Hotel Ekai Pamplona

... was interesting, the usual olives, calamari, chorizo, proscuitto...and then there were the french fries and chips..very odd! It was 6.30pm by this stage and the light was as bright at 2pm! Dan and I walked around the quaint lanes a bit tipsy after the Sangria.. until we ended back at the Bar to go to the toilets...and got roped into more Sangria- not unwillingly I will say. Matt, Mo and Calvin were having more Sangria..so we had a pitcher as well and were very ...

... headed off.

I spent about half of the day walking with George, at a very slow pace. I felt so bad for him, he seemed to be in so much pain. We took a memorable break on the side of a path with an amazing sweeping view of fields that, eventually, ran into craggy mountains. We talked candidly, as I find myself doing often on this trip. it seems most people have found themselves here out of some desire to change, question or cope with something about ...

I think today was my favorite day thus far... although had some bad news for some other people.

I set off very early today, and in the dark I needed my (mom´s) head lamp to see my way. I ran into a few of the spanish women who were confused about the cmaino path, but we figured it out. Along the way a black kitten followed me about a kilometer until i got too close to the Magna factory, around which there was a group of ponies grazing (very odd).

I walked alone for ...

... start with the beginning...

Waking up a few minutes before 6 am, i had no idea where I was. In the middle of three rows in a huge building, some sort of cross between a church and a stable, with people moving all around me in the darkness. They have two bunk beds pushed together so you are basically sharing a bed with someone. My bedmate was Sylvia from Italy, and she patted me on the head and told me ¨good night. sleep tight.¨ At 6 am the lights came on ...

... though. Nope, I had the misfortune of getting a guided tour of the Catalonian Parliament (I know, tough life).

Wednesday was abnormally busy. I had an in class presentation in my Spanish for Business class about the very successful Damm Group (bottlers of Barcelona’s best beer and water too!) that went well and an art history quiz that I hope went well. After school, I took another trip to the Santa María cathedral to begin my work on an art ...

... So I put on my white shirt and pants, red scarf, and red sash thing around my waist and walked down to the street. I must say I heard a lot of English in the streets. More so than Spanish. Which tells you something of the kind of person that will try it. People were doing the old stetching thing and getting psyched up. Surprisingly I didn´t see anyone drunk. Or maybe they hid it well. There were also a few females out on the street too. At about 5 ...

... a severe accident between a petrol tanker and a car on the highway which the house looks out on. We later found out that the truck driver died and miraculously the two car passengers survived. The adults (and Orión) took me out for a drive during the few remaining hours of daylight despite a bit of light rain. The drive was gorgeous, through some mountainous terrain and forests. We stopped at a breathtakingly beautiful reservoir (the photos are a must see!) and later at a ...

... and is completely blocked off from the point where to start running, all the way to the bullring (the destination). This means that your choices in this whole affair are to either run forward and away from the bulls or try to jump the 10 ft fence with people hanging off of it (who are also known to purposely not help you). If you're running from the bulls, it's something you've got to commit to. The people are all packed into this plaza and then BAM the first horn goes off ...

... police et dautre atteint par les bouteille, en ne rien de temps les deux groupe ce lancais des bouteille et la police a decider de nous foncer dessus a coup de matraque.... tout le monde est partis a courir comme si cetait les tauraux qui arrivait... faque je peux dire que jai faite quelque chose daussi dangereux... pas fini de notre coter les gens on trouver des poubelles de bouteille de vitre.... encore la cest repartir sauf que la lequipe tactique est ...

... there were a number of injuries; where some peeps got gashed and majorly ****ed up. For the experince on the bull run itself; you will need to consult with matt and garrett: so after all this crazy nights of festivities and putting up with all of the drunks in pamplona, we were off to paris. one more thing to add about spain; yes i did get another confrontation: add spain to the list: this spaniard tried to pickpocket me and i pulled away and ...