Our road trip continues into…España!

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Our main intention in Spain was to be in Pamplona (capital of Navarra, Spain) as a part of the Sanfermines (a festival honouring San Fermín, the co-patron saint of Navarre, Spain).  The nine day celebration begins with a rocket (chupinazo) lit from City Hall &amp; thousands of people presenting their red bandanas singing the song "Pobre Mí"...immediately followed by those same thousands spraying down their fellow crowd-goers with shaken bottles of Prosecco (Italian, dry sparkling wine), sangria, mustard, and white flour.  We attempted to avoid these people (aka hoards of drunk teenagers) to try keeping our all-white outfits clean.  Wearing all white with red bandanas is the traditional clothing of the festival and a strongly made request to anyone who wishes to run with the bulls.  Our attempts proved unsuccessful as we took to some of the more dangerous, narrow streets in search of delicious tapas.  The streets were packed with people of all ages, many of them sporting flasks of sangria and carrying 10-gal jugs of the drink.  The architecture reminded us of New Orleans and the activities resembled Mardi Gras with all the residents hanging out their windows and filling the balconies (some of them throwing buckets of water down onto the crowds).  One random guy sprayed us right across our white shirts with sangria, instantly staining them.  :(  We later took advantage of an empty bathroom's soap, sink, and hand dryer...restoring our shirts to an almost-white state.  Most of the excitement of being in Pamplona revolves around partying in the streets all day/night, but we found adventure elsewhere too.  We walked along the high stone walls of an animal park with goats, deer, peacocks, rabbits, ducks, etc. in a lower reserved area; we napped in the park, read to each other, &amp; played Frisbee; we watched live bands play &amp; ate fresh seafood paella; we went to the San Fermín vespers service (dating back to the XV century) in the Church of San Lorenzo; and we ended the night with a firework show (designed by the winner of a recent firework competition).