By Cathy Elelman • Published: 10 Sep 2019 • 19:15
FAMILY-FRIENDLY: Giant inflatable bulls stood in for the real thing. CREDIT: Ayuntamiento de Adra
NOT all bull runs in Spain are the same. This week Adra celebrated what was very much a family-friendly affair, rather endearing looking giant inflatable bulls standing in for the distinctly more dangerous real thing. Nearly 1,000 locals of all ages wearing white and sporting red bandanas packed the town’s streets to charge through the streets with the blow-up bulls to a makeshift bullring in what was the 14th San Nicolas de Tolentino run.
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Cathy Elelman is the local writer for the Costa de Almeria edition of the Euro Weekly News.
Based in Mojacar for the last 21 years, Cathy is very much part of the local community and is always well and truly up on all the latest news and events going on in this region of Spain.
Her top goals are to do the best job she can informing the local English-speaking community, visitors to the area and the wider world about about the news in Almeria, to learn something new every day, and to embrace very new challenge this fast-changing world brings her way.
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