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The importance of ‘work’ in the Basque Culture 9 Apr 2013 | 06:21 pm
As I dashed out of my neighbour’s farm Amatxi (the grandmother) waved to me from the door ‘Que trabajes mucho!’ she said; a translation from the Basque ‘lan haunditz egin’ meaning ‘I hope you have lot...
Cider Houses in the Basque Country .. and a few less trees 15 Feb 2013 | 11:41 pm
For some reason cider has become the theme of the week … and not a drop has yet passed my lips . .. I swear! My partner, the village lawyer, always seems to get interesting cases when it is cider … Co...
Talk about languages; we have enough problems with our own! 7 Feb 2013 | 06:16 pm
Talking about languages; we seem to have problems enough with our own! How many of us have tried in vain to get past the automated telephone systems that protect companies from their clients! (For tho...
Don´t take the Spanish people out of learning Spanish 29 Jan 2013 | 11:22 pm
I am always amazed at the number of Spanish language schools in Spain that boast about their highly sophisticated language labs full of the latest technology! Surely, (I have always thought) it is far...
Spanish Language Courses at the Open University: their Perfect Summer Complement 22 Jan 2013 | 07:28 pm
For over a decade a stream of Open University Spanish language students have braved the 10 hairpin bends to our Pyrenean farmhouse for a chat! Our total immersion Spanish language holidays have always...
Change of Language? Change of Personality? 14 Dec 2012 | 06:37 pm
Once again thank you to Francois Grosjean, Ph.d. Emeritus professor of Psycholinguistics at Neuchâtel University, Switzerland, for his latest blog on bilingualism and personality change. Without falli...
Basque Smugglers and Tomatoes 29 Nov 2012 | 06:06 pm
Koilkil, our retired smuggling friend, continues to surprise us with his tales of smuggling cows and horses over the Spanish/French borders of the Basque Pyrenees. He rarely speaks with animosity abou...
Lunch & Autumn Walks in Ituren (17th November 2012) 14 Nov 2012 | 11:34 pm
The best way to start off this invitation is with a picture of Ituren on the school run down the mountain earlier this week .. and if this photo came with a sound track, you would also hear the haunti...
El Día del Joaldunak (When I got the dates wrong!) 24 Jul 2012 | 06:25 pm
Lazaro, the Joaldunak leader, prepares to perform 'on the wrong day'! It is the day that only the villagers know about, (and me) and last year I got it terribly wrong! This is the private...
Edorta sings Razón de Vivir by Victor Heredia 5 Jul 2012 | 09:38 pm
Some more wonderful memories of Edorta as he sings ‘Razón de vivir’ to another Spanish group on the terrace of our home last autumn. No international house-party here in Ituren would be the same witho...
