izarrakbegi:

Home. :’)

Playa de Ereaga/Ereagako Hondartza, Neguri (Getxo), Euskal Herria.

izarrakbegi:

Urdaibai Biosphere and Estuary, Mundaka Ibaia, Bizkaia (Google Earth)

Anyone who does not think that this is one of the most beautiful places on Earth has not actually lived.

izarrakbegi:

“Hator Hator” - Basque Christmas carol (performed by the Ereintza choir in San Juan Bautista Parish in Estella)

Our first Christmas in Spain my 6th grade class at the American School of Bilbao (which was actually a 20 min. drive outside of Bilbao in Berango, but no one cared) sang this song at a Christmas concert.

It’s the first Basque song I ever learned, and thought it was absolutely beautiful even if I couldn’t understand a word of it.

Lyrics:
Hator, hator, mutil etxera
gaztainak ximelak jatera
gabon gaba ospatutzeko
aitaren ta amaren ondoan.
Ikusiko duk aita barrezka
ama ere poz atseginez.

Eragiok mutil aurreko dambolin horri
gaztainak erre artean,
gaztainak erre artean,
txipli, txapla, pun.

Gabon gaba pozik igaro daigun.

(Source: youtube.com)

allthingseurope:

Bilbao, Spain

(by Gallastegui)

hairat:

Iglesia de San Antón, Zazpi Kaleak, Bilbao

hairat:

Puente de Vizcaya, Bizkaia

hairat:

Areeta (Las Arenas), Getxo, Bizkaia

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Portugalete, Bizkaia

hairat:

Ken Zazpi — “Hemen Gaude (We Are Here)”

[Subtitles in Spanish]