Blogs from Navarre, Spain, Europe - page 26

Friends First of all, I acknowledge that I am not a natural born blogger. Second, I assumed that folks knew what the heck the Camino de Santiago was all about. Well, for times sake, I must suggest you google it! Jamie (Steve´s niece) and I started our 500 mile walk 6 days ago. We made the first hurdle over the Pyrenees. It is beautiful country and the people along the path and in the refugios are incredible. So much to say with a line of people waiting for the internet - so I close quickly. We are safe, cold and tired - wondering what challenges tomorrow will bring. Counting blisters is so very boring. To beautiful Lindsey - Happy belated Mother´s Day. Marshall, love you sunshine, I lost your email! Steve - thank you for feeding ... read more

I kinda promise this will be a quick entry (well as much as I can write in 14 minutes) Arrived in St Jean Pied-de-Port along with about 150 other pilgrims who all swarmed the pilgrim office, although everyone got beds! They stamp your credential (like a passport) along the way to prove that you have been walking the entire time. Then in Santiago they give you a Compostela which, if you´re Catholic, I think means that you get all of your sins forgiven. I met 3 Camino dudes (also walking), Hans (German, 67)- who had just handed over the reins of his multi-national wood chipping company to his son, Sergio (Italian, 62) who drove to Santiago and decided to walk a couple of years ago and Helmut (Danish, 69 - and yes my 11 year old ... read more

Phohotos of the bulls! Europe » Spain » Pamplona By Purple Monkey DishwasherJuly 23rd 2007Ben 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... read more

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 ready an boarded the bus for the 2 hour drive to Pamplona. Once in Pamplona we made our way directly to the corral where the Bulls end up after the run (I didn’t actually see the run itself ... read more

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 of travel for not much time, but i can tell you now that it was worth every second of it! The bus ride was wild - a big drinking session, with shots, beer bongs, the ... read more