Our Basque Village School in Ituren.

Wednesday, 27 January 2016 / Published in Basque Country Walking, Basque Culture and Tradition, Basque Food
Basque, Spanish and English songs at our Christmas party at our Ituren village school
Sad to leave our Basque Village School! Above Carlos’s bar in Ituren plaza is our Basque village school. This small primary school has currently some 63 children ranging from 3 – 11 years old and all subjects are taught in Basque. The children come from the villages of Ituren, (and its three satellite hamlets of

A Portrait of an English Mother in a Basque Pyrenean Sheep Shed. Autumn 2005

Friday, 15 April 2011 / Published in Basque Lifestyle, Bilingual Families, Wildlife of the Pyrenees
I dug this paragraph out from my writings years ago when Marion was just 1 year old and it reminds me of many of those tiny cultural differences that I suppose I now take for granted. We wake up reeking of the raw onion on the dressing table …..Amatxi’s solution for Marion’s cough. It works but we

Tril-lingualism and the Maternity Ward.

Monday, 17 January 2011 / Published in Bilingual Families
Marion at Sumbillanea. Views of our house to the left and above it of Sotillenea, where Sagario was born
A fascinating subject I have long wished to tackle in greater depth is that of Marion’s tri-lingualism. My daughter is 6-years-old and is tri-lingual in Basque, English and Spanish. Before the umbilical cord had been cut at the birthing table in a maternity ward in Pamplona in May 2004 her father had spoken to her in