PAMPLONA!

Woah...this spontaneity thing is crazy - after a bunch of us came with with the brilliant, yet ridiculous idea of going to the Running of the Bulls in Spain for this weekend, ideas became reality today, as we bought tickets to Spain this morning. We are levaing this afternoon at 3pm for Irun, Spain, just across the border from France, where we hope to catch a bus that heads from Irun to Barcelona and hope to God makes a stop in Pamplona. If that doesn't work, we will spend the night in Irun and take a train to Pamplona tomorrow morning.
Once in Pamplona, it'll be crazy: running of the bulls happens every morning and there is a huge party all day afterwards. The run happens at 8am - and there are two sections of runners: the first is the crazy people who ACTUALLY run with the bulls; the second is the crowd of people who follow and are out of harm's way - but can still say they did it. We will probably be in the second - so no worries, mom, I'll be okay.
There are 6 of us going with nothing but backpacks and the clothes on our back - hoping to find a place to sleep each night. And better yet, since Spain is playing in the World Cup final, we will be able to watch the game on Sunday night!! Crazy!
We get back Monday from the sure-to-be adventure of a lifetime. I will not have Internet access between now and then, so no blogs until later, sorry!
Viva España!!