As far as I understood, it's an occassion for the tourist to get drunk. Not sure if running away from a bull - I mean the real ones, not the muscled packed "alpha bulls" ;-) - is so much fun, but who knows, after having had some booze, maybe it is...?
I'm wondering if it leaves any commercial benefit, I mean, after having paid the costs for the big cleanup each day, health care costs for the one or other who gets hurt and so on... On Sun, Jul 7, 2013 at 3:26 PM, Eric Rex <[email protected]> wrote: > So sounds like the festival is so much more fun as a tourist than a > local? > > > As Always, Eric > > http://speedorex.blogspot.com/ > > > > ------------------------------ > *From:* asc490 <[email protected]> > *To:* [email protected] > *Sent:* Sunday, July 7, 2013 3:19 PM > *Subject:* Re: [omnisport:23198] Pamplona's Running of the Bulls > > My Spanish colleagues told me they're not so much a fan of this event. > They've never seen a dirty city ever than during these nine days in the > evening, after thousands of drunken tourists have peed in the corners and > left tons of garbage... > > > On Sun, Jul 7, 2013 at 2:48 PM, Lee Barry <[email protected]> wrote: > > Today, in Pamplona, Spain, was the first of nine days of the annual San > Fermin festival and the running of the bulls, immortalized in Ernest > Hemingway's 1926 novel "The Sun Also Rises." The idea is to run the 850 > meter course w/out getting gored by the six bulls released into the narrow, > medieval streets. The day never ends well for the bulls because the run > concludes in the town's central bullring where the large animals face > matadors and almost certain death in the afternoon bullfights. > > To commemorate the event, why not have a "Running of the Bulls" > party? I once attended such a party where the goal varied somewhat from the > Pamplona run - six large, muscled alpha "bulls" chased the guests. Unlike > Pamplona, the goal was to GET GORED, metaphorically speaking. LOL. Ah, > youth! > > Cheers! > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "omnisport" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/omnisport. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "omnisport" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/omnisport. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "omnisport" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/omnisport. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "omnisport" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/omnisport. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
