Each year on July 7th the streets of Pomplona in Spain explode with thousands of people

parading the statue of the city's patron saint. Thanks to Hemingway the week-long

San Framine festival also attracts daredoubles from all around the world.

You jump in the middle of a street, you see a bull and you run. That's a basic technique.

Hi I'm Rick Steeves. Coming up Francisco Claria guides us through the annual running of the bulls.

And in Alaska, there's a different kind of rush, as sled dog teams compete each winter in a thousand mile endurance race.

This year, my younger sister, Jen Jan followed through on her dream to complete

the Iditarod. Jan shares with us what it was like to stand on a dog sled in sub-zero

weather for two solid weeks. For me I'm just in a different world out there.

And if the thrills you prefer come in the pages of an absorbing novel,

will unravel why Scandinavia has become a hot spot for crime fiction.

It's the kind of society where people keep secrets.

Adventures just ahead on today's travel with Rick Steeves.

A personal guide through the crazy week of the Running of the bulls in Pompalona, Spain, and the back story on the craze and crime fiction coming out of Scandinavia.

That's coming up today on Travel with Rick Steves.

Let's start with an accomplished dog musher from this year's I did a rod race,

who just happens to be my little sister, Jan Steves.

She's joined by her friend Bob Clupak from Willow Alaska.

Bob's a veteran dog mushure,

and he helped Jan develop her skills to run in and finish

the legendary a Diderod sled dog race across Alaska

for the first time this year.

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