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Pamplona Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Pamplona, Spain and Canary Islands
Spain Day 9 - Vamos a Pamplona
This is a top pick! ... , and decide to head home ... where Alfredo and Marta cook us up an awesome lunch. Mixed salad (our best salad since arriving to Spain, and that is saying A LOT!), fresh baked fish, and red peppers that are the area's specialty. And then, we all sleep for ...
What I learned on the Camino.....
This is a top pick! ... so he had to take a hotel room. We walked and talked and he told me that two of the routes had converged in Pamplona and another route from the south was also to join the Camino just after Pamplona. Hmmmmm. Even more on the ...
Spain Day 10 - San Fermin, Take two!
This is a top pick! ... all the lunatics on the ground. Watching this first bull is AWESOME. Let me explain. There is a lot of protest both in Spain and around the world against Spain's practice of bullfighting, ... and the festival of San Fermin is no exception. Personally, ...
Pamplona: bull running
This is a top pick! ... my gear there. I missed tickets for the train south but the buses were running non-stop that morning so with a daypack and a sleeping bag I was in Pamplona by noon. A festive air and a sea of red and white clad Spaniards was on hand to greet me. ...
The running of the bulls
This is a top pick! ... in the stadium, they are taken away and some smaller cows then come out to play against the tourists. This was basically the run over, so we hung out, ate and then drunk some more sangria. The next morning, we packed up and made a move away from ...
Sangria, my best friend
This is a top pick! As we came to the meeting point of Spain and France, we could neither see the border let alone any police or signs. Melanie demanded that we stopped at the point where we saw the sign, you have now entered Spain. We did, took some photos and carried on ...
The 2nd running of the bulls
This is a top pick! ... . Karen was cool, she was from WA and had lived in the UK for years, but recently she had quit her job, but she had a contact in Pamplona, and as we were mates, she said we could come and stay with her for £10 per night per person. So, Lucy and I grabbed ...
I Love Pamplona Viva San Fermin
This is a top pick! ... off at 12 noon. How this party works is that around 10 AM people start gathering in huge masses down in the old town of Pamplona and the drinking, chanting and food fights slowly start to begin. Thousands of people pack every alley way and as time gets ...
South Bound
This is a top pick! ... breaking cold temperatures for Spain. When we got back to Madrid I decided I wanted to head up north to Pamplona and then up to the Basque country of Spain. One of my great-grandfathers was from a town called Urepel, France in the French Basque country ...
Dinners
... in school, and she insisted on practicing in between courses. =) About a week after that dinner, Carmen, the woman who Tiara and I do a language exchange with, invited us to dinner at her house. She speaks English well, but her husband doesn't speak ...
Thanksgiving
... place of cranberries because we couldn't find them!), peas, and a pumpkin pie! We invited Tiara's roommates (3 girls from Spain) and two japanese girls. Everyone really enjoyed the dinner, although some of Tiara's roommates were afraid because we were ...
Third time lucky!!
... bus go with my butt on it and no snoring pensioners beside me. ******* The trip from Madrid to Pamplona takes about five hours and goes through some fairly dramatic countryside before you roll up into Pamplona proper. Pamplona is one of those ...
The University
These are some pictures of the University I am attending here- La Universidad Pública de ...
Trip to Pamplona
... the adventure. The ideal train I had wanted to take (the overnighter) was already booked, so I had to go to Zaragoza and then onto Pamplona. Zaragoza was ok (i had some spare time there). It has a very interesting history, a lot of cool cultural ...
VUELTA A CASA
Resumen de lo que vino después http://www.travelpod.com/tripwow/tw-0098-a21c-6741?ln ...
Pamplona
Holy Cow!! I´m in Pamplona for the running of the bulls and it is insane!! It really is the biggest party I´ve ever been to and dressing up in the white and red is so much fun. Unfortunately I didn´t run as far as I would have liked, I wasn´t sure ...
The running of the bulls (or buses!)
... is lovely and the historical significance of the Bull run is interesting. After this we all headed to the oldest bar in Pamplona for Tapas and Sangria. The Sangria was THE BEST I'd ever had.. so nice. The tapas..was interesting, the usual olives, ...
Going to Pamplona
... and church in Pamplona. They teach English to Spanish students of various ages and in surrounding towns as well as Artijona and Pamplona and Dan does a church service in Pamplona and sometimes in their home. When we met in Segovia they gave me their ...
Bulls bulls and more bulls
... in the local whites and headed for town. If you´ve never seen a Spanish festival it´s amazing, This day everyone buys bottles and bottles of cheap champagne, waits for 12 O´clock and just lets rip spraying the heaving masses with it (note to self wear ...
Taking pictures in Pamplona
Tiara and I spent a little time wandering around Pamplona taking pictures and getting familiar with the city, and these are the spectacular pictures I took! ...
Day 4 of 53: Pamplona and beyond!
Ok! We´ve made it as far as Pamplona. Hurrah! Turned up on Day 3, as scheduled, much to our surprise. Wow! Then took 2 hours to find a large refugio (Pilgrim hostel) in a small city. Boo:( Here´s a small summary of a typical Pilgrim day: Wake up at ...
Last few (sad) days in Pamplona
Whatever pics I take in my last few days in Pamplona.... I packed one of my bags yesterday; my room is looking lonelier all the ...
Basque country trials and tribulations
... Fermin Festival!! The running of the bulls! We woke up at 5am and took a taxi from our extremely crowded, dirty, and overpriced campsite to nearby Pamplona. We wedged ourselves onto a small piece of wooden fence near "Dead Man's Corner" (a place where the ...
Zaragoza - Pamplona
... and confetti amazing sight, hard to explain, I have never seen anything like it before in my life!! People (mainly drunken kiwis and aussies) jumping off this statue onto the crowd who try to catch them (plenty got very badly hurt one may have ...
Comida y otras fotos
I decided to start taking pictures of my food when I remember... thought it would be an interesting topic. So occasionally there will probably be new photos, but I won't promise anything ...
This is Basque Country
... am surrounded by them!), he being 25 and his mom 56. AFter that, we headed to an äuthentic¨ irish pub in pamplona, on the furious request of Damon and Tim, where we met two young irish guys who are driving around europe ¨until they feel like it¨ in a ...
The Running of the Bulls
... am in Madrid right now and getting ready to go see some sights for the day. Then at 3:00 pm we will hop on the train and leave for Pamplona. That´s right, running of the bulls here we come. We have no where to stay, so we plan on stayin up all night. ...
MUD, MUD, MUD, MUD!
... St. Stephen. Pilgrims leave notes here around a large Crucifix in the entrance. Quite moving. We finally arrive in Pamplona. Thomas went on his own today and arrived a couple of hours ahead of us. He located a very nice alburgues (refugio). Pamplona is ...