THE AUTONOMOUS REGION OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY EUSKADI

THE AUTONOMOUS REGION OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY EUSKADI Aitana Etxeberria Izeta

Hello, my name is Aitana and I am going to tell you about on region of my country: I live in one of the regions of the Basque Country called Euskadi. It is in the north of Spain and bordering with the Basque region in France. Euskadi is just the Autonomus Region of The Basque Country. The other regions of the Country of the Basques or Euskal Herria are Navarre and the Basque Country in France.

The Basque Country is mountainous and there are lots of small towns or villages like Zestoa (our town). And there also beautiful cities with a very good atmosphere. Perhaps, you will know about Donosti, Bilbo or Gasteiz. They are popular cities.

Our language is Euskera. However, in all provinces people pronounce differently and also we use different words. For example, in Bizkaia people speak in Euskera but, they say “how are you? ”, Zelan zauz? And we say that, zemouz zaude? Instead.

• We don’t have the same eating habits as you have. You often eat very early and we eat quite late. You usually have eggs or haricots for breakfast. You eat a lot for breakfast, and we eat a lot for dinner and less for breakfast. But we know that it isn’t good for us, due to this we sleep worse.

Our customs are also different, for example: • When we were children, we played in the park without parents, because we live in a small town, and for this reason we can go out alone. • We also like going out with our friends to have dinner in a restaurant. • Or when there is a festival in our town, we often, have lunch with the family together. Those are some of the Basque people customs.

WE ARE KEEN ON FOOBALL!! In this part of the Basque Country there are three important teams, Real Sociedad ( it is a Gipuzkoa football team), Athletic Bilbao (it is a Bizkaia football team) and Alaves ( it is the football team of Vitoria-Gasteiz). The only team with a Basque name is Osasuna, which means good health, and is the team of Iruñea-Pamplona in the neighbouring Basque region of Navarre

This was my work and now I am going to leave you with one of my friends and she is going to talk to you about another thing. BYE!!!