Victoria Whyte's Posts - Tripatini2024-03-28T15:49:01ZVictoria Whytehttps://frugalnomads.ning.com/profile/VictoriaWhytehttps://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/65765431?profile=RESIZE_48X48&width=48&height=48&crop=1%3A1https://frugalnomads.ning.com/profiles/blog/feed?user=3sfph17hg2yww&xn_auth=noPamplona's Running of the Bulls: A Delirium That Doesn’t Stop, A Communion with Absurditytag:frugalnomads.ning.com,2013-07-06:3169359:BlogPost:794202013-07-06T15:10:14.000ZVictoria Whytehttps://frugalnomads.ning.com/profile/VictoriaWhyte
<p><img alt="" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/73852296?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024" width="721"></img> <br></br> <br></br> The 2013 <strong>Fiesta de San Fermín</strong> - better known to many as the <strong>Running of the Bulls</strong> - got underway today in <strong>Pamplona, Spain</strong>. When I arrived here in the summer of 2010, I remember thinking it was hard to believe that the quaint little city of only 300,000 people could play host to an additional 700,000 people and one of the craziest parties imaginable.<br></br> <br></br> <span style="font-size: 13px;">The changes throughout the…</span></p>
<p><img width="721" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/73852296?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024" alt=""/><br/> <br/> The 2013 <strong>Fiesta de San Fermín</strong> - better known to many as the <strong>Running of the Bulls</strong> - got underway today in <strong>Pamplona, Spain</strong>. When I arrived here in the summer of 2010, I remember thinking it was hard to believe that the quaint little city of only 300,000 people could play host to an additional 700,000 people and one of the craziest parties imaginable.<br/> <br/> <span style="font-size: 13px;">The changes throughout the city became rapid in the days leading up to the start of</span> <i style="font-size: 13px;">San Fermin</i><span style="font-size: 13px;">. The fences, which lined the Bull Run seemed to sprout and grow over night. Shop owners along</span> <i style="font-size: 13px;">Estafeta</i> <span style="font-size: 13px;">began boarding up their windows on July 5th to protect their property from the inevitable damage the</span> <i style="font-size: 13px;">Encierro</i> <span style="font-size: 13px;">always causes.</span></p>
<div>While the Hemingway bar in <i>Plaza del Castillo</i> and the endless beverage choices along <i>San Nicolás</i> and <i>Jaurata</i> Street became our regular hangouts, nothing in Pamplona compared to walking the course that turned into the <i>Encierro</i> (bullrun) route on July 6th at 8 am. Starting at the <i>Arga</i> river, where the night before the run the bulls cross from their holding pens to the <i>corralillos</i>, up <i>Santa Domingo</i>, past the <i>Ayuntamiento</i>, (city hall) around the infamously dangerous <i>Curva de Mercaderes</i>, down <i>Estafeta</i>, all the way through Old Town to the entrance of the <i>Plaza de Toros</i> (bullring), cannot be walked without thinking of the Bulls and the brave that choose to run.</div>
<div>Legendary bull runner Matt Carney said: "You give of yourself when you run the bulls... you let it all go... your time, your money, your belief, your life, your self, into the wild forms of joy and fiesta."<div><p class="MsoNormal"></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The night before the</span> <i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">chupinanzo</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">, I stood looking out on the</span> <i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Estafeta</span></i> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">from our second floor balcony. It was noisy (nothing compared to the volume that</span> <i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">San Fermin</span></i> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">brought) as many locals and a handful of foreigners shared food and wine. The street was buzzing, the current inhabitants seemed to feel the energy and anticipation of the week's activities to come.<br/> <br/></span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">On July 6th</span><span style="font-size: 13px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">at noon the rocket, the</span> <i style="font-size: 13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">chupinanzo</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">, was fired, announcing the commencement of Fiesta. The</span> <i style="font-size: 13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Plaza Consistorial</span></i> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">in front of the</span> <i style="font-size: 13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Ayuntamiento</span></i> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">turned into a mob scene.</span><span style="font-size: 13px;"> "Y</span><span style="font-size: 13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">es,</span></span><span style="font-size: 13px;"> t</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">he crowd is a young, exuberant, undisciplined legion armed with an arsenal of cheap champagne that is poured and strayed over everyone within firing range” (Ray Mouton).</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;">The following nine days occurred in a blur of red and white. Bulls ran and died every day and night, horrific gorings occurred daily, crowds cheered Spain to World Cup victory, the streets were filled with endless music, and the free flowing sangria fueled the young and old who partied every hour with out stopping.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><br/> “Pamplona is the last legal drug… a delirium that doesn’t stop, a communion with absurdity.”</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Carmen Rigalt,</span> <i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">El Ruedo</span></i></p>
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<br/> <br/> <br/> <em>For a fun and unforgettable experience at events like the Running of the Bulls, Oktoberfest, the Olympics and World Cup, check out <a href="http://www.ludustours.com" target="_blank">Ludus Tours</a>!</em></div>
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