Peña de Los Gatos
Viva San Fermin! Gora San Fermi n!
Peña de Los Gatos promotes and celebrates the Fiesta de San Fermin
held each year in Pamplona, Spain.
held each year in Pamplona, Spain.
This year, author and Peña member John Hemingway, grandson of Ernest Hemingway, joined us for Fiesta. It was his grandfather's book, The Sun Also Rises, that brought Pamplona to the attention of the world. Check out John's blog here.
Visit sanfermin.com for complete San Fermin news and information.
Read Pamplona, Running the bulls, bars, and Barrios in Fiesta de San Fermin by Ray Mouton. There is no better work on Fiesta.
Pena member Jonathan Knowles was interviewd by the BBC and by NPR's The World. Read the story or listen to the NPR MP3 at The World.
Click here to read On the Sunny Side, by Kelly Knowles
Held each year in Pamplona, Spain in July, San Fermin (the Spanish call it Sanfermines) is much more than the daily spectacle of the encierros or "the running of the bulls" early each morning and much more than the corrida de toros in the Plaza de Toros late each afternoon. We celebrate with singing and dancing in the plaza del Castillo (<- link to live web cam) into the night; we celebrate with family and friends.
About Peña de Los Gatos
The generous people of Iruña (Basque for
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Some would say that there can really not be such a thing as a "foreign" peña. That the very notion is ridiculus. For us, our peña is all done in fun. If ever the statement, "to each their own" was true, it is durinf Fiesta.
All are welcome to join Peña de
The are no fees, dues, or applications. If you wish to join our club or join us for Sanfermines 2009 or anytime, please contact us!
We have just returned from Pamploma and we are already planning for Fiesta 2009!
