Last week
Tía Tula visited the beautiful town of La Alberca and the bull farm and we were
accompanied by the lovely group from Qatar.
We were
lucky as the sun was shining and it was really warm! This meant we could eat
our lunch in the main square of La Alberca.
After lunch
we headed to La Peña de Francia where we saw the amazing views from El Paso de
los Lobos. If you haven´t been, it’s definitely worth a visit!
Finally we
went to the bull farm which was my personal favorite. The whole group was taken
into the middle of a field of bulls on a trailer where Antonio, the owner,
explained some very interesting things about the bulls. He explained that bulls
have to be kept in a very large area so that they don´t turn on each other
because when they are in enclosed spaces, this is when they attack. He also
explained that it´s unlikely the bull will attack you when they are in the
large area because they prefer to flee but there are two exceptions: when they
are injured or with calves, in these cases they are likely to attack.
After the
tour of the bulls, it was the groups turn to run away! Only those who were
brave enough dared to enter the bull ring, where a calf chased them around. It
sounds innocent but the calf ran fast and I’m sure it wouldn´t have tickled the
students should it have caught up with them.
After a
very exciting 20 minutes, Antonio let us ride his horse. I was very proud of
the group because they all hopped on one by one without any fear and enjoyed
the experience.
It was an
amazing day and a day I will never forget. I just wanted to say that I hope the
group had a safe trip home. We all miss you at Tía Tula and we hope you can
come back at some point in the future.
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