Hotel Ekai Pamplona
Ctra. Aoiz s/n, Longuida Pamplona, Navarra, 31481, Spain and Canary Islands
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Day 4 -- 5.5 km -- The running of the bull
... present. We followed the route of the running of the bulls -- with Frances playing the part of toro, John doing leaps and somersaults, and Therese displaying grace under pressure -- all the way to the Plaza de Toros with the bust of Hemingway presiding.
Later that Sunday afternoon, Judy and Mira arrived, and John gave them an abbreviated tour. With Frances staying back at the hotel, the corrida lacked passion, and Hemingway´s eyes were now hooded.
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Never Again
... for us. There were people missing and some drunk we ended up having to worry about and one of them even got beat up by 4 guys for trying to use the bathroom. I will save you the details of the crazy night (besides to say that apparently you are weird if you sleep in this city because it's just one giant party).
We then woke up and tried to get earlier bus tickets home, but failed. Luckily, my group was very positive about it and it ...
Festival of San Fermin; Running with the Bulls
... we were crushed at least another 2 or 3 times before we managed to get out. We saw the opening ceremony but it can at a price.
Having survived the San Fermin Mosh-pit of Death and finding a safe place for the girls, Peter and I were ready to unleash our sangria but looking around it didn’t seem like anyone was throwing sangria anymore. Peter, too eager decided to test the waters by squirting a few Spaniard girls in front of us that ...
Hola Spain!
... It took two hours to reach Pamplona. To get there we drove through some dry and vast Spanish countryside whichis exactly what we pictured Spain to be. The Fanatics camp site was interesting- there were 1500 people camping with Fanatics, not to mention Top Deck and Pillow Tours that were also using the camp ground. Needless to say there was not alot of room and the fluro green Fanatics tents were lined ...
What I learned on the Camino.....
... of a series of long ambling walks in the countryside......so much for this being calm and serene.
So I sat back and watched. They had showers, then rushed to get space at the washing sinks to do their laundry, lots wearing only speedo type gaunch.....yuck.....then they competed for space on the clothes drying racks and then they went to bed for naps. I watched and because I felt left out, I washed my still clean clothes and then sat around ...



