> > Tequila, I haven't seen much, being as it is Spain and not Mexico :) >
Ha! the drunkest I ever got in my whole life was on tequila in Spain. -- Bob > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Juan Buhler > Sent: 12 July 2007 23:09 > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: Re: PESO: Some morning fun > > On 7/12/07, Jack Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Very effective shot. BTW, how much Tequila does it take to have such > > "fun"? > > Tequila, I haven't seen much, being as it is Spain and not Mexico :) > > The official drink is Kalimotxo, a 50-50 mix of Coca Cola and cheap > wine. Don't ask. I have to say I haven't tried it, in five years > coming to Pamplona. > > Other than that there's plenty of beer, sangria, wine, or patxaran, a > sweet local liquor. > > Police will take out of the run anybody who's visibly drunk. > > Me, I run about fifteen times in the last few years--it's the best way > to see it up close, and it's actually possible to graduate the amount > of risk you take. Of course, things like today's can happen, but they > are rare. > > As Bob said, it goes back a long time. That's part of the > attraction--it's a crazy, dangerous, cruel, primitive and millenary > tradition. I'm not sure I see it lasting more than another 100 years > or so, and somehow that makes it a bit more interesting. > > That and the drunk girls dressed in white and soaked in sangria. > > :) > > j > > > > > Jack > > --- Juan Buhler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > I'm in Pamplona, another year in the fiesta. This year > for the first > > > time, I haven't run with the bulls for a couple of days, > and instead > > > got a press pass to shoot from the sidelines. > > > > > > This morning's was one of the worst encierros in the last 10 or 12 > > > years. 13 injured, 7 or them gored. All for some morning fun, like > > > someone said years ago. > > > > > > This is my pic: > > > > > > http://photoblog.jbuhler.com/index.php?showimage=839 > > > > > > (K10D, 16-45/4, shutter set at 1/15 to get some motion) > > > > > > Comments/opinions welcome. > > > > > > j > > > > > > > > > -- > > > Juan Buhler - http://www.jbuhler.com > > > photoblog: http://photoblog.jbuhler.com > > > a book: http://www.jbuhler.com/book.html > > > > > > -- > > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > > [email protected] > > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________ > ______________________ > > It's here! Your new message! > > Get new email alerts with the free Yahoo! Toolbar. > > http://tools.search.yahoo.com/toolbar/features/mail/ > > > > -- > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > [email protected] > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > > > > -- > Juan Buhler - http://www.jbuhler.com > photoblog: http://photoblog.jbuhler.com > a book: http://www.jbuhler.com/book.html > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
