Filed under: Camino | Tags: bilbao, Camino, castro-urdiales, compostela, espana, etapa, james, pilgrimage, santiago, spain
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Etapa 8: Bilbao to Castro-Urdiales
Distance: 25.77 km
Saturday, April 18, 2009
Weather: Sunny & warm, turning cool & windy with light rain later
Photos: 37
Notables: Train to Muskiz, last view of Basque Country, trail around rocky coast
Etapa description continued after the break. Follow the flecha . . .
Filed under: Recuerdos | Tags: basque, bilbao, bilbo, espana, europe, euskal, spain, vasco
Bilbao, Euskal Herria
April 17, 2009
Filed under: Camino | Tags: basque, bilbao, Camino, compostela, espana, euskal, james, pilgrimage, santiago, spain, vasco
I took a rest day today in order to see the economic center of the Basque Country, Bilbao. I took a long walk around the city in between breakfast, lunch, siesta, and in the evening. I brought my camera along for the stroll.
Bilbao, Basque Country
April 17, 2009
Filed under: Camino | Tags: bilbao, Camino, compostela, espana, etapa, james, Meakur, pilgrimage, santiago, spain
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Etapa 7: Meakur to Bilbao
Wednesday, April 16, 2009
Distance: 20.25 km
Weather: Party cloudy, mild to warm temperatures
Photos: 5
Notables: Road walking, steep descent down Monte Avril into Bilbao proper
Etapa description continued after the break. Follow the flecha . . .
Filed under: Camino | Tags: basque, bilbao, Camino, cantabria, castro-urdiales, espana, pilgrim, pilgrimage, saint james, santiago, spain
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Etapa 8: Bilbao to Castro-Urdiales
Distance: 25.77 km
Saturday, April 18, 2009
Weather: Sunny & warm, turning cool & windy with light rain later
Photos: 37
Notables: Train to Muskiz, last view of Basque Country, trail around rocky coast
Etapa description continued after the break. Follow the flecha . . .
Filed under: Camino | Tags: basque, bilbao, Camino, espana, euskal, Meakur, pilgrim, pilgrimage, saint james, santiago, spain
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Etapa 7: Meakur to Bilbao
Distance: 20.25 km
Wednesday, April 16, 2009
Weather: Party cloudy, mild to warm temperatures
Photos: 5
Notables: Road walking, steep descent down Monte Avril into Bilbao proper
Etapa description continued after the break. Follow the flecha . . .
Filed under: Know Your Flags | Tags: basque, bilbao, biscay, flag, france, franco, gernika, guernica, ikurrina, soccer, spain
This week’s installment of Know Your Flags represents a region spanning two countries and hundreds of thousands of emigrants across the world. The Ikurriña is the official flag of the Basque Country Autonomous Community of Spain and the unofficial national symbol of the wider Basque Country that spans north-central Spain and southwestern France.
Santo Tomás 2008
Banned for nearly 40 years, the Ikurriña was designed by the founders of Basque nationalism, Luis and Sabino Arana. The Basque separatist group ETA began displaying it in public places as an act of defiance. Much like the Basque language, the only safe haven for the Ikurriña during Franco’s reign were soccer stadiums.
Ikkuriña at San Mamés, home of Athletic Bilbao
Almost identical in design to the Union Jack, The red bottom symbolizes the Biscayan people; the green represents the Oak of Guernica; and the white cross, Basque Catholicism.
Ikkuriña balkoian
