San Fermin

San Fermín 2008 / día 13 - Vaquillas

kewlchops (Free subscription) | 22/07/2008

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San Fermín in Nueva Orleans, The Running of the Roller Girls

Laughing Squid (Free subscription) | 20/07/2008

guest post by Aaron Muszalski A budding New Orleans tradition, the second annual San Fermin in Nueva Orleans (SFNO) took place last Saturday. Inspired by the famous running of the bulls in Pamplona, Spain, the Big Easy version takes place in the streets of the French Quarter, and replaces the bulls with a potentially even more [...]

First Day of the San Fermin - Pamplona, Spain

TravelPod.com Recent Updates (Free subscription) | 18/07/2008

San Fermin 2008, Pamplona Iruna, Spain - where the bulls run the streets with the people

Feliz San Fermin! - Pamplona, Navarra, Spain and Canary Islands

TravelPod.com Recent Updates (Free subscription) | 15/07/2008

Jump to the full entry & travel map Pamplona, Navarra, Spain and Canary Islands *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. ...

San Fermin in Nueva Orleans

cuddlefish (Free subscription) | 14/07/2008

Running of the BERGs Originally uploaded by nola.darling Big Easy Roller Girls armed with wiffle bats racing down Bourbon Street on a Saturday morning in New Orleans. San Fermin in Nueva Orleans Flickr photo pool

San Fermin in Nueva Orleans

Michael Homan (Free subscription) | 13/07/2008

Yesterday was the 2nd annual San Fermin in Nueva Orleans, or the Running of the Bulls. We dressed in white with red scarves and belts, and than ran through the French Quarter with Big Easy Roller Girls, dressed with horns on their helmets, chased us and hit us with bats. The spectacle was truly awesome and reaffirmed my belief that New Orleans is the coolest city in the world. I've got a 5

San Francisco Woman Lies Naked and 'Speared' in the Streets of Pamplona to Protest the Torture of Bulls in the San Fermin Festival

YubaNet.com (Free subscription) | 11/07/2008

As the cruel bullfights continue following the annual Running of the Bulls, one San Francisco native is in Pamplona to stick up for the bulls. Twenty-seven-year-old Holly Edelen kicked off the week by lying on the street naked and "bloodied" by the banderillas (barb-tipped wooden daggers) piercing her back. The graphic demonstration was organized by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals...

Dataset of the Day: Running of the Bulls at San Fermines (Build Your Own Tourist Map!)

Moving Past Push Pins (Free subscription) | 11/07/2008

Every year in Pamplona, Spain thousands of people risk their lives for the thrill of being chased by a 1,000 lbs bull. This is known as the encierro, the famous tradition of the nine-day festival of San Fermín starting the 6th of July. In honor of the festival that kicked off this week, I thought [...]

Hemingway Confidante Brings Author's Havana To Life

The Post Chronicle (Free subscription) | 27/08/2008

... read little of his work, she was sent to interview him.They hit it off and he invited her to the San Fermin Festival in Pamplona, renowned for its running of the bulls and the setting for his 1926 novel "The Sun Also Rises."She went to the raucous fiesta and afterward went to Malaga for his 60th birthday party. When she protested she had to get back to work, he hired her as his secretary.Valerie...

Hemingway confidante brings author's Havana to life

Reuters (Free subscription) | 27/08/2008

... read little of his work, she was sent to interview him.They hit it off and he invited her to the San Fermin Festival in Pamplona, renowned for its running of the bulls and the setting for his 1926 novel "The Sun Also Rises."

Hemingway confidante brings author's Havana to life

Reuters UK (Free subscription) | 27/08/2008

... read little of his work, she was sent to interview him.They hit it off and he invited her to the San Fermin Festival in Pamplona, renowned for its running of the bulls and the setting for his 1926 novel "The Sun Also Rises".

• Hemingway Confidante Brings Author's Havana To Life - The Post Chronicle
• Hemingway confidante brings author's Havana to life - Reuters

Running from Bulls Gypsies and Chasing assumed thieves in Spain

Travelblog (Free subscription) | 22/08/2008

This blog has been a long time coming as I got back from this trip over a month ago but with all that happened on this trip I needed to write something to remember all the things that happened. Before I start I just want to say that this festival called San Fermin better known as the running of the bulls was one of the greatest experiences of my life. It was complete sensory overload for 2 1...

19 injured in Mexican running of the bull

Pakistan News (Free subscription) | 25/08/2008

... can be done with the bulls,” he said. The festival has yet to achieve the status of Spain’s San Fermin bull running, which was made famous by Ernest Hemingway’s novel “The Sun also Rises,” a semi-autobiographical account of an alcohol-fueled visit to the event by a group of squabbling British and American friends in the 1920s. (Agencies) ( This post is from an independent writer. The opinions...

Bus to Zarutz for beach and camping! - Zarautz, Basque, Spain and Canary Islands

TravelPod.com Recent Updates (Free subscription) | 22/08/2008

Jump to the full entry & travel map Zarautz, Basque, Spain and Canary Islands As part of our tour we moved to a beach town called Zarutz to continue the San Fermin Partying!

Fighting with Tomatoes [Graham Hunt]

Ecademy: user blogs (Free subscription) | 29/07/2008

... for stupidity every year. Possibly only rivalled by the runningof the bulls in Pamplona during San Fermin for the number of day or week long trip foreigners that descend on the town, the Tomatina is one of those must see once in a lifetime things. Anyway, I leave you with a video of it and the thought, wouldn't you like to let your hair down, and forever be finding tomato pips behind your...