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Kicked out of the Running of the Bulls, Pamplona
... explosion of the fireworks rocket at midday on the 6th of July is the signal forthe start of nine days of non-stop partying This moment is marked by a rocket -the "Txupinazo" - which is set off to announce the start of the Fiesta. All morning,crowds gather in the "Plaza Ayuntamiento". It is often a hot day and there is not an inch of free space in the packed Square. The passion & intensity grows every minute until it reaches a crescendo at midday. ...
Pamplona to the Pyrennes
... good food. We enjoyed a lunch with Karin and then said goodbye to her as she was leaving earlier by bus. She will be at least one week ahead of us on the walk.
After lunch Debbie and I walked around the streets of the old quarter. Signs of the Festival San Fermin,- The Running of the Bulls, were being installed at various locations. The festival will be happening during the week of July 8th and there is a good possibility that ...
Die diewe...en die gawe Slowenier
Aangekom in Pamplona was dit taxi soek en buskaartjie koop vir SJdP en slaapplek soek, in daardie volgorde. Ontmoet vrou van Slowenie op die lughawe, Daria is haar naam. Sy is al ´n ouma, en het nounet afgetree. Vandaar haar behoefte om die Camino te stap. Die ongelooflikste vrou - SOOOOO ´n inspirasie!! Sy praat ´n hele paar tale en het ´n groot hart. Toe sy hoor ek verjaar 18 April, het sy onmiddellik haar padkos vir die volgende paar dae met my gedeel om ...
Running of the Bulls-add it to your life checklist
... of no where in Spain. Kathleen started to run down the street, and I followed. SO very luckily, when we ran around the corner of the building we saw the bus which was moving in reverse. Thank the lord for our friend Danny who noticed we were not on the bus when it left and begged the driver to turn around. We learned our lesson about bus drivers and rest stops after that.
Woofta- and that is just a summary of our wonderful 24 hours in Pamplona!
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Running of the Bulls
... the girl who sat next to me was able to translate for us. The buses had been mixed up and they were sorting out where everyone was going to go. Ended up they crammed in a heap of people on our bus and then we were off again.
5.30am we got into the bus station at Pamplona. We came up the escalators to see the mess the party the night before had created. The town looked trashed and the place stunk of urine and vomit! We followed the crowd to the Plaza de Toros ...
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