Should have listened in gym class.

San Fermin

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July 13th 2006
'Enceirno' is what the Spanish call the Festival de San Fernim. It is a festival to celebrate Saint Fermin that uses what all spanish festivals use to celebrate a saints day. Bullfights; of course. But this city sought to it long ago that they would always be different by letting the bulls run through the streets to the bull ring on their own. Then it so happened that young men, in attempts to ... read more

Europe » Spain » Navarre » Pamplona

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Spain's powerful world empire of the 16th and 17th centuries ultimately yielded command of the seas to England. Subsequent failure to embrace the mercantile and industrial revolutions caused the country to fall behind Britain, France, and Germany in ... ... read more