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Basque Fact of the Week, Euskadi

Basque Fact of the Week: Donostia, the Capital of Gipuzkoa, Part 1: The City

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My first stay in the Basque County began in the city of Donostia. I really didn’t know anything about the city and I ended up staying in a flat in the Egia neighborhood. I would walk, weather and time permitting, through the tunnel that connected Egia with the downtown, and along La Concha to classes […]

Basque Fact of the Week, Food

Basque Fact of the Week: Txokos, the Gastronomic Societies

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Perhaps the best steak I have ever had was at one of the Txokos – the gastronomic clubs – in Donostia. A few friends of mine were members and took me for dinner one evening. In the heart of the old town – the Parte Vieja – of the city, it was an almost nondescript […]