booklogging

When I was an undergraduate, I spent an acadmic year abroad as part of my degree [linguistic science] and I went to El Pais Vasco and learnt Basque and wrote it up for my dissertation. So my interest in this book should be apparent. Indeed I found it helpful in making sense of events that were unfolding around me. There is a good but short history of ETA in here and a lot of Basque recipes. Food is important in Basque culture as is generosity.

It was also helpful in helping to appreciate again the Euskal Herria I lived among. ALthough the quotes in Euskara told me how much I'd forgotten too.

A nice trip down memory lane and reawoke in me a desire to revisit San Sebastian, Bilbao, Saint Jean de Luz and Biarritz ...