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Ever since Ernest Hemingway popularized the fiesta de San Fermn with the publication of The Sun Also Rises in 1926, the world has been enthralled with the concept of running with the bulls. For millions, running with the bulls remains on their bucket list, and for Hemingway fans it is a lifelong dream. For Peter N. Milligan, it is a way of life. Part memoir and part travel guide, Bulls Before Breakfast recounts Milligan's many adventures in Pamplona, Spain. In his dozen years of visiting the fiesta de San Fermn, Milligan has run with the bulls over 70 times and accumulated stories both thrilling and terrifying. Bulls Before Breakfast is the definitive guide to Pamplona, its famed fiesta, and the surrounding Kingdom of Navarra. It is also a memoir of two brothers running with the bulls and exploring every corner of the city, the countryside, the mountains, the beaches, and the famed restaurants of the Basque hinterland.
About the Author
As of this writing, Peter has run with the bulls 75 times (sometimes safely) in Pamplona, Spain, and has spent the last decade climbing around the Pyrénées, investigating the Basque beaches, and gently interrogating locals on where they eat. The annual fiesta de San Fermín is his all-consuming passion. Every July 6 through 14, for the rest of his life, you will know where to find Peter N. Milligan: on the cobblestoned streets of Pamplona. Both and his brother have suffered injuries in Pamplona, but neither are dissuaded from running.For Peter, there is no beach that is too far away, and the ocean water is never too cold anywhere. He is slowly visiting every national park, art museum and zoo in the world. He and his family are walking the entire Appalachian Trail, together in sections. Peter will someday see every Van Gogh painting known to exist. He loves brass ring carousels. On March 30, 2010 he was the first person to ride Dumbo in Disney Land, a task that had been a lifetime goal.Peter resides in a suburb of Philadelphia, on the Jersey side of the river, and is the co-founder, along with his brother, of the Philadelphia Peña and Taurino Club, which was founded in 1989 in the Echelon Mall Food Court. It is one of sixteen recognized international peñas.
