Bull Flight
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A page from enjoy-europe.com by author and photographer John Bermont with help from daughter Stephanie. |
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I sent my daughter Stephanie to Europe for the summer again to bring back impressions from the next generation. She was 20 then and has been flying solo to Italy as an unaccompanied minor (UM) nearly every year since she was 7. She stays with her aunt Anita and family, near Milan. In Spain 2008, she studied Spanish culture and language at Universidad de Salamanca. On a field trip with some other students to see the bulls, Stephanie had a close encounter. Notice the expressions on the faces of the spectators, two of whom are well protected. Here is her report. 
Today we went to the country and messed around with a baby bull. We were in the bull ring. We were
all around it trying to get its attention. Finally towards the end it chased me.
The place is called Picadero Valverde, near Alba de Tormes. It's a place in the country where they
raise bulls. We went into a field filled
with bulls, but of course we were on a truck, not walking through them. It was sooo much fun. The
place is run by a husband and wife
whose son is actually a bullfighter They played a video and educated us on bullfighting. It's not
as vile as I thought it was.
The restaurant there was filled with pictures of bullfighters and their son's first bullfighter
outfit. There are about ten massive bull heads mounted on the wall. I think that was my best experience so far.
Some people are going to Pomplona tonight to run tomorrow morning but there wasn't room in the car.
I know there's no way I'm running so I didn't need to go anyway.
To see what was happening before the bull took off after my Stephanie click babybull. See Stephanie's Paris blog at O hey Europe. |
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Bull Flight
My daughter Stephanie enters the ring and encounters a baby bull in Spain, then flies for her life! |
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