Basque
The estrobo, that crucial yet little-known piece of our seafaring tradition
In San Sebastián we not only look to the sea when we want to admire the incomparable La Concha bay. Long before the sea became a source of fun and beauty, way back in the 16th century, the sturdy Basque fishermen, those strapping Northern lads, would set out into the wild Atlantic to hunt for whales in a rowboat that has evolved into what we know today as the trainera.
- 2021 Mar 05
Zaitugu or the untranslatable
I’ve just met Sheila at the campus party. I spoke to her in Basque, thinking that she was around these parts, because by the look of her she could have come from Azpeitia, Vitoria-Gasteiz or the El Antiguo district. But as it happens she doesn’t. She’s Sheila, the English friend of my flatmate who’s...
- 2020 Feb 27
Saint Thomas's Day
The famous celebrations for Saint Thomas's Day take place every December 21st.
- 2019 Nov 17
