You can go to Portugalete to inmerse yourself in the ambient of that Fiesta. It´s spectacular and drunkennes is guaranteed. They start early in the morning with the procession and continue all day in the fiesta drinking without stop in the taberns of old part of the town.
Really it´s spectacular. People from Portugalete takes free day to live the 'La Guía' (the guide) and most of them the next day too. It´s a very beast party, cause of alcohol! Really, very funny experience.
To arrive to Portugalete you can take Metro´s line 2 or Cercanías RENFE. You can also take Metro´s Line 1 to Areeta and cross the Estuary.
This happens at 12:00 h.
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I´m going to tell you about this 'jokoak' (games) they are closely attached to the 'baserris' (hamlets). A baserri is a house in the mountain, not near the center of small towns, where people has all he need to survive.
There are many games: aizkora (axe), trontza (cutting wood with a saw) sega (scythe), ingude (anvil), giza-abereen probak harriekin (stone drag by men or animals), barrenadores (borerers), zaku lasterketa (career with a sack full in the back), txingak (weights), orga (lift a cart), lazto altxatzea (lift of bale), harri jaso (lift rock), lokotx biltzea (pick up cob), soka-tira (pull rope), artzai txakurrak (pastore dogs) and the king of them estropadak (rowing).
Basques have the fame of being a little beasts, aren´t we?
It´s played in 'frontones', a rectangular areas of 10 to 11 m in width and a length of 30, 36 or 54 meters; one of the long sides is always unlocked; the other three sides are closed with walls 10 m high. The long side wall is called "pared de izquierdas". To the right of this is the main wall against which it is mandatory that the ball and boat called 'frontis', which is a horizontal line or "fault" (usually metal to ring failure) to 1 m tall. The other short wall is called 'rebote'.
FRONTÓN BIZKAIA, BILBAO
There´s another kind of 'frontón' called 'trinquete', it has a 28.50 meters lenght, and in that along the left wall, the front wall to rebound, a roof extending inclined plane (called Share or Xare) is perfectly valid for the game. Under the hood lies a network or grid of metal or wood. The gable is joined to the right wall by placing a vertical plane inclined. In Argentina it is called "tambor" or "tambur" (in Uruguay "tambul") and is also valid for the game.
TRINQUETE, ARGENTINA
The tradition of pelota isn´t only of Euskadi and Navarra, in Castilla a lot off towns have open 'frontones' at parks. The player of pelota is called 'pelotari'. -ari means 'person who do'.
FRONTÓN IN ARTAJONA, NAVARRA
It can be played by hand or with 'herramientas' (tools). To see and view the main modalities click on 'read more'.
In Spanish: Buenos días. Buen tiempo. Os veo en un rato.
In Basque/Euskara: Egun on. Eguraldi ona. Laster batean elkar ikusiko dugu.
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I recomend you to bring: food, water, something sweet or nuts, 2 t-shirts (because of the perspiration and the posibility of get cold), sweetshirt, a towel, some kleenex, band aids, sunglasses and a bonet/visor.
Tomorrow, if you have to buy something, I´ll need to buy bread for the lunch, we have a supermarket in the way.
See you tomorrow at 10:00 or at 10:30.
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There is in Bilbao a little tabern which sales 2 kind of sandwiches: Torres (towers) and Triangulos (Triangles). They sell a huge quantity of them to take away. The tabern´s name is EME, Emeterio was the founder. The sandwiches are very tasty, its sauces are a secret, and they have fame beyond Bilbao and, maybe, Bizkaia.
The theater performances move to the streets of Bilbao. The XV Festival Theatre and Arts Bilboko Kalealdia-street will start from 1 to 5 July. This edition includes a wide variety of shows ranging from street theater to circus acts, through dance, mime, clown, juggling, artistic performance and vertical facade theater Teatro Arriaga.
Horn mountains are five in Bizkaia from which, using sound and light signals were convened at the General Meetings of Bizkaia. These mountains, strategically scattered around the territory are:
1. Sollube of 686 meters above Bermeo, Urdaibai and Txorierri.
2. Oiz of 1,026 meters above the Durango, Lea Artibai and Urdaibai.
3. Gorbea of 1,481 meters above the region of Arratia-Nerbioi on the edge of Álava.
4. Ganekogorta of 998 meters above Bilbao.
5. Kolitza 879 m. altitude in the county of Encartaciones.
When I planned the trip I didn´t know where you were staying. I told you to meet in Abando Railway Station at 10:00h. but there is a place that It´s much better for you to meet: the intersection of Cortes Street and García Salazar Street, at 10:30 h.
If you go to the railway station you´ll have to retrace your steps.
In any case, I'll be at the Station at 10 and at 10:30 at the interseccion of those streets. Up to you!
21:30. Los fastuosos de la Ribera (The lavish of the riverside) at Kafe Antzokia. R&R
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There are 2 famous international films recorded, in part, in Bilbao. What are they? I´ll give two clues: 1- 007. 2- Wachowski Bros.
The Basque gastonomía is closely linked to the sea. I present you a few dishes to taste in restaurants, some of them can be found in bars as pintxos.
All regions have their sweets and also Bizkaia has. I present you four sweetmeat that you can only eat in Bizkaia, and one of those only in Bilbao: Bilbainito, Carolina, Rice Cake (Pastel de arroz) and Butter Bun (Bollo de mantequilla).
Do you like sugar?
Ramon de la Sota returned to Spain to help set up an investment firm -- and work toward making his Basque homeland a fully-fledged European state.
“We’re very Basque nationalist,” de la Sota, 35, a former General Electric Co. (GE) executive who studied at Insead business school in Paris, said over lunch with a group of fellow returnees in downtown Bilbao. “But independence is a long-term project. There are things we have to do first. The dream is to build an international champion based here.”.
To arrive to the town, if you want to go to the feast, you have to take Line 1 of Metro Bilbao and get down at Sopela.
The night of June 23rd we celebrate the 'Saint John´s Night" also called "Sanjuanada", the shortest night of the year in the northern hemisphere.
You walk with eyes straight ahead or down?
In any case you will have seen these tiles through the streets of the city.
Bilbao´s tile has a pattern known rosette type originally manufactured concrete and gravel, covered with steel wool. Currently it´s made with cement .
The Emergency Service of the Basque Government and Meteorology activated for Friday ad yellow heavy rainfall from 15.00 to 24.00. It is possible that the 15 liters/m2 exceeded in an hour Euskadi points.
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In 20, 21 and 22 of june some museums will offer advantages and special activities for all ages: including family workshops, playgrounds, special tours, free tickets, discounts, etc ... Open days with free admission.
