Flocke

For weeks, one of the main topics in our daily newspaper is Flocke, the polar bear in the Nuremberg Zoo (just like her older "brother", Knut - the little star from the Berlin Zoo last year).
One weekend we decided to make a trip to Germany and visit her. In the Zoo from Nurnberg, there was marked "the shortest way to Flocke" all the way from the entrance to her place ... and lots of visitors were waiting for the chance to enter the area in front of her compound. Flocke seemed to enjoy a lot the nice sunny weather, however she didn't feel like taking a bath that day - unlike her mother, who had a great time swimming and playing in the water. You cfan visit Flocke's Album here (we also took a few photos about other animals, but clearly Flocke and her mother were the biggest stars of the day):

2008 - Nurnberg Zoo - Flocke

(If you wish to find out how everything started, why Flocke is being reared by caretakers with a bottle, instead of by her mother, click here to her official website: http://www.nuernberg.de/internet/polarbear/background.html).

Once in Nurnberg, we also took the chance to visit the city, with its old castle and lovely old town. The whole atmosphere of the historical center was great, people were eating, drinking and having fun...
You can visit the entire Album on Nurnberg here.