The Ultimate List of Basque Restaurants in the United States (2019)
This post contains affiliate links, meaning if you click through and make a purchase, I may earn a commission at no additional cost to you. I asked my followers recently on Instagram to name their favorite Basque restaurants in the United States. We’ve been talking a...
Tracing Basque Genealogy: Kidneys, Family Trees, and the Dangers of Donkeys
The following is a guest post written by Elizabette Guéçamburu. I wanted to give you guys some tips on how to trace your Basque genealogy, but Elizabette knows much more on the topic than I do so I asked her to share her knowledge. Hope you enjoy her post and learn...
Basque Handball Player Banned from Competition for Displaying Basque Flag
Some interesting news has been happening in the world of handball this past week.
A Basque handball player, Bixintxo Bilbao, was banned last week from playing internationally for one year. Why? Because he held up the Basque flag on the winner’s podium at the 2018 World Championships of Basque Pelota in Barcelona.
Bilbao and partner Peio Larralde won gold in the pairs category. During the presentation of the medals, Bilbao held up the Basque flag, despite representing France during the competition.
According to some who witnessed the medal ceremony, the ikurrina (Basque flag) brought many cheers from the crowd. But clearly some powerful people at the International Basque Pelota Federation (FIPV), who organized the competition, were less than enthused.
25 Resources for Learning Euskara Online
Can you believe it’s practically March already?
How are your New Year’s Resolutions going?
In case your goal for 2019 was to learn Euskara, the Basque language, I want to share some resources to help with that. If you haven’t gotten too far in your learning so far in 2019, no shame! There’s always time to start once you make the commitment.
In doing research for this post, I’ve come to discover how many online resources there are for learning Basque. People have been telling me for years that there really are no excuses to not learn Basque with the internet at our fingertips, and I’m starting to believe them.
