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Hemingway Adventure
Pamplona, Spain (second day)
Most of them know somebody who has been hurt in the bull-run and Curly has had his leg broken. His injury, as with most others, was not caused by a bull but by someone trying to get out of the way of the bulls. A fifty-something man from Austin, Texas, offers me several reasons why this will be his fifth consecutive year on the bull-run, of which the most intriguing is: 'It's an aphrodisiac, Michael. Believe me.'Believe him or not, I can1t help thinking Viagra would be a lot easier.
Whoever you speak to, the talk is all of the next high - the encierro (running of the bulls) which will begin tomorrow morning at eight o'clock sharp.
There is not much rest to be had in Pamplona tonight. Those who have run with the bulls before will try to sleep as best they can. Those who haven't will, likely as not, have been awake most of the night saucing themselves up. Those of us who are here to film have to be getting into positions on the course by six o'clock. And the noise goes on. It's like the night before battle.
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PALIN'S GUIDES
- Series: Hemingway Adventure
- Chapter: Pamplona, Spain (second day)
- Country/sea: Spain
- Place: Pamplona
- Book page no: 100
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