{"id":3006,"date":"2023-09-30T06:00:29","date_gmt":"2023-09-30T10:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pisarro.org\/aboutnick\/?p=3006"},"modified":"2023-09-30T06:00:29","modified_gmt":"2023-09-30T10:00:29","slug":"basque-country-day-5-september-9-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/pisarro.org\/aboutnick\/?p=3006","title":{"rendered":"Basque Country, Day 5 \u2014 September 9, 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>After \"\"<\/a>breakfast, we learned that Bayonne gave its name to \u00a0a musket with a blade attached that was originally used by hunters in the 1600s, but eventually became a weapon: the bayonet.
\nTodd led us to the cathedral. Nick and I had already been there, but it was a much richer experience having both Todd and a local guide who lives in the town. The cathedral is a UNESCO World Heritage site, as is the entire town. The area was once called Aquitaine. Eleanor of Aquitaine was the mother of Richard the Lionheart.\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>We went back to the chocolate workshop that Nick and I \u00a0had visited the day before, Monsieur Txokola<\/em> (tx sounds like ch), \u00a0but this time we had a translator. We learned of the importance of chocolate to the town’s history, and we saw the many machines that are required to make \u00a0the chocolate we love. There was chocolate for us to taste.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Then we had a tour of the Museum of Basque Culture<\/em>. Each floor was dedicated to a different element of Basque history, \u00a0and the displays included rural tools, rural dwellings and their contents, clothing, dances, the sport of jai a’alai, and religion, especially the Camino de Santiago de Compostela, which we would hear more about later.\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Notice the window \u00a0to the left of \u00a0the entrance to the museum. \u00a0Centuries ago, this was the location of a “Foundling Wheel.” Anyone who could not care for a newborn for whatever reason could place the baby on the wheel, rotate the wheel, and ring the bell. Someone inside \u00a0the building would then \u00a0see to it \u00a0that the baby would be cared for. This practice ended in the late 1800s. The bars were added later \u00a0to prevent anyone from getting in.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>It\"\"<\/a> was time for lunch. I enjoyed \u00a0a salad of lettuce topped with jambon, Roquefort cheese, nuts, and white asparagus. Nick had duck confit with potatoes. Lunch was followed by a quiet time back in our room (that is, \u00a0a nap).<\/p>\n

After our rest, we went back to Monsieur Txokola<\/em> to get more chocolate, hoping it wouldn’t melt in the heat. We then went to the gelateria that Todd had recommended. Nick ordered stracciatella gelato, which is like Cherry Garcia without the cherries, while I chose melon. Both were wonderful.<\/p>\n

We decided to return to the museum for a few reasons. First, there was so much more of it that we hadn’t had time to see. And second, it \u00a0was air conditioned.<\/p>\n

Our dinner entrees that night were \u00a0tuna or veal. We ordered one tuna and one veal so that we could exchange tastes.<\/p>\n

10,564 steps<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

After breakfast, we learned that Bayonne gave its name to \u00a0a musket with a blade attached that was originally used by hunters in the 1600s, but eventually became a weapon: the bayonet. Todd led us to the cathedral. Nick and I had already been there, but it was a much richer experience having both Todd … Continue reading Basque Country, Day 5 \u2014 September 9, 2023<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[25,23,24,15],"class_list":["post-3006","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-basque-country-2023","tag-basque","tag-france","tag-spain","tag-travel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/pisarro.org\/aboutnick\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3006","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/pisarro.org\/aboutnick\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/pisarro.org\/aboutnick\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/pisarro.org\/aboutnick\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/pisarro.org\/aboutnick\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3006"}],"version-history":[{"count":25,"href":"http:\/\/pisarro.org\/aboutnick\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3006\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3107,"href":"http:\/\/pisarro.org\/aboutnick\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3006\/revisions\/3107"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/pisarro.org\/aboutnick\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3006"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/pisarro.org\/aboutnick\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3006"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/pisarro.org\/aboutnick\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3006"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}