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On the cushy train from Granada to Pamplona - We had *NO* idea what we were about to get ourselves into...
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We've arrived... Joined by another Chicago friend Joe. Ok San Fermin, show us what you've got...
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Don Simone sangria. 1.5EU. We may have ended up wearing more than we drank, but it's too close to call.
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Parade of gigantes y cabezudos (giants and big-heads). Four pairs of kings and queens (over 150 years old) of four different races and places (Europe, Asia, America and Africa) are represented.
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The mess on opening day of the festival. This is the day that locals celebrate, alongside tourists from all over the world, and it fell on a Saturday for the first time in years, so....
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Pamplona City Hall square. This is where the "Chupinazo" takes place, marking the opening of the festival. It also is part of the daily bull run course and is the location where most film coverage of the bull run is taken.
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Behind me is the entry door to the bull ring. Little did I know, less than 48 hours later I'd be running for my life through that door with a group of Aussies who were my new best friends in life.
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There was a lot of protest graffiti in northern Spain. My friends kissing the "feminism" sign in my honor... Thanks guys! :)
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We found a half-full bottle of wine randomly sitting in the middle of a plaza. What a waste of good wine... (No, we did not drink it...)
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Enjoying the sunset with good friends at the end of the opening day of San Fermin. Life is good.
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Sunset over the mountains as seen from Pamplona. That ferris wheel was one of two in town, and caused much confusion in the way of late-night navigation...
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1st Encierro (Bull Run) of San Fermin 2013, watched from a balcony at Dead Man's Corner on Mercaderes
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People beginning to line the streets in preparation for the first running of the bulls of 2013 San Fermin
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Police gather about an hour prior to the 1st Encierro (bull run) of the festival. [More info below.]
