Well, dinner was a success! I
managed to make everything without any breakage, fire alarms or burns. I
converted Kepa into a lover of peanut butter and a believer in roasted
vegetables. What more could I ask for? Before dinner, the three of us headed to
a few bars for Dantza Pote where a semi-professional dance company performed a
piece in different pintxo bars. We followed them to 4 bars and had drinks and
pintxos along the way.
To tell you that I have the best
host family in the world would be an understatement. They made what could have
been an extremely long and boring weekend (when I should have been studying!)
into one of pure enjoyment. We
went to a casa rural, an old farmhouse turned into a hotel and restaurant, in
the middle of nowhere. We had dinner looking out into the rolling, lush hills
of the interior Basque Country. The pictures don’t do it justice.
I also attended an event for
Lurdes’s work. It was an awards presentation for a series of contests that her
work had offered. It was in the Victorio Eugenia, which is the theater in town.
Unfortunately, I didn’t understand a word of it seeing as it was in Basque, but
I wanted to go to see the theater and experience another local event. It was a
great time! I can clearly see that the next language I need to learn is Basque!
I will leave you with this picture
(and no, it is not from the internet!). The sun came out and it is amazing what
happens to this city!
Besos,
Erin
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