basque country

Mundaka: land of lefts

This intimate coastal town in Basque Country has one of the best left-breaking waves in Europe, and possibly the world.  A river mouth’s sandbar meets the ocean in just the perfect way to create a long, clean, and powerful left-breaking wave – just the kind Ryan loves to surf.  We reserved possibly the most perfect AirBnB […]

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San Juan de Gaztelugatxe

Outside of San Sebastian, we stopped in Bakio for some surf, but it was flat.  I pried Ryan away from the waves long enough to check out this hike I’d read about on Pinterest, of all places.  San Juan de Gaztelugatxe is a tiny island connected to mainland by a zig-zagging man-made bridge.  A chapel dedicated to […]

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