Basque festival in Getaria features competitions.
Basque festival in Getaria.
Throngs enjoy the competitions at Basque festival in Getaria.
Hoisting competition at the Basque festival in Getaria.
Young age category for hoisting competition in Basque festival.
Junior hoisting competition at the Basque festival in Getaria.
Success at the juniors hoisting competition in Getaria.
Wood chopping competition at the Basque festival in Getaria.
Wood chopping competition at Basque festival in Getaria.
Wood chopping contest in Basque festival.
Musicians play on balcony for the Basque festival in Getaria.
And the children danced. Basque festival in Getaria.
Andre Cooks.
Attempting a group shot.
Second attempt at group shot.
Group shot final.
We were fortunate to witness the butchering of a pig by a neighbor of Uriondo. I don't think the pig feels the same. Dani & Michael W, don't look.
Professor, mayor, and vintner: Roberto Ibarretxe Zorriketa.
The charming Roberto Ibarretxe Zorriketa.
Barrio Uriondo.
We had a delicious typical Basque breakfast of garlic soup, bread cheese, fruit, etc., in the wine cellar of Uriondo.
Young vineyard next to the Doniene Gorrondona winery in Bakio Txakolina.
Distillery pots.
Gorrondona & Doniene.
Sparkling riddling racks at Doniene.
Such a cool crowd. How did I get in?
Itziar, part owner of, and winemaker for Doniene Gorrondona.
Itziar of Doniene Gorrondona.
Andoni, part owner of Doniene Gorrondona.
Herb and grape eaux de vie.
The Spanish take their gin and tonics seriously. And the tonic of choice is Schwepps.
No gloomy Gus, at the back of the bus.
Angel cleans up her act I.
Angel cleans up her act II.
Our driver.
A Basque country side in panorama. Unfortunately, last nights 3200 ISO was still in effect.
Ameztoi's vineyards run into the Atlantic Ocean.
Ameztoi vineyards on a foggy, drizzly, January day.
Ameztoi vineyards in January.
Ameztoi vineyards roll into the Atlantic Ocean.
Poetic lines of Ameztoi's vineyards in D.O. Getariako Txakolina.
Winter in Ameztoi's vineyards in Txakolina.
Timeless beauty in the Basque country at Ameztoi's Txakolina vineyards.
The vineyards of Amestoi in D.O. Getariako Txakolina.
Ignacio Ameztoi Aranguran of Ameztoi Txakolina.
The ever resourceful Andre managed to get us a bottle of gin and some tonic water even though the bar was closed.