País Vasco

A language isolate, pintxos, gastronomic societies

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El País Vasco está en el norte, al lado del mar Cantábrico. Allí se habla euskera, una lengua muy antigua que no se parece a ninguna otra lengua de Europa. La comida es muy famosa: San Sebastián tiene muchos restaurantes con estrellas Michelin y muchos bares de pintxos.

The Basque Country is in the north, by the Bay of Biscay. People there speak Basque (euskera), a very old language that is not like any other language in Europe. The food is very famous: San Sebastián has many Michelin-starred restaurants and lots of pintxo bars.

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¿Qué quieres ver, probar o preguntar a la gente de País Vasco? Escribe cinco frases.

What do you want to see, try or ask the locals in País Vasco? Five sentences.