October 4, 2009
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Hemingway got nuthin on me
The last bullfight in Sevilla was today. At 430 after drinking two coffees with Katie and Chelsea, we saw the poster advertising the bullfight, and 45 minutes later, dripping in sweat, contraband vino in hand, I found myself 2nd row from the bullring.
The three bullfighters were respectively 19, 20, and 21. The 4th fight we saw the 20 year old get lifted about by the bleeding bull and thrown to the ground. The fighter was mashed up between the bull’s feet and he was holding on to the bull’s horns to avoid being smashed into the ground by the bull’s head. The audience was gasping and shouting. The bull was eventually distracted by the other fighters waving their capes and the injured fighter was carried off. We didn’t feel sad when that bull was stabbed in the brain.
Tonight their is a soccer (futbol) game between Madrid and Sevilla, but I think I may have seen enough conflict for today.
Adios
