Adventures Beyond Euskadi: Pays Basque
Our experience in Bilbao has been enriched by the group of neighbors that we have grown close to over the last two years. They are natives of Euskadi whom we …
Exploring Euskadi: Durango, Pinueta, and Mungia’s Gran Feria de San Antontxu
I have gotten terrible at writing blog posts in a timely manner. After all, it’s been six months since I wrote my last post about some of our favorite coastal …
The Dozen or so Euskara Words we Know (and Use) in Bilbao, Part 3
It’s August, and I’ve gone almost this entire month without writing a blog (oh no!). Well, August means that the entire country (continent?) is on vacation, so my excuse is …
The Dozen or so Euskara Words we Know (and Use) in Bilbao, Part 2
This continues a series where we explain our limited Euskara vocabulary through the lens of our experiences in Bilbao. Here, we introduce a trip to Bilbao in 2023 coinciding with the Tour de France, and apply it to give context to the Basque words for welcome, good morning, and good night.
Tarta de Queso [Basque Cheesecake]
Directly translated, tarta de queso means cheesecake. However, the style that is available in Euskadi is different from what is served in the United States. To start, tarta de queso …
The Dozen or so Euskara Words We’ve Learned (and Use) in Bilbao, Part 1
During our year and a half in Bilbao, we have picked up a handful of words in the Basque language, Euskara. With this and upcoming blogs, I intend to provide a brief storyline of those words with the most significance in our daily life.
Power Rankings: Gilda
During our stay in Lisbon last winter I wrote my first blog, a Power Ranking of my daily pastel de nata consumption. Since then my posts have focused on Athletic …
Oh, the Places You’ll Go! [Without getting in a car or on a plane]
We returned to Bilbao in December after a trip to the States that included stopovers in 🇮🇪 and 🇩🇪. Normally we travel to and from the airport via bus. It …
Holidays in Bilbao
We returned to Bilbao following our Thanksgiving travels with a focus on acquiring the last of the required documents for our residency-renewal application. That took more running-around than we’d predicted …