{"id":1813,"date":"2017-02-09T21:31:34","date_gmt":"2017-02-09T21:31:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/globetrotters\/?p=1813"},"modified":"2022-04-13T15:42:50","modified_gmt":"2022-04-13T15:42:50","slug":"end-of-semester-one-and-bull-running-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/globetrotters\/end-of-semester-one-and-bull-running-festival\/","title":{"rendered":"End of semester one and bull-running festival"},"content":{"rendered":"

Although I have had to say goodbye to a lot of my friends after the January exam period, we had a week full of amazing experiences, celebrations and trips and now the second term is in full swing with some new friendships starting to form. My flatmates and I had become like a family to each other and it was so hard seeing them leave. However, the people that I am living with now are more than nice. I am such a lucky girl!!<\/p>\n

Apart from the farewell dinners and the awesome end-of-exams parties, some of my friends and I decided to have a spontaneous weekend trip to Sagunto, where we enjoyed one of the most distinguished Spanish traditions – bull-running. I had never seen something so spectacular in my life – an impressive amount of people watching how others challenge the bull and run after it, assuming a high risk for their own life. During the day we visited the remains of the castle in Sagunto as well as the beautiful Roman theatre (where we tried to do a little round of karaoke singing \ud83d\ude00 ). \"WP_20170128_14_53_00_Pro\" \"C__Data_Users_DefApps_AppData_INTERNETEXPLORER_Temp_Saved \"C__Data_Users_DefApps_AppData_INTERNETEXPLORER_Temp_Saved \"C__Data_Users_DefApps_AppData_INTERNETEXPLORER_Temp_Saved \"WP_20170128_14_02_17_Pro\" \"WP_20170128_14_02_23_Pro\" \"WP_20170128_14_04_40_Pro\" \"WP_20170128_14_31_40_Pro\" \"WP_20170128_14_34_51_Pro\" \"WP_20170128_14_30_24_Pro\"<\/p>\n

And in order to get a feeling of what it is to be in a cage and face a bull with burning horns, here are some pictures from the festival itself:<\/p>\n

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