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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.

Of course you need to have a poster of Hemmingway whether he visited the shop or not
Just an interesting building
A beautiful view from on top of the hill
I don’t know. This just struck me as interesting with the buildings and the angles and colors.
Another interesting site
Monument to the Fueros of Navarre

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

Inscription on the monument
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.
Calle de los Mercederes
A couple old shops with a pharmacy plastered with graffiti
Plaza Consistorial

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.

Maria Cristina bridge
Pickled onion peppers and olives with some anchovies and chorizo
The large monument entrance to the bridge
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.

Long corridor
A print in the hotel was just kind of interesting. Actually it is me with my Borsalino, my coat and my suitcase.
The most interesting thing I saw in the city
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