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WaveProf wrote:
JDTulane wrote:Basque Country <3 Food <3

WINE <3<3<3 TXOKOLINA YUMBO
I'm completely confused by this post. Given your Idaho background and your professed love for Basque culture, I'll assume it's a positive post. But I'm truly stumped. Am I that old? :shock: #kidslingothesedays :mrgreen:
Prof, in many Internet formats (like FB, for instance), typing <3 prints a heart. Much like colon/close parenthesis on here gives you :).
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One final observation in Basque Country and in particular, Bilbao.

Dogs. They seem to be even more part of people's lives than in the pet crazy U.S. or the UK. Here we were in a fairly sizeable city and we observed all manner of dogs, from small terriers up through Bernease mountain dogs, walking in the city with their people but never on a leash. Always stayed within a few feet of their people, incredibly well behaved, non-plussed by traffic or noise or other dogs, waiting at the traffic crosswalks with their people. At first I thought it was an anomaly but after a couple of days I saw it everywhere. Merchants and pinxtos bars have water dishes on sidewalks. When their people go inside stores, the dogs wait patiently outside.

So, along with incredibly well behaved children in the Basque Country, the dogs are too. We must be doing something wrong. 8)
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Txakolina**** and yes, my words were in support :D
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Who knew that Arizona is a basque word? It means "good oak" or "lone oak" ( can't remember which)
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WaveProf wrote:Who knew that Arizona is a basque word? It means "good oak" or "lone oak" ( can't remember which)
I'm learning stuff here. It sure sounded Spanish to me. 8)
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WaveProf wrote:Who knew that Arizona is a basque word? It means "good oak" or "lone oak" ( can't remember which)
Wow, my own amateur etymology was way off! I had it pegged as "dry place," as in "Ari-" for "arid" and "-zona" for "zone."
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Just checked Wikipedia. There is controversy if it comes from basque for good oak or from Spanish for small spring But the consensus is that it is a common fallacy that it comes from Spanish for arid zone

A large contingency from the original new Spain explorers were basque (ie tupf's ancestor) hence the connection
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Did you know that when Magellan died on his circumnavigation his second in command took over. The man was truly the first to circumnavigate. He was Basque from Getaria.

There is some indication Basque cod fisherman may also have beat the Vikings to North America but no one is sure
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WaveProf wrote:Did you know that when Marco Polo died on his circumnavigation his second in command took over. The man was truly the first to circumnavigate. He was Basque from Getaria.

There is some indication Basque cod fisherman may also have beat the Vikings to North America but no one is sure
Marco attempted a circumnavigation?!? I didn't realize he was a mariner.

Presumably before Magellan? Magellan's voyage was completed by Juan Sebastián Elcano, who (coincidentally?) was also from Getaria. :P
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Roller. Sorry. Been a LONG day. Got my explorers backwards.
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Getaria was a nice place!
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TUPF wrote:Getaria was a nice place!
Must have been if Elcano went all the way around the world to get back to it!! :jerry:
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Tamborrada beins tonight at midnight. I thought you'd be interested TUPF

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamborrada
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WaveProf wrote:Tamborrada beins tonight at midnight. I thought you'd be interested TUPF

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamborrada
Cool! Took me back to the parte viejo in San Sebastián.
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Martin's Wine Cellar uptown has a nice selection of Txokolina's in at the moment.
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JDTulane wrote:Martin's Wine Cellar uptown has a nice selection of Txokolina's in at the moment.
That's good to know. For those who'd rather not give Martin's their money, Ben's Wine Seller on Prytania always carries at least one, and he orders others for me at very reasonable prices whenever I ask. The new, preppie place on Magazine near Lilette always carries a couple as does (surprisingly) Rouses on Tchoup.
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Why do we not like MWC again?
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JDTulane wrote:Why do we not like MWC again?
They're our biggest competitor among G5 leagues. Good sandwiches, though.
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JDTulane wrote:Why do we not like MWC again?
I don't "dislike" them. Don't know if anybody really does. But considering New Orleans, especially uptown, once had a host of small liquor store owners every few blocks who managed to beat the prices of most chains, and would order you whatever you wanted, and considering the big places like Martins have largely put them out....... all things being equal, I'm inclined to shop at one of the few such places still left. I know people loyal to the Prytannia Street liquore store. I prefer the Wine Seller (also on Prytannia). Ben orders me any liquor or beer I want for cheaper than even the grocery store, and has a very good on-hand selection of wine and liquor. He's also a nice guy. He's also matched prices when I've seen a sale at Rouses and called him to see what his price for _____ is. Meanwhile I know his name. I dont "dislike" Martin's, and I'm not saying I would never or have never shopped there. But all things being equal I'd rather support places like the Wine Seller (or similar).
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PS: Ben of the Wine Seller also always employs TU football players over the summer and attends TU baseball games. Roll Wave.
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TUPF----thought you'd want to know that last night's Anthony Bourdain episode was on the Basque Country. I haven't seen it (yet), but here is a write up:

https://www.eater.com/2017/5/7/15547682 ... -sebastian
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WaveProf wrote:TUPF----thought you'd want to know that last night's Anthony Bourdain episode was on the Basque Country. I haven't seen it (yet), but here is a write up:

https://www.eater.com/2017/5/7/15547682 ... -sebastian
That about summed up,my time there. Thanks! We have to go back.
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