Pamplona is presented as a destination in a planned July journey through Spain, not as a setting in a narrated visit. Its place in the account is defined by anticipation: the narrator and Hadley were economizing to make the trip, which was to continue from Pamplona to Madrid and then Valencia.

Place in the Planned Itinerary

The narrator’s stated plan was to go to the feria at Pamplona in July, travel onward to Madrid, and attend the feria at Valencia. Pamplona thus marks the first named stop in a larger Spanish itinerary; the available passages do not supply details about the city, its streets, or events there.

The Cost of Getting There

The journey depended on careful saving. The couple were living economically and spending only on necessities so they could afford to travel. The narrator had received a two-hundred-dollar advance from Boni and Liveright for a first book of short stories due to appear in America that autumn, and was also selling work to the Frankfurter Zeitung, Der Querschnitt, This Quarter, and The Transatlantic Review. These earnings form the practical background to Pamplona’s appearance: the destination was part of a trip they were trying to make possible, not an already-secured excursion.

Anticipation Rather Than Arrival

The account identifies Pamplona as the intended opening stop but does not confirm that the narrator and Hadley reached it. Other travel plans and episodes in the passages should not be mistaken for a record of the Pamplona visit. The city remains on the horizon of the narrative, attached to a future journey whose route is stated more clearly than its outcome.

Narrative Significance

Pamplona’s brief mention gives the couple’s financial restraint a concrete purpose and places Spain within their plans beyond daily life in Paris. Its significance here lies in that forward pull: a named destination, a July timetable, and an itinerary extending through Madrid to Valencia, all framed by the need to conserve money.