Vampire Info--rather long

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> 
> Then we are told how awkward Krum looks while walking.  Not to 
> mention his swimming in that freezing lake in January.  Normal
people 
> can't swim in water like that.
>
Swimming in ice cold water is a custom in Russia and the Ukraine
(don't know about Belorus). I think they particularly do this around
Easter. I lived in Poland for a few years on a study abroad thing, and
every year the news would show "what those crazy russians" were doing.
If Durmstrang is in fact in the cold north eastern slavic countries,
then Krum's behaviour wouldn't be all that strange. 

Agatha