On Friday night we attended the “Corrida de Toros” in the Plaza de Toros here in San Luis Potosí for the first time.  We went with our new exchange student from France and our friend Lillian (who is surprisingly well versed in this subject.)

Bullfights are one of those things in life that you either enjoy or don’t.  Fortunately we all fell into the “enjoy” column and had a great night.

The evening was made even more interesting when one of the bulls sent a torero flying through the air.  Fortunately he was not hurt badly and quickly resumed the bullfight.

I won’t go into all the details—as the pictures below speak for themselves and I’ve also posted a video clip.

If you ever have the opportunity, I would recommend going to a corrida yourself (and if possible invite a smart Mexican friend that can explain things.)

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More info:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bullfighting
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torero