Despite the tradegy of yesterday’s encierro, San Fermin has continued here in full swing. Not in any disrespect to the deceased – moments of silence are being held before every official event and the bullfight yesterday began with the bull ‘Cappuccino’ during which the arena was silent. However, because the weekend has arrived, so have many more people. With that in mind, this morning’s encierro may have had even more people than each one the entire week beforehand, and I’d guess that there are still more people coming. Today’s encierro was clean, though a bull did get separated from the pack and, while behind, did charge one participant, but no major injuries were sustained.

The feeling of the encierro has changed for me though. This morning was different – I was ready, I set my camera, and then the rocket went off and I was terrified. This is the second day I’ve been able to watch from a balcony – yesterday was from Estafeta 23, and today Mercaderes 8 (look them up at bullbalcony.com) – and both days the view was incredible, but today I was afraid of being able to see so well. Luckily, nothing went terribly wrong. I’m sure I’ll settle, as will the rest of the people here, soon enough. Viva, San Fermin.

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