#pamplona Archives • Folksy Travel by Bill Smale

Pamplona (Iruña)

i’m sure you have heard about the “running of the bulls“ in Spain. That happens in Pamplona and the reason I wanted to visit. It’s on the way to Madrid from France by train so it’s very easy to access. It’s kind of an interesting city and I think you need two days to look around and see most of the sites. This is where Ernest Hemmingway came to see the running of the bulls and enjoy the Spanish environment with some connection to the Civil War.

Hemmingway poster walking in Spain — Of course you need to have a poster of Hemmingway whether he visited the shop or not

Interesting building walking in Spain — Just an interesting building

Beautiful view walking in Spain — A beautiful view from on top of the hill

Colorful building walking in Spain — I don’t know. This just struck me as interesting with the buildings and the angles and colors.

Interesting site Bill Smale — Another interesting site

Fueros de Navarre Bill Smale — Monument to the Fueros of Navarre

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fueros_of_Navarre

Cured pork Bill Smale — Cured pork, Iberian of course. You will find the shops in every city and you’ll find very different varieties of cured pork and other meat and sausage.

Merchant Street — Calle de los Mercederes

Old shops — A couple old shops with a pharmacy plastered with graffiti

San Sebastián

this town is really known for his food, comfort and beach front. This was not exactly the season for the ocean and I just stopped here on the way to Madrid having been here before and enjoying the beachfront area. I highly recommend this town and you should spend two or three days here or maybe more just to relax and to soak up the international cuisine and feeling of the area.

Tapas — Pickled onion peppers and olives with some anchovies and chorizo

Bridge entrance — The large monument entrance to the bridge

Toilet paper variety — Even a variety of toilet paper. As we say in Thailand “up to you”

Zaragoza

I did not find Zaragoza very interesting but then it was raining all the time, it was just a one day stop over and it was a long walk to get any food on a Sunday. But this large hotel was right at the station and not expensive. It had the longest corridor I have ever seen in a hotel. You could walk and walk and walk and never get to the other end, just like Hotel California.

The traveler — A print in the hotel was just kind of interesting. Actually it is me with my Borsalino, my coat and my suitcase.

Interesting site — The most interesting thing I saw in the city

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