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Another crazy week to add to my Overseas Experience. Running away from Bulls, sangria filled water pistols, and partying up with Spain after they won their worldcup semi finals game against Germany.

I heard from my friend Jye that the Pamplona bull runs were one of the most amazing things he had done during his travels… he wasn’t lying. The bulls weren’t hugely scary, for the most part you only experience 3 secs as they race past… but its the sheer panic and fear on everyones face that really gets the adrenaline going.

The brave/moronic woke up on Wednesday morning to participate in the first bull runs of the San Fermin festival. In the dark we were ushered into coach loads of ‘Bovine’ cannon fodder and sent on an hour long mission to Pamplona. Once in Pamplona we ducked under a few barriers, and were at the beginning of the town hall. We were waiting for the rockets to fire at 8pm to signal the starting of the first bull runs. I stuck closely to the PP travel guys who had done it last year,  as I did not want to be part of the group that got culled on the first morning. continue reading…

Quite an eventful week this week.

• Thursday – Media Awards
  Stellar effort by James Green and Josiah Amartey bringing home the ‘Best use of Affilliate Marketing’ for their work on HMV
• Friday – BBC Track Day
  Spent the with Top Gear crew and Stig, putting a Lotus Exige, and a Elise around the Dunsfield Aerodrome track – Videos to follow of my horrendous driving effort.
• Saturday – Serpentine in Hyde Park
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Snowbombing in 2010… April (kicks of Easter Monday, hence one day free holiday! Blamo!

Fly to Munich, Transfer to Austria, Party up for 5 days and Snowboard for 5 days….

I’m guessing its going to be just shy of £1000 for everything… that can’t be that bad for a snow trip… (not to mention you get a festival on top of it….)..

Mmmmm Food for though, might even keep this in the pocket for next year…. (*shrug)

Apparently one of the best festivals to happen in Europe, kicking off on July 6th, it runs till July 14th , 24 hours a day:)

I’ve just booked by tickets with PP Travel (they are doing a 20 off promotion).

Flying in to Biarritz (via Ryan Air) on the 3rd of July, and then flying out on the 11th – I’ve heard you dont really need to do the full festival… not sure mother would appreciate me putting my life at risk 8 days in a row. Suffice to say that PP travel are currently doing an accomodation package – which is a flat fee of 169 (unless u book before January 31st, in which you get 20 pounds off). Seeing as the festival is still 6 months away – its quite surprising that airfares are already so high… so unless you’re quite partial to sitting on bus/ferry for 24 hours – I suggest most people do the same. At the moment Ryan Air flights are around…. 120(incl. one bag) and Easyjet to Bilbao is about (200). Of course you could always fly to Madrid, and take a 3 hour train up – which could be equally fun… and less tiresome then the overland trek from london;)

So I reckon a few day in Pamplona, drinking Sangria up to my eyeballs – and then another few days in San Sebastian – recovering, and drinking more Sangria… and maybe some Skydiving!

Keeeeen as!