Thursday, July 13, 2006
running with the bulls
so i ran with the bulls…
on wednesday, july 12, the police wouldn’t let me and rose into the street to run with the bulls, but we found some nice guys (javi, alex, and tilo) who let us sit with them on the barricade. i started taking video about a minute after the fireworks went off - and you can see the people jumping up and down, looking for the bulls, and then they start to run! as soon as the first group of bulls pass by, rose jumped through the barricade and started running, and the guard turned around as soon as the second group of bulls passed, and then i jumped in too! so then the video goes shaky… after i stopped filming i walked into the bullring and then the people started running around me, they said more bulls were on their way! 3 or 4 more bulls ran thru but i was already safely on the side =)
here i am, walking my way into the bull ring, taking pictures of the people running past me…
once we got to the bull ring the i jumped over the edge immediately! you can see what happens to the other people who stay inside the ring....
you can see tilo’s wounded arm, and you can’t really see javi’s wound under his left eye, but those are results of being in the bull ring! i actually think javi’s wounds are from jumping the fence when the bull came nearby, which is also how the american got paralyzed on the first day of the bull run, not cuz he was gored, but because he jumped over the wall to get away from the bull and he landed on his neck! anyways, i’m glad everyone was safe today and yesterday… these are only surface wounds....
i definitely have more pictures but it’s way past time for bed… i have to get up in a couple of hours to catch the 3 hour train to france! bastille day, here i come!
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