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Three Days in Paradise

Saturday, August 2nd, 2008

Or, Not Spanish, Basque or How a bunch of girls drank me under the table.
I think I’ve discovered the friendliest people in Europe, if not the world. I’ve spent three nights in Azkoitia, the heartland of Euskadi, the Basque country. I came to visit Dafne, a friend I made in Chiang Mai, and her family [...]

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North

Friday, August 1st, 2008

Or, I fought Renfe, and Renfe won.
Getting to Bilbao was supposed to be fairly simple, but a series of late trains led to missed connections everywhere, and I found myself stranded in dusty Miranda de Ebro for about five hours. Never one to miss an opportunity to explore a new town, I went awanderin’ (with [...]

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