I'll skip right over the cold wind and waves of drizzle as I walked down the valley of the Arga. And I will ignore describing the greasy grey mess created by the big magnesium mining operation scarring the verdant green farmlands. I will leap straight into the concrete charms of Pamplona. I say concrete because the bullring of Hemingway fame was rebuilt in 1922, the first such building to be sculpted out of the material. With a capacity of 22,000 it is a booking nightmare for the million or so that turn-up each year for the running of the bulls. This year's in another few weeks starting on the 6th of July for a mad nine days.
What I found delightful was away from the coming carnage and the golden interior of the cathedral. It was a water park created along the Arga incorporating what would normally be an ugly hydro electricity plant. Someone had got all the masses right in adding a footbridge, indoor swimming pool and restaurant jutting out over the river, an aquatic club and a swift public lift to wisked you several storeys to the shopping streets above
Posted from Lee Shipley's phone
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