Denia: Bull Running Part II
38.50.429N 0.07.131E Sunday After a late night on Saturday we had a lie in this morning.
In the afternoon we did a few odd jobs around the boat. Anne made a prototype
mosquito net for the main hatch. We decided to have an early night tonight. Big
mistake. Tonight the live bands were playing in town. They started at midnight
and carried on to 4am. The sound system was very good, clear, but unfortunately
very loud. Hence we stayed up very late listening to the band. We are sure this
is good practice for Monday: We definitely need a lie in this morning. However we dragged
ourselves out of bed to go shopping in the morning when it was cooler. In the
afternoon we had our much needed rest. After failing to take any photos of the bull arena, we went
out tonight and arrived early for the “posh” seats. On Saturday we
were stood down below behind the bars (see pictures below). This time several
bulls were “enticed” into the sea. Three men in a rowing boat
rescued them and sent them back to “play” in the arena. The
pictures below show all. On our way back to the boat we passed the sound stage
where the bands play. A band was warming up. Another late night we feel. The bulls run down the main high street and into the bull
ring. We often wonder if the bulls stop at the china shop on the
high street . On Saturday night we were with the crowds behind the bars
(we stood just to the left of the bull) The crowds try to bait the bull into the sea. The bull
scares the people to jump into the sea! The bulls managed to get lots of people to
“swim”. Safe in the knowledge bulls can’t climb stairs, the
crowd taunt the bull… …oops!!! |