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By Purple Monkey Dishwasher
July 23rd 2007

Phohotos of the bulls! Europe » Spain » Navarre » Pamplona

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Phohotos of the bulls! Europe » Spain » Pamplona By Purple Monkey Dishwasher July 23rd 2007 Ben Thomas and Stacey KneeboneHey guys, Well we just have had a chance to get the photos of the Running of the Bulls, enjoy! Cheers Ben and Stace [View Full Entry]

By kgeiter
July 14th 2007

Running of the Bulls Pictures Europe » Spain » Navarre » Pamplona

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here are the gazillion photos i took in Pamplona. There are none from the day I ran, but I'm hoping that a guy I ran with sends me his photos because there are pics of me in the arena. i thought it smart to not take my camera with me, especially with the luck i have... http://www2.snapfish.com/thumbnailshare/AlbumID=162435618/a=99209882_99209882/t_=99209882 [View Full Entry]

By Megs28
July 14th 2007

Chillin´ with the Bulls Europe » Spain » Navarre » Pamplona

Bull acrobatics show

I´m not sure the experience gets any more Spanish than this! Yesterday I spent the day in Pamplona for Fiestas de San Fermin. We made it there a little too late (9am) so we missed the actual bulls running through the streets. But the guy I live with went last weekend and he said there´s so many people that you can´t actually see it, you had to watch it on big tv screens. Plus it only lasts like 2 seconds when they run by, so my heart was broken about missing it. But we were able to see some other really [View Full Entry]

By D and B
July 10th 2007

Pamplona and its bulls Europe » Spain » Navarre » Pamplona

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Before we get to BradÂ´s dangerous encounter with the bulls...we feel the need to briefly mention Bilbao. What a gorgeous city. We just wish that we had more than a few hours late at night to experience all that it has to offer. If we make it back to Spain we will add it to our list of must visit cities. Ok now on with the blog... so maybe Brad did not have a dangerous encounter with the bulls, but it sounded good. We reached Pamplona on the morning of the ninth. We found our hotel north of the city, [View Full Entry]

By droppa
July 10th 2007

I'm not scared mate - they're just big cows' CM 2007 Europe » Spain » Navarre » Pamplona

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Synopsis: 22 hour bus ride London-Pamplona, 4 days of booze, one big-arse campsite with a great pool, millions of crazy Spaniards, 1000's of crazy travellers, 6 bulls, one road, and one bloody big and rammed bull-ring. Detailed description: So i decided to hit up one of the biggest festivals on the European calender, that being the San Fermin festival (otherwise known as the Running of the Bulls) in Pamplona, Spain. The trip involved a 22 hour bus ride down to Pamplona from London, 3 nights camping, and then a 22 hour bus ride back. Now that might sound like a lot [View Full Entry]

By nursenippy
July 10th 2007

fiestas de San Fermin Europe » Spain » Navarre » Pamplona

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Ok, so I definitely did not plan on heading to Pamplona to run with the bulls - it was always one of those things that I’d watch on T.V and think - wow, that looks like something smart to do  But, while in Valencia I passed up the offer to go with someone.. so when I met Steph and Dave’s friend Mark in Madrid who was heading to Pamplona to meet up with his friends and run with the bulls I thought, this must be a sign  Overall it was a great experience, I got to meet and [View Full Entry]

By Karen and Mick
July 10th 2007

Spanish madness... Running with the bulls Europe » Spain » Navarre » Pamplona

Viva San Fermin!

We had a VERY early start today as we had to catch the bus at 4:20am into town so Mick and Jason could check out the track/route for the Running of the Bulls at 8am. The town was still in party mode with people spilling out into the streets from all the bars in town which were still blasting music. By 6:30am everything was closing and the street sweepers were in full swing trying to clean up the place before the bulls were let loose.Kirstyn and Karen found a spot on the fence that was being put up while Jason and [View Full Entry]

Some people are a little crazy in the bullring

By Jeff R
July 10th 2007

Sanfermines Europe » Spain » Navarre » Pamplona

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[url='/Videos/4250.html' onclick='dialog("/Videos/4250.html?popped=1","tbvideo",600,600);return false;'] Entering I went to the festival of San Fermin today (Aka, the running of the bulls). No, I didn’t run with the bulls, though I would consider it at a future, crazier date. I had to wake up at 4 am this morning to be at the bus by 5. After some confusion over whether the phone was ringing or my alarm was going off (it happened to be the latter; after several minutes of being confused as to why the phone wouldn’t stop ringing when I picked it up, I realized my mistake) I got [View Full Entry]

By kgeiter
July 9th 2007

The real fight of Pamplona Europe » Spain » Navarre » Pamplona

The real fight of Pamplona isn't in the street with the bulls or in the arena with the matadors, instead, it's along the route amongst the spectators. I had been told ahead of time that if you wanted to get a spot along the route to see the 8 am Bull Run, you should get there no later than 2 am. Well, at about 4 am the morning of the first run, I finally started my trek to find a spot to sit. About a quarter of the way down the street, I found a 2" wide railing behind the police [View Full Entry]

By Solaris40
July 9th 2007

Running With The Bulls Europe » Spain » Navarre » Pamplona

[url='/Videos/4302.html' onclick='dialog("/Videos/4302.html?popped=1","tbvideo",600,600);return false;'] The Line-up Edit: click on the video icons to see a couple of movies that I took ... _______ When I last wrote I was hours away from taking a night bus to Pamplona for Festa de San Fermin. I lucked out and was able to store all my stuff in the hotel lobby (even though I wasn't staying there) and I was quickly off in my new traditional outfit (see pics) with only my camera and some cash ... I was also really lucky to meet Noelle, a 28 year old girl from Palm Springs, who was [View Full Entry]

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