From July 8-14 Pamplona celebrates the Festival of San Fermin, better known as the "Running of the Bulls" made famous by Earnest Hemingway. The running of the bulls takes place everyday of the Festival at 8:00 am. We missed the running, but that morning a bull ran a track record (2 minutes, 20 seconds) and managed to trample 7 people. One guy lost his pants! We arrived around 10:30 and clearly the remnants of a 5 day party were everywhere. The city essentially shuts down, everyone wears white clothes (the pureness of the Saint) with a red scarf/ sash (blood of the bull). There were parades, live music, eating, and LOTS of drinking by everyone, everywhere. The bull fight takes place at 5:00pm daily and results in the inevitable killing of the bull - we skipped it.
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