Since leaving London my trip has been going a thousand miles per hour. I arrived in Paris and could only get 3 nights accommodation so had to leave. I ended up going to San Sebastian in Spain hoping to stay there a few nights before heading to Bilbao for a bit before the festival. Unfortunately I could only get 1 night accommodation there though and had to move onto Bilbao with over a week to spare before the festival!
But back to Paris, I had an amazing 3 days there. I did a walking tour of the city and got incredibly sunburnt and then went to gay pride parade in Paris. Sophie Ellis Bextor was there and played Murder on the Dance Floor which was fun. The next day I had to wait for 2.5 hours to book a train out of France but luckily I was with two other travelers so it wasn´t so bad then we went to the Grand Palais and the Petit Palais which are both free museums. There was a Helmut Newton show on as well. He is quite a famous German-Australian fashion photographer, so that was really cool to see a collection of his works. That night a met a girl from Hobart in my hostel and we decided to go see the Eiffel Tower and eat dinner on the lawns that surround it. What we didn´t realise was the soccer final for Euro cup 2012 was on that night and there were thousands of soccer fans watching the game on the lawns! It was still good fun though.
San Sebastian was amazingly beautiful and I wish I could of stayed there longer but it all worked out for the best because . . . . when I got to Bilbao I met these two Canadian chicks and an American guy and we spent the day together, had the most amazing 3 course meal with plenty of red wine for only 10 euro each and then they convinced me to go to San Fermin or Running with the Bulls.
THAT´S WHEN ALL THE FUN STARTED
So I went with Max, the American guy, to a tour company thingo for the festival and we were supposed to meet up with the two girls later on. On the bus trip there we met this guy called Jesse who happened to be going to the same tour thingo. It was called Stoke. So we arrived at the camp and drank Sangria with all the group. The next day was the opening ceremony which everyone wears white to and has Sangria fights. Excellent combination! The next day the running starts and I hang out with this girl, Elizabeth, who Jesse had met a few days earlier. The next day I decided to run with the bulls with Elizabeth and Jesse! It was freaking insane! If you go on Youtube you can look up footage.
This is Jesse, me and Elizabeth at running with the bulls.
Once that finished I met back up with the two Canadian girls and Max and we all went to Ibiza. Max's sister knew this guy who lives there and produces House music and was able to get us all into clubs for free! After two days I said my goodbyes and jumped on a plane back to Bilbao for Bilbao BBK Live.
Max, Jocelyn and I at a pool party by the beach in Ibiza
I made friends with these two Spanish guys whilst waiting for a bus to the festival site on the first night of the festival and they asked if I was travelling alone and if I wanted to camp with them and some other people they had met on an online forum for people who were going to the festival alone. I said yes and got to hang out with this really nice group of Spanish people for the festival.
@ Bilbao BBK Live
All these photos are from other peoples Facebooks because I haven´t found a computer that will take my SD chip from my camera. So later you can expect more photos of London, Paris etc.
Tomorrow I head to Barcelona for a few nights!
