RunningWithBulls.com - The curse of Sanfermin

There is a very famous and tasty Galician dish called Pulpo a la Gallega (Galician octopus).

[© Copyright Antonio García Rodríguez]
Galicia would not be known for bullfighting, encierro or any tauromachian.
But the 4th annual “Sanfermin a la Gallega” took place in Chapela, Vigo on the 18th of July. Sanfermin.com has the original story (only in […]

The fiesta of Sanfermin begun, it is believed sometime, in the 15th century. It is held in celebration of the Patron Saint of Pamplona, Saint Fermín.
Of course, over the past 500 odd years the fiesta has changed, but in the last (at least hundred years- since video/photographic recording) the fiesta looks the same.
The old cartels […]

The final encierro of Sanfermin 2008 was successful, without any injuries, although it did take 5.1 minutes, approximately 3 minutes longer than normal.
The bull, locally from the ganadería of Induráin was brave, fast and was able to stay on his feet (wheels) while taking the Curva of Estafeta.
Below you can see the full encierro, courtesy […]

When the 14th of July comes in Pamplona, it means only one thing - Pobre De Mí.
This years Pobre De Mí was, well, as always, a sad occasion. Below is the video.

Ya falta menos! Viva Sanfermín! Gora Sanfermín!

This is the first post of (hopefully!) a week of posts outlining and following the 2006 Festival of Sanfermin, the world famous “Running of the bulls” festival.
They are being posted (hopefully) via the email2blog feature of Wordpress. Let’s see if it works!
The e-mail is being sent from a Treo 650 using Versamail on GPRS. […]

A friend of Belén’s sent on this Sanfermin flash game to me today.
Excellent! I normally hate these flash games, but this is right up my alley!!

I could play this all day!
Gora SanFermin! Viva Sanfermin!

I came across this a few days ago: Sanfermines 2005 injuries as mapped on Googlemaps for Pamplona, Navarrae, Spain.
A really nice use of Googlemaps!