The Basque Country
A favorite of mine. Euskal Herria covers a region from Biarritz to Bilbao and Tudela.
An afternoon in Tudela
The boys were gathered in a circle, some yards from where I stood....
A Basque farewell
Since 2013 I have spent a lot of time in the Basque Country,...
San Fermin 2022
Around the world, the Covid Pandemic has brought about many changes. Some are...
A bit too long in Legarda
It took four days to find a room in Pamplona for the next...
Back on the road
With the lifting of a lot of restrictions, I spent some time looking...
The last page is missing
Imagine reading a book which page by page yields good stuff, then you...
Pamplona without the leaves
The day previously: airports, some trains and other public transportation had been shut...
A festival and change of plans
I discovered this year in Pamplona that there are Street festivals for many...
3 hours in Artajona
The nights are getting quite cool now in Pamplona, so I grabbed a...
Durango
The sheriff of Durango caught the outlaws and slung them in jail. At...
Buses and a concrete artist
I find it interesting how pricing changes for flights. The use of companies...
Seven and then
Going from a to b in London, at any time, is a pain...
Faces of the San Fermin
One of the things about large festivals, is the number of people and...
Walking Pamplona's City Walls
Fortress cities abound in Europe. Sitting in a valley plain nestled between mountain...
5 Tips for Surviving the San Fermin
Wild, exciting, tiring, mayhem, messy, expensive and very, very crowded. Every year on...
The Walls of Pamplona
If you visit Pamplona, there are a few things that are very noticeable....
Bolivian Festival of the Virgin Urkupina
There are a lot of Bolivians in Pamplona. They bring part of their...
Cold beer, silence and a water snake
The temperature was in the mid ninties, it was humid, the San Fermin...
Olite in the afternoon
The apartment, where room I rented in Pamplona, was on the corner of...
Oronoz-Mugaire to Legasa by foot
Looking at the map, the two towns appeared close enough to do a...
Narrow streets and ancient churches
The morning was still cool as I boarded a bus to Estella. The...
Two hours in Beasain
Looking at the map I figured the bus journey would be, at best,...
San Martin in the mountains
The bus had stopped right across the road from the church of St....
Sunday afternoon stroll
If you happen to visit Pamplona, you will find that nearly everything shuts...
San Fermin 2015 - Part II
One of the main aspects of the San Fermin is the family. More...
San Fermin 2015 - Part I
They stand, waving the red scarves, waiting, waiting. A man reaches out and...
The artist and the shopkeeper
I sat having a beer with two friends at a local bar. One...
Pamplona's Old Town Festival
Once a year, the old part of Pamplona has a kind of festival....
Back to Basque
I stood with my hands on the rail looking out across the city....
A short stay in Pamplona
I had spent the summer doing a lot of hiking and getting in...
