The San Isidro Bullfights 2024

Brian's Spain Domain

Jun 23 2024 | 00:13:42

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Show Notes

Every year for about a month, the most important bullfighting tournament in the world takes place in Madrid’s Las Ventas bullring. There was an event almost every day. This year the arena filled to the brim almost every day, but the bullfights themselves were generally subpar, compared to last year. We went to one and […]

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