Pamplona
Travel Blogs from Pamplona, Spain and Canary Islands
Bergen en passen
... de zon ons tegemoed. De eerst volgende camping lieten we links liggen, de volgende ook om uiteindelijk in de buurt van Pamplona uit te komen. Vandaag 86 km gefietst, inclusief de weg naar de camping zoeken en een nieuw dagrecord in hoogtemeters gevestigd ...
Pamplona for Running of the Bulls
... , eggs and flour still managed to fly thru the air at Town Hall! Messy, messy! As 12.00 approached it became REALLY packed and squashy - just like the Big Day Out. 7th - Another early start with not much sleep again because of the night club above our ...
San Fermin - Running of the Bulls
Turning up to the town of Pamplona is an experience within itself during the San Fermin Festival. The festival is traditionally known as the running of the bulls, and involves exactly that - The festival lasts for a week, and every morning there are ...
Pamplona
We're back from Pamplona. We took a bus from san sebastian this am at 5 am. we arrived by 615 to screaming drunk spaniards, running around, dancing, singing, and getting ready for the bull run. we weaved our way through sangria soaked crowds to find ...
Heading to Pamplona
We arrive at the train station in Pamplona and quickly realize that NO ONE IN THE PAMPLONA TRAIN STATION SPEAKS ENGLISH. Mer is able to figure out we need to walk to bus stop number 3. The guy at the station pointed and that's where we went. We finally ...
Exploring Pamplona
... she will be in contact with. They are very nice and we feel very comfortable sending her here. In the afternoon we explore Pamplona and walk through the streets where the bulls run during the festival of St Fermin in July. Luckily, Mer wont be there ...
Cowering from the Bulls
... of days here in Pamplona for Sanfermines. According to my friend Wikipedia, "The festival of San Fermín in the city of Pamplona (Navarre, Spain), is a deeply rooted celebration held annually from 12:00, 6 July, when the opening of the fiesta is marked by ...
Pamplona
... it was just as well because over 1,000,000 people flock to the city for it and accommodation is scarce and expensive. Pamplona is the regional capital of the Navarra province and is best known for the annual Running of the Bulls that opens ...
Pamplona/Iruña, Spain
... wanted to take advantage of the fact that we live so close to Spain. So, we drove though the foothills across the border and arrived in Pamplona, or Iruña in Basque, an hour or two before lunch. The great thing about a lot of Spanish cities (that I've ...
Festival of San Fermin; Running with the Bulls
... what Steph and I were going to do after Running with the Bulls, we didn’t arrange any way to leave Pamplona (unsure if we would continue through Spain or return to the UK). After our troubles in Paris, we had decided to return back to London with ...
Just 700 to go
... this is the first chance to log in, on a very dodgy computer in a dimly lit shop in the back-streets of Pamplona in northern Spain. Our walking has been very different from my previous bush-walking in Australia. Our first two days were ...
Ya solo queda el DESENLACE
Ya, de vuelta en EspaÑa solo me queda la sensacion de que, estas vacaciones, en este agujero negro encantador que es Calcuta han sido las mejores de mi vida. La verdad es que he disfrutado como una enana. He desconectado mas que nunca. He creido tener ...
La pluie et le chaos de la Pamplonada
Eh bien nous avons decider d'aller voir la Pamplonada avant qu'elle finisse. Nous avons pris un autobus de Bilbao qui prennais environs 2 heures. Le voyage etait bien et l'autobus etait rempli de monde habiller en blanc et rouge. La pluie est venu nous ...
Fear, sweat and sangria
The first day we got to Pamplona in the morning and it was hot - dam hot. As we walked from the train station up to the central bus station, it was still really quiet around town but it looked like everything was ready to go for the kick ...
I SURVIVED EL ENCIERRO...AND THAT'S NO BULL SHIT!
... : I RAN WITH THE BULLS!!!!! Take a moment to take this in... I took a bus to the northern city of Pamplona, situated on the border of France, and chilled for two days and one night in the area of San Fermín, internationally known for El Encierro, or The ...
The best week of my life aka San fermin
... for me to come to bed, while Stu needed a bed to sleep in, he didn't officially pay for any accommodation in Pamplona so I gave him my bed and the girls gave me shit (in a fun way). Another night of nothing, figured she's the type who wouldn't do ...
Pamplona - Running of the Bulls
... were there. It had taken three days but we were at running of the bulls. Our camp ground was about 20 minutes out of Pamplona and was packed with festival goers from various tour companies. We noticed straight away that Aussies made up at least 90% of the ...
Fiestas, Siestas and Running with the Bulls
... 10pm and smelt like hobos. As we waited in line to check into our hostel all of the people in the hostel was asking us about Pamplona and how the running went. It was pretty cool. Once checked in we all enjoyed a well deserved shower and headed to ...
Feliz San Fermin!
... *1 run in with the Spanish authorities *1 white wine-soaked clothing ensemble San Fermin 2008 (aka Running of the Bulls) Pamplona, Spain I'm slowly adding videos from this adventure, but it takes FOREVER to upload them. Check back to watch ...
Pamplona - Rabbit's Revenge
... after 10am with the intention of wandering around and seeing the city it soon became apparent that I would need the assistance of Pamplona's public lavatory system if I was going to see any of the city. We walked to the Cuidadela the old fortified area ...
mileage
... but as everyone was laughing I'm sure they were funny and fairly positive they weren't for kids ears. Today I walked all the way through Pamplona and out the other side, 26km in all. I left the albergue in Zubiri at 6.30, everyone was up so I ...

