We finally made it to a bull fight and it was awesome. They basically wall off the sides of the streets in town and let a bull go. A rope is tied around its neck to keep it in a certain area and then idiots jump in the streets and try to make it MORE mad. At each fight they do four different bulls and each lasts about 30 to 45 minutes. It's pretty intense. As you will see in the videos below, when that bull comes at the wall you are behind...you need to get the heck out of there. One bull broke through a wall a few yards down from us!! Yeah, we had an escape route all figured out. We had a blast and Grady loved it even though he wasn't anywhere near the wall when that bull would come by. Scott held him most of the time back away from the wall near our escape route. The local people here live for these fights. There is a bull fight almost everyday of the week somewhere on the island. Oh and sorry about the first video...I wasn't sticking around to see if that bull could jump the wall! When the locals run, you run!!
Love your site! Sure miss you and really wish we were there. Almost got MawMaw to say she would go see you! Ha! We'll see....
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