SPAIN: Pamplona – Sanfermines and Race de Toros

The city and the festivities are definitely awesome, but the reason is very questionable. So it is the tradition and they keep on doing it. We visited Pamplona for the Fiestas de San Fermín and went as well to the colosseum to watch the “famous” fighters and “great” encounters. It was just horrible, disgusting and we didn’t make it long. Or let’s say the surrounding didn’t make us stay long. We got kicked out after half an hour because we couldn’t stay calm and started commenting… Yes, tradition is good and it’s good to preserve it. Killing life isn’t necessarily included. Everybody can have his, hers, its, whatever opinion. Mine is this: I definitly don’t like it to kill animals for fun! This has to stop! But this is just one part of the event, the city is much more about and culture and socity is very complex and difficult. Like everywhere.

Pamplona is of course still a great place though, the architecutre is awesome, they have idyllic little restaurants and bars, and you can get the typical local flair all around the streets. During the festivities the city drives just crazy, the same happens in València during the Fallas. They all have their own special  individual freak out days in Spain, each city or region, and on these days they just go crazy and party. Actually a very nice attitude.

Building hills with people and jumping down is great. Working a whole year on creative structures to completely burn it down afterwards with half the city is even better. And of course, the most fabulouse one I really love is the Tomatina in Buñol near València when there is just an ultimate fight everybody against everbody, but the only weapon is a tomato. The whole city is red afterwards…. But because of tomatoes. All these freak outs are alright. I just cannot get along with the “killing-for-fun-freakout”. This has to stop.

 



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