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Pamplona Slideshow
Pamplona
Travel Blogs from Pamplona, Spain and Canary Islands
yesterday the opening ceremonies were ...
... the eyes by the way), and sangria, ketchup, mustard, you name it, all was game. Some of the grossest were stewed tomatoes and watermelon chunks. We got the paper today and Shazza and I are actually in a picture of the crowd. So exciting! After the ...
A weekend at ´home´
... planning to go to Bilbao some weekend later so we will follow along then instead. So Tiara and I checked out Yamaguchi park in Pamplona, and in the evening we went to see some free art exhibits that were being shown in some of the buildings inside the ...
Running of the Bulls...what a mess.
... in our favorite internet cafe here, and we caught our bus at 5. About 40 minutes to an hour later we arrive in Pamplona and....Caos. The festival had only being going on since 11am and the place looked like a tornado had hit ...
Espíritu de Navidad
... and other friends. It was a lot of work, but of course a lot fun! Miranda also made some delicious cinnamon rolls. Baking and sharing with everyone is really the best way to start off the holiday season! El fin de semana pasada era un tiempo para ...
More Random Notes to Kill Time
... ; At least in Amsterdam it was illegal to smoke indoors even though sometimes the owner would let you do it. But Spain definitely doesn´t have that ban. At least not in restaurants and bars. I think health promotions against smoking is ...
Jobs, knobs and 1 month!
... needless to say turns out I am running home at 5 am to get to my hotel to pack up to come to Pamplona with the Canadian who turns out (and I knew this from the night before, especially when people were giving me their condolences) to be the biggest KNOB! ...
¡Día de acción de gracias!
Miranda and I made a "Thanksgiving Dinner" for my roommates and some other friends from school! We cooked it on Sunday (a few days after the actual holiday)and we had a great time. Although, it was a bit different than the Thanksgiving Dinner I´m used ...
Well what can I say, I'm a hot commodity
... god for new friends! (Oh and yes my new friends are from Puerto Rico, I got to learn all about the country on the way to Pamplona and now I think I need to go!!!) SO it was raining and FREEZING COLD and like the ass that i am I only wore shorts and a ...
San Fermin Festival
Today was absolutely insane. We went to the San Fermin opening festival in Pamplona and I´ve never seen so many people. We all dressed in traditional white pants, white shirts, and red scarfs, but they didn´t look that way at the end. During the ...
Craziest. Party. Ever.
What can be said about Pamplona during San Fermin that hasn´t already been said about D-Day? San Fermin is 8 Mardi Gras in one, for each street is a seperate Bourbon St., filled with insane people (mostly Australian) who wear all white clothes with red ...
San Fermin!
... . We´ve also picked up an Australian girl, Bron, who´se followed us here so far, though she´ll be leaving us in Pamplona. We rolled into our refugio in the suburbs of ¨Pamps¨ early, and I took a walk into the city. Maddness. Although the ...
Fiesta Sorpresa!
It was Magda´s birthday this Tuesday, her roommate organized a surprise party and I was invited to join in on the fun. It was great to be there and see the expression on her face when she arrived! She had actually been out calling her family in Poland ...
Cena
Through the language institute connected with my university here in Pamplona, I am able to meet students who want to practice speaking english. The program is called Tandem, and we received our Tandem assignments this week, so I made an appointment to ...
San Fermin Continues
... closed but none the less had a great time running with the bulls. Later that day we returned to Pamplona to soak in the festival and watched as the young and old got into the spirit of San Fermin. There was dancing in the streets, singing and ...
Cena al Retaco
First time out to dinner here in Pamplona!! Tiara, Tomoko, Ai, and I went to a mexican restaurant near my apartment-- the food was delicious!! I meant to take lots of pictures but kind of forgot when the food arrived... so there are plenty of pictures of ...
Encuentro de culturas! (Intercultural Meeting!)
... from the Yamaguchi Prefectural University (the president and some professors). We mostly shared information about ourselves and our movitations for coming to Spain, but we also learned a bit about Japanese culture and the people who were visiting our ...
Wild Times in Pamplona
Pamplona. Another Day. I didn´t sleep well last night. Due to us being pilgrims and generally disinclined to engage in the type of drunken revelry we´ve been observing, Dan and I are out of synch with the rest of the red-and-white crowds, meaning we ...
Hola Spain!
... where Fanatics were running walking tours of the course for Running of The Bulls. We were taken through the narrow street of Pamplona and given tips on how to avoid the bulls and other people on the course. The course is 820m long but were ...
Sangria, Squashing And Stupidity...And Boobs
Today was the opennig ceremony of San Fermin. After breakfast Brendan, Michelle and Jimmy donned our white clothes and put red scarfs on our wrists and headed into town. The opening ceremony officially happens in the Town Hall Square which the ...
Running of the Bulls day 1
... place. Never did I think that I´d be standing in the dirt in the middle of a Spanish Bullfighting ring, but there I was. And when I thought it was all over and was congratulating myself, I see about 30 people sprinting towards me and realized they let ...
Running of the Bulls Festival
... in 10 or however many days I´ve been here for. The Spanish love to fiesta! My original plan was to do Spain and Portugal for a week a piece but I had to cut out Portugal all together because I stayed here too long. Fun Factor: Awesome! ...
My home in Spain
These are some pictures of my room and home here in Spain. The apartment is basically three hallways that form a U: the entryway hall, the main hall with all of the rooms off of it except mine, and the hallway to my bedroom. Many apartments here are ...
¡Semana del pincho y más!
... ), are a very important aspect of the Spanish gastronomy. For a week in Pamplona it was the Pinchos week, various bars in Pamplona participated and offered their best and most decorated pinchos. I went a few days with my roommates and friends to sample ...
Pamplona
... tu est vraiment isoler et pas grand monde te comprend mais les personnes qui sont sense etre des personne ressource. le village de pamplona est vraiment beau et cest la que jai realiser que lespagne etait aussi vieille que la france si pas plus et cest ...
4.etappe Pamplona - P
Hei igjen. Den 4.etappen fra Pamplona til Puenta la Reinas var endelig en dag uten regn og sno. Faktisk steg temperaturen til ca. 16 grader og det ble trivelig fra starten av. Etappen er i utganspunktet ganske hard med en svart lang stigning til ...
Holy Cow! (Or bull in this case)
... when they were trampled by the bulls. After that I showered before I headed out. I went to get out of the bathroom and the handle ripped off... completely. So I was trapped in the bathroom for like an hour. It was pretty amusing actually. Finally, ...
El Camino de Santiago
... , I have thus far refused to refer to myself as a 'Pilgrim', despite their special privilages. I approached the tourism booth in Pamplona inquiring about cheap accomodation for the night. All of the hostels were booked solid, I was informed, but for ...
surviving the bulls but not the thieves
... bought some sangria and joined the party. While buying some ice I met two travellers from Czech. They were hitchiking around Spain and their stories were very inspiring. Hitch-hiking around Europe would definitely add an element of excitement to my ...
Pamplona - No Bull
... company you need to be onboard with, and haul ass across town to the appropriate place. Not an easy task. Pamplona is a 3 hour drive, and a complete weather system away from Zaragoza. Sure its just as chilly, but this drizzling rain is a change to the ...