I love the blue colorful bear best of all. they are really all so cute.. flip flops belong here. we don't have bears every where, we have lizards, big ones on all the buildings and houses... I would have one but they are to expensive. I would like to visit New Bear, ha ha
ReplyDeleteMany moons ago, I lived near New Bern. I lived in Kinston, N.C. Those bears are really neat. Loved the pictures. Have a super day.
ReplyDeleteThose are all such fun bears. It looks like you had a good time on your visit.
ReplyDeleteThose bears are fun! There was a bear pit in Bern, Switzerland. It was more than 50 years ago that I saw it so I don't know if it is still there. Wild animals don't belong in captivity so I hope not.
ReplyDeleteI googled it and see they have had a large outdoor enclosure for the past 10 years.
Deletehttps://www.myswitzerland.com/en-gb/experiences/bern-bear-park/
Love the bears!
ReplyDeleteThose are great! Several years ago the city of Rochester did this with statues of horses.
ReplyDeleteVery cool bear art :) I love the bear gargoyles. XO
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing. They have some many great bear statues all around. The colorful one is our favorite. Great seeing these photos. Hope you had a wonderful time during your visit there.
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I have visited Bern in Switzerland many times - a beautiful city, but rather lacking in fun bears!
ReplyDeleteCheers, Gail.
WOW! Lots of bears in that town and I had no idea bern was bear! Must have been fun being on the lookout for bears to take photos of - you found a lot of them.
ReplyDeleteHugs, Teddy
What a fun collection of "Bern's"! I also really enjoy hearing about pre-revolutionary historic towns!
ReplyDeleteColorful and fun bears!!
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Mabel & Hilda
Neat bears. Downtown Jackson had a bunch of different catfish one time. They are all gone now.
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