This week has started what Hemingway called “la
fiesta” in a small city northern Spain named Pamplona. This city has one
hundred thousands inhabitants and during this parties it will be up to one
million people. Why these parties are so popular? Hemingway is a big
responsible for writing about it in his books. In any case, what attracts more
people are the famous races that bulls run after people along the city centre
streets. Such bulls will be killed in the bullring every evening in what is
known as “la fiesta nacional” . What other things attract people to come to San
Fermin parties? The party of course. During eight days there is party
everywhere at any time. There is party in bars, discotheques, clubs, and in the
street. Concerts and night festivals take place every night in packed squares
where people dance, flirt, sing and drink.
I am going to tell you what is the timetable
like for anyone who enjoy these parties.
- Six o’clock: Bullfighting. People take food and drink and spend the
two hours that bullfighting lasts eating and drinking while watching the bloody
spectacle where bull is tortured until death.
-
Eight o’clock: As the bullfighting ends they go
dancing around the streets while drinking of course. After a while they go to
have a dinner at some restaurant or at their respective houses.
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Eleven o’clock: After dinner they go the
Ciudadela Park to watch the fireworks. What they can do while watching the fire
rain? Drinking of course. They buy drink in shops and supermarkets and do what
is known as “binge drinking”.
-
Night: During the whole night people have fun
along the different party places carrying out activities such as drinking,
taking drugs, eating or having sex.
-
Eight o’clock: At this time is held the famous
bulls race. Some people run, some people watch, some people continue to stay at
bars.
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Nine o’clock: Time to have breakfast. Every
typical San Fermin breakfast is made up of two eggs, bacon, sausages, loin
chops, black pudding and French fries. After this slight breakfast they are
ready to sleep until three o’clock. Then they will wake up and start the same
timetable again.
The average cost for every person for the whole
parties is around one thousand euros. Pamplona hospitals attended nine hundred
and fifty four people in the parties of two thousand eleven. Forty three of
them were runners. The rest, people who drank or took drugs. This year will
probably happen the same thing. I also want to highlight that people have sex
everywhere during these parties. Some of them even in the street. As most of
them are drunk, obviously they do not use condoms, which makes the situation
even more dangerous.
If you do not drink alcohol, take drugs or are
not a promiscuous person I would not recommend you to come to Sanfermines. You
will feel out of the party and probably you will not enjoy. It looks like these
parties have been designed for drinkers, drug takers and fuckers. What about
formal people like me? Maybe formal people have not the right of enjoying their
city parties? You can watch a video of the famous races down here and you can
write your comment giving your own opinion about these parties.
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