Feliz San Fermin!

Trip Start Jun 28, 2008

Trip End Aug 11, 2008

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Flag of Spain and Canary Islands Pamplona, Navarra, Spain and Canary Islands
Friday, July 11, 2008

*10's of thousands of people
*48 hours without sleep
*6 bottles of red wine
*3 cans of coke
*1 run in with the Spanish authorities
*1 white wine-soaked clothing ensemble

San Fermin 2008 (aka Running of the Bulls)
Pamplona, Spain

I'm slowly adding videos from this adventure, but it takes FOREVER to upload them. Check back to watch my videos of the running, they do such a better job of portraying the craziness of this night than the pictures do!

I'm glad that I was able to make it out to Pamplona for the running, but after being in the middle of a crowd of severely intoxicated Spaniards, I can honestly say that I would NEVER go back to the running of the bulls EVER again! We were lucky that we were with several males from our program because they were able to shield us from the overly obnoxious and inappropriate Spaniards.

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Alleged "Policia"	Concert in the Plaza	Concert in the Plaza	The crowd of people
The crowd of people	The crowd of people	The crowd of people	People from the W&M program
Mullet....really??	More mullets.....	Beginning of the experience @ the Bus Station	People offering rooms in their house
The muchachas	One pic before the wine sets in....	Our guardian for the night, Myron	Concert in the park
Concert in the park	Concert in the park	Concert in the park	Concert in the park
Myron's sweet jersey	San Fermin takes over Pamplona	Tailgaters	I explained to them how we tailgate in NE
Getting directions	Danielle missed the hole the 1st time around	Cool looking building	Sweet mullet
Apparently the mullet is still hip in Spain	The ridiculous crowds of people	The ridiculous crowds of people	The ridiculous crowds of people
Crazy dude	Crazy dude	The ridiculous crowds of people	Me and Danielle with our wine and coke!
Playin the drum	The ridiculous crowds of people	The ridiculous crowds of people	The gate that holds in the bulls
Girls from the program	This guy clearly had a rough night...	And he's up again....	Weirdos
We're having SO much fun!	Our little group	The ridiculous crowds of people	The ridiculous crowds of people
More weirdos	More mullets	Vino y Coke y pan con jamon	Crazy dude with a bottle on his head
The ridiculous crowds of people	The ridiculous crowds of people	Boo to police brutality	People lining up for the running circa 6 a.m.
People lining up for the running circa 6 a.m.	People lining up for the running circa 6 a.m.	People lining up for the running circa 6 a.m.	People lining up for the running circa 6 a.m.
Inside the arena	Inside the arena	Clearly I've had a long night....7:30 a.m.	The runners make it into the arena
Hot air balloons	The runners chillin	Some stragglers	A mob scene in the arena
More of the runners	And again....	The best part of the running!!	The let the bulls back out into the arena
The bulls run around terrorizing the runners	And the runners terrorize the bulls....	Dumb people who ran