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... it was like the parting of the Red Sea. The vast majority of ‘runners’ simply hugged one of the walls. A handful of the more experienced runners had actually found their spots and ran right up next to the bulls. Brief, but impressive, the whole run took about 3 minutes.
Returning to camp and taking a much needed shower was a total relief. That night Paul and I went to the Bull Fight that would end the lives of the 6 bulls we had witnessed making ...
Its running time!
... though they have caps on their horns they would still do some serious damage. We didn't end up going to see the bull fight, as I don't think I...well both of us could as it is really graphic. People rarking up the smaller bulls was enough to watch. After we got back to the accomodation and refreshed we decided to head to a little town called Olite. There really wasn't much there except a castle...but there ...
Run from the bulls is more like it
... the sheer number if people, if you fall or get tripped you are lucky if you only get trampled from other people. If the bulls step on you, you are toast. So the run ends in a huge stadium where they let some of the runners into the actual arena floor, a good couple hundred and one by one let each bill lose into the crowd of people. The full stadium oohs and awes as very foolish people try to dodge the charging bulls, grab their ...
Running of the Bulls in Pamplona
... fun). Anyway, for those that don’t know what a bull fight entailes… it is a fight between a bull and a matador and there are 6 fights (with each of the 6 bulls from the morning’s run) and in each fight the bull always dies (it is sacrificed, or at least that was the tradition).
***WARNING – I am about to explain the goings on in a bull fight, this can be disturbing to some*** So the bull comes ...
I ran with the bulls!
... up with Ivan and Michelle. Ivan and I decided to go look for Krysia as we could not see her and started to get worried she may have been stuck in a mass pile up. We walked in the ring all the way round while this brown bull was cutting loose. We jumped up on the side of the ring to meet, when suddenly the brown bull came charging near our way and completely dominated these two guys standing near us at the ring boundary, the bull basically head-butted the **** out of ...
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