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San Fermín! San Fermín! San Fermín! 狂奔‧狂歡‧奔牛節

I’ve just come back from my second trip to Spain. The reason for choosing this time of the year is obvious: the bull running in Pamplona, a main part of the festivities during Fiesta de San Fermín (also called Los Sanfermines in Spanish). This festival draws a flood of tourists from around the world, from 6th to 14th July every year. 剛剛到西班牙旅遊,選擇這個時候,就是為了參觀一年一度在潘普洛納(Pamplona)舉行的奔牛節(亦稱聖佛明節,Fiesta de San Fermín)。奔牛節每年7月6日至14日舉行,不少遊客都蜂湧而至。 San Fermín was already in the air when I was travelling on the overnight train from Barcelona to Pamplona ( Barcelona is worth a few blogs in itself!) In the same carriage, I could spot 20 or so of those ‘bull runners’ all dressed in the distinctive white ‘uniform’ with red bandanas and another piece of red cloth around the waist, helping themselves to their own large stock of beer. Fortunately those people were also helping themselves to some rest later in the trip like me … 其實從巴塞羅那坐過夜火車往潘普洛納時( 巴塞羅那 我會稍後好好寫一下),就已感受到一般歡慶的氣氛,我的車卡裡便有二、三十個穿了全副「制服」的男子漢,白色裝束