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