Basque

... States on August 21st and I will return December 22nd. During these 4 months, I will attend classes in Spanish; Culture of the Basque Country, History of Spanish Art, Spanish Grammar, The Postmodern Man, and one about poverty/the poor in our society.

Walking the Camino de Compostela, the oldest Christian pilgrimage, from the French border near San Sebastian, to Compostela in the west of N. Spain. It was a journey of 823 Km where you stay in special pilgrim hostels along the way, walking between 20- ...

... with deep red trim.  Entering the village of Sare, the first thing I noticed were the bakeries advertising Gateau Basque, a rich pastry filled with either custard or cherry, which conveniently provides your annual quota of butter in one small ...

... the farmyard of a rather dilapidated homestead that appeared more enamored with the 18th century than the 21st.   Another feature of Basque countryside is stone fencing unlike any I've seen. Great slabs of slate or sandstone are upended, then butted ...

... where it comes from. The most accepted hypothesis right now is that people living in Anatolia (actual Turkey) travelled to the Basque country and implanted their language there about 2000 years B.C. It survived the arrival of the 'real' Europeans (the ...