Today was David's defense of his PhD dissertation! Dr. Apul also arrived today in Barcelona as she was invited to serve on the defense committee. David did a great job defending his thesis and we were all very excited to see him earn his title of Dr. David Sanjuan-Delmás! As usual, we all celebrated with food and champagne afterwards where we were able to talk to David and congratulate him on his great presentation.
Over the weekend we also visited Pamplona for the Festival of San Fermin. It was a weekend full of activities - street performers in the day, fireworks at night, and a never ending sea of people dressed in white and red. The event attracts between one and two million people to Pamplona each year. The running of the bulls (el encierro) is one of the major traditions of the festival. The total length of the run is 850 meters and there are approximately 2,000 people who run in el encierro each day. While in Pamplona, we also met up with Mickey for a bit which was fun!
Fun fact of the day: A major reason The Festival of San Fermin in Pamplona became so popular internationally is largely due to Ernest Hemingway's novel The Sun Also Rises.
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