Big Adventures, Little World

Archive for 2011

After the Running of the Bulls we got on the bus and headed towards Zarautz where we would be staying for the next two days. Zarautz is a small town in Basque country in Spain, not too far from San Sebastian. The bus ride took about two hours from Pamplona and once we got there [...]

Since deciding to go to the San Fermin festival, I had been contemplating whether or not to actually participate in the Running of the Bulls. When it all came down to it though, I think it is one of those things that you just have to do while you are there. It’s not something that [...]

The Spanish sure do have the craziest festivals! Although, this could possibly mainly be because of all the tourists that now go to them and make them that way. After participating in La Tomatina last year though, and now the San Fermin festival, among all the other ones I haven’t been too, it’s quite evident [...]

After our bad start to the festival and nearly not even leaving the UK, everything was only going to get better from there. We arrived at Bremen airport early morning then headed into the city centre to grab something to eat and organise some supplies for the festival. We checked out a small part of [...]

The Hurricane Festival in Germany did everything it could to live up to its name. We had wild weather, but also got heat, blue skies, cold, wind, and just about everything the weather could throw at us! We didn’t get off to the greatest start however as when we arrived at Liverpool Street station to [...]