My name is JD Gonzales from Dallas, TX. I am a Business Marketing Major at Loyola New Orleans

Pamplona was never one of the stops on our study abroad Business Program this summer. We were just supposed to stay in Barcelona.  Earlier in the week we joked about running with the bulls and getting tickets and how much fun it would be. It was Tuesday evening when me, four others and eve one of our professors secured our tickets for a Friday morning run with the Bulls in Pamplona.

A 7 and a half train ride Thursday night got us to Pamplona  at 530 in the morning when we immediately walked our way to the course.

It really sank in that we were actually going to do this when when we left the group of girls we were with in order to get to the course. They went to the Stadium to watch us run in with the bulls.

We walked the course, talked to some people who had run it before for advice, and had some of the most fun of our lives.

People around the world, I know because I used to be one of them, are saying, "Those people who run with the bulls are idiots."  I have done a complete 180 and I can honestly say it was one of the more profound and beautiful moments of my life.  I will never forget this incredible experience and Im glad I took so many videos and pictures along the way.  I am apart of Pamplona's Running with the Bulls histroy....Forever.

John (JD) Gonzales

Loyola New Orleans Business Marketing