YOU SHOULD BE RUNNING THE BULLS NOW, BUT YOU CAN’T! »
Monday, the 6th of July 2020. If this were any ordinary year, the plaza of Pamplona would have been packed to the rafters with excited Spaniards and foreign tourists who couldn’t wait to celebrate the chupinazo and kick off the sanfermines. But this is no ordinary year. It is one of the five times when Pamplona’s festival of running the bulls has been cancelled in its long history.
GUIDEPOST REPRINT: “PAMPLONA: I’M STILL RUNNING,” 19 July 1963 »
I’VE just got back from Pamplona and if I’ve said it once, I’ve said it and will repeat it again a thousand times; Never Again.You can quote me next year. I’m bearing the scars of several cornadas, mostly in the region of the liver (pronóstico: muy grave.) and that last bit of the trip, after the car blew up in flames sixty nine kilómetros outside Madrid played hell with my gout. So on that happy note of goodwill and Christian charity, I will leave you to retire to my local clinic. And a happy Sanfermines next year to each and every loving little one of you.
SPAIN GETS A NEW HISPANOPHILE AMBASSADOR FROM THE UNITED STATES »
His analytical and financial management skills, his leadership in business and philanthropy, and his language skills and deep appreciation for the Spanish people and their culture are expected to serve Ambassador Buchan well.
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The running of the bulls has evolved to such an extent that it is now equated to Spanish culture
