I am living in St. Petersburg, Russia and joined this site. I am part of a group trying to establish a hippie commune on property we own in southern Russia (Pskov region). I travel often to Finland, Germany, and the Netherlands. I have a small theatrical company here in St. Petersburg. We are approaching White Nights - the sun never drops below the horizon for two weeks, and it is daylight twenty-four hours a day. The bad news is we get two weeks of almost total darkness on the other side of summer (winter solistice). And no we don't have bears in the streets! Well, maybe a few, but they're pets :sunny: