When my parents visited me during my year abroad in Spain, we spent two nights in San Sebastian and then stopped briefly in Bilbao to see the Guggenheim. This seems to be the itinerary of most tourists who pass through Basque Country. Not being ...Read More

So you’ve done the unthinkable: you’ve left your perfect home on the West Coast, possibly a nice beachfront duplex where it fluctuates between 65 and 80 degrees year round (that’s 18 to 27 C, for some readers) with 330 days of clear blue skies. ...Read More

This weekend six friends and I rented an apartment in Biarritz (French Basque Country), and spent a relaxing time exploring the picturesque beach town, and of course indulging in the three French staples: cheese, bread, and wine. Even though Biarritz is only 11 miles ...Read More

One of the reasons I chose to work in Basque Country was to be able to explore more towns and cities on the northern coastline. This past weekend some friends and I took a quick one-night trip to San Sebastian, considered by many to ...Read More

The tiny region of Basque Country in northern Spain is bilingual, meaning that almost everything here–street signs, advertisements, metro exits, menus–is written in both Spanish and Euskera (Basque). Euskera is completely unrelated to any living language, so you’d be amiss to think you could ...Read More

There are many things I mentally prepared myself for about Spain before going back—most stores close for 3 hours midday; mealtimes are much later (so always come equipped with snacks!); just because a baguette is 50 cents doesn’t mean you have to buy them ...Read More

I leave for Spain six weeks from today. Hopefully that’s just enough time to make me thoroughly sick of living at home–as for now, I’ve grown rather attached to family dinners. However, having the couch permanently attached to my ass might make it difficult ...Read More