{"id":1611,"date":"2020-07-14T15:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-07-14T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/buber.net\/Basque\/?p=1611"},"modified":"2020-07-14T03:45:28","modified_gmt":"2020-07-14T03:45:28","slug":"a-magical-view-of-the-basque-country","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buber.net\/Basque\/2020\/07\/14\/a-magical-view-of-the-basque-country\/","title":{"rendered":"A Magical View of the Basque Country"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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In 2001 or so, the Basque television company ETB<\/a> aired a series of videos about the Basque Country entitled Lau Haizeetara<\/em><\/strong> in Euskara and La Mirada Magica<\/strong><\/em> in Spanish. These videos, led by first I\u00f1aki Pangua and later Edu Llorente, explored the land of the Basque Country from helicopter. From what I can tell (my Spanish is not so great), I\u00f1aki and two others died in a helicopter crash during filming and that is when Edu took over.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In any case, these videos explore the Basque Country from a bird’s eye view. The camera follows the coast, zooms through the mountains, and hovers over cities as the narrator delves into the history and beauty of the Basque Country. Narration is in both Spanish and Euskara.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I first discovered these randomly maybe 10-15 years ago. As I mentioned, my Spanish isn’t good enough to really follow the narration in depth, so I haven’t gone through all of them. But simply as a visual feast, these videos are great. That said, I’ve always thought it would be awesome to have these dubbed into English. Given that there are no actors, one isn’t dubbing dialog, but narration, and it seems that wouldn’t be so hard. And these videos would be an excellent introduction to the wonders and majesty of the Basque Country. I can’t imagine I’m alone in wanting an English version of these.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the end, there were 10 chapters, each containing 3 episodes, that explored different parts of the Basque Country. Here are links to them, direct from EiTB’s website. Enjoy!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1\u00d701 El Hierro Y El Mar: Costa occidental de Bizkaia \/ The Iron and the Sea: The Western Coast of Bizkaia<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

1\u00d702 Una Proa Al Mar: Costa norte de Bizkaia \/ A Bow to the Sea: The Northern Coast of Bizkaia<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

1\u00d703 Costa oriental de Bizkaia \/ The Eastern Coast of Bizkaia<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

2\u00d701 Costa occidental de Gipuzkoa \/ The Western Coast of Gipuzkoa<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

2\u00d702 Costa Oriental Gipuzkoa \/ The Eastern Coast of Gipuzkoa<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

2\u00d703 Costa Labortana \/ The Coast of Lapurdi<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

3\u00d701 Entre El Cielo y La Tierra \/ Between the Sky and the Earth<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

3\u00d702 La Ciudad Del Mar, San Sebasti\u00e1n \/ The City of the Sea, San\u00a0Sebasti\u00e1n<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

3\u00d703 La Ciudad De Los Anillos, Vitoria-Gasteiz \/ The City of the Two Rings, Vitoria-Gasteiz<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

4\u00d701 Entre El Agua Y El Vino, Ribera Del Ebro \/ Between the Water and the Wine, the Bank of the Ebro<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

4\u00d702 La Vieja Ciudad, Pamplona \/ The Old City, Pamplona<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

4\u00d703 Campos Y Fortalezas, Navarra Sur \/ Fields and Fortresses, Southern Nafarroa<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

5\u00d701 La Monta\u00f1a Habitada, Pirineo Atl\u00e1ntico \/ The Inhabited Mountains, the Atlantic Pyrenees<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

5\u00d702 La Roca Y El Agua, Alto Pirineo \/ The Rock and the Water, the High Pyrenees<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

5\u00d703 A Los Pies Del Orhi, Pirineo Central \/ At the Feet of Orhi, the Central Pyrenees<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

6\u00d701 Vientos De Invierno \/ Winds of Winter<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

6\u00d702 Los Valles Profundos, El Deba y El Urola \/ The Deep Valleys, Deba and Urola<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

6\u00d703 Zuberoa, El Para\u00edso Escondido \/ Zuberoa, the Hidden Paradise<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

7\u00d701 Bizkaia, Valles Orientales \/ The Eastern Valleys of Bizkaia<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

7\u00d702 Bizkaia, Valles Occidentales \/ The Western Valleys of Bizkaia<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

7\u00d703 El Coraz\u00f3n De Bizkaia \/ The Heart of Bizkaia<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

8\u00d701 R\u00eda Adentro, El Gran Bilbao \/ Following the River, the Great Bilbao<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

8\u00d702 Las Tierras Fr\u00edas, \u00c1lava: Valles Occidentales \/ The Cold Lands, the Western Valleys of Araba<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

8\u00d703 De La Llanada A La Monta\u00f1a: \u00c1lava, Valles Orientales \/ From the Plains to the Mountains: The Eastern Valleys of Araba<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

9\u00d701 La Navarra verde \/ Nafarroa the Green<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

9\u00d702 La Navarra Del Norte \/ Nafarroa of the North<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

9\u00d703 La Isla Interior, El Goierri y Sus Cimas \/ The Interior Island, The Goierri and its Peaks<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

10\u00d701 Bilbao, la ciudad \/ Bilbao, the City<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

10\u00d702 Baiona y Lapurdi \/ Baiona and Lapurdi<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

10\u00d703 Viaje a la tierra de los vascos \/ Trip to the Lands of the Basques<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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