About Us
A Dream & A Passion Two Decades Ago
Hello. Let me present myself. My name is Georgina Howard and I am here with my Basque / Spanish / English daughter Marion. I am a language lover, (although Marion is the true linguist) and writer, and I first discovered the Basque Country totally by accident. I arrived here with an old Ford Escort called Fred, a Spanish - English dictionary, a pair of walking boots and an idea! My childhood was spent in Solihull but I spent many years in Copenhagen where finally my passion for languages and mountains rebelled and drove me south!
Two decades later I can say without a doubt that I have lost my heart to the Basque Country and the people of Ituren who have watched over me with a maternal / paternal eye - (and often in great amusement) - every step of the way.
I work with a passionate team of Spanish / Basque teachers, cooks, historians, guides, shepherds and musicians as well as my teenage !!! daughter, Marion, (now taller than me) and who specialises in tongue-twisters on our Spanish immersion weeks! My mum, Valerie, also gives an invaluable helping hand with the admin back in the UK. I couldn't have done it without her!
Basque Mountain Walks
Blog
If you would like to learn more about our lives here in the Pyrenees, the local culture and all sorts of idiosyncratic observations on the Basque history, values, languages etc. then our Blog is full of all sorts of stories taken from our own, personal, Pyrenean Experience.
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Read more + 14 December 2017 By Georgina Howard in Basque Country Walking, Baztan Valley, Visit the Pyrenees, Walking in the Pyrenees Hiking in the Pyrenees – stunning scenery and ancient Basque traditions
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Read more + 24 March 2017 By Georgina Howard in Basque Lifestyle Post women and chemists in Ituren
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Read more + 4 February 2017 By Georgina Howard in Basque Lifestyle, The Basque Language The Basque Language – Onomatopoeias and other Idiosyncrasies
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Read more + 10 March 2016 By Georgina Howard in Basque Mythology, Wildlife of the Pyrenees The Cure of San Juan Xar
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Read more + 27 January 2016 By Georgina Howard in Basque Country Walking, Basque Culture and Tradition, Basque Food Our Basque Village School in Ituren.
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Read more + 26 December 2015 By Georgina Howard in Basque Culture and Tradition Basque Christmas Traditions: Olentzero
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Read more + 3 May 2015 By Georgina Howard in Basque Culture and Tradition, Basque Mythology The Witches of Zugarramurdi – the scene was set!
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Read more + 20 March 2015 By Georgina Howard in Basque Culture and Tradition, The Basque Language The Basque Language and its Origins
- Read more + 26 February 2015 By Georgina Howard in Basque Mythology, Dolores Redondo, The Invisible Guardian
Basajaun – Basque Mythology or History?
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Read more + 28 January 2015 By Georgina Howard in Basque Culture and Tradition, Basque Lifestyle, Ituren carnivals Ituren Carnivals – and a Brummy in their midst
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Read more + 8 January 2015 By Georgina Howard in Basque Culture and Tradition, Baztan Valley, Spanish-English differences The People of the Baztan Valley
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Read more + 29 May 2014 By Georgina Howard in Basque Culture and Tradition, Basque Lifestyle Beautiful Basque Country Farmhouse B & B – with a tortoise on the tap
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Read more + 14 April 2014 By Georgina Howard in Basque Culture and Tradition, Baztan Valley, Dolores Redondo, Elizondo The Invisible Guardian by Dolores Redondo
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Read more + 31 March 2014 By Georgina Howard in Basque Culture and Tradition, Basque Food Beyond the Michelin restaurants San Sebastian has to offer
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Read more + 19 February 2014 By Georgina Howard in Basque Culture and Tradition, Baztan Valley Baztan Valley – Traditions and Code of Honour
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Read more + 6 February 2014 By Georgina Howard in Basque Culture and Tradition, Basque Mythology, Baztan Valley, Dolores Redondo, Visit the Pyrenees The Baztan Trilogy, Dolores Redondo – are we ready?
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Read more + 9 April 2013 By Georgina Howard in Basque Culture and Tradition, Basque Lifestyle, Spanish-English differences The importance of ‘work’ in the Basque Culture
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Read more + 15 February 2013 By Georgina Howard in Basque Culture and Tradition, Basque Food, Basque Lifestyle Cider Houses in the Basque Country .. and a few less trees
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Read more + 29 November 2012 By Georgina Howard in Basque Culture and Tradition, Basque Lifestyle Basque Smugglers and Tomatoes
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Read more + 24 July 2012 By Georgina Howard in Basque Culture and Tradition, Basque Lifestyle, Ituren carnivals El Día del Joaldunak (When I got the dates wrong!)
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Our Basque grandparents (Amatxi and Atautxi)
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Read more + 8 March 2012 By Georgina Howard in Basque Lifestyle The Making of the RTVE DESTINO ESPAÑA Documentary:
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Read more + 14 February 2012 By Georgina Howard in Basque Lifestyle, Baztan Valley Life in the Baztan Valley
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Read more + 3 August 2011 By Georgina Howard in Basque Culture and Tradition, Basque Lifestyle, Spanish-English differences Business with the Basques in Northern Spain
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Read more + 15 April 2011 By Georgina Howard in Basque Lifestyle, Bilingual Families, Wildlife of the Pyrenees A Portrait of an English Mother in a Basque Pyrenean Sheep Shed. Autumn 2005
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