"We're not going to the swamp where cranberries grow," said Yevgeniy Rybaltowski and left for St Petersburg. And Yura said, thus he was woken up at 07:00 after four hours of sleep, while it was still dark, and dragged to the woods and the swamp. So what if we've got no rubber boots? We've got feet!
And the weather is perfect: the snow has melted, the temperature has gone up to +7°C, and it's raining very nicely. Just the way I like it, and so do the swamp inhabitants.
We haven't met any bears, only bear poop and a tree with claw marks. But we picked lots of cranberries. That is, I pointed my phone and my fingers at them, while Yura picked them.
Such a wonderful forest, picturesque swamp and wonderful people! I'd love to go there again and spend more time there.
This is Toropetsky District of Tver Oblast, not far from the Bubonitsy village where the rescue centre for orphaned bear cubs in located. It was founded by the Pazhentov family, who have been rescuing bears for three generations. I can't describe how thrilled I was to meet the family and see that wonderful place. I can't wait for them to start uploading videos with little bears on their channel:
/ @obrc_rescue
Regarding Yolka's health: yesterday evening and this morning she seemed to be coughing less. She takes her medicines with tears, sweat and blood. My blood. The results have arrived today... and they're all clear. Nothing law-breaking about them. We'll do the tests again, and an X-ray on Wednesday.