-Forgiven. Hill country, mountains, especially altitude. As you have demonstrated repeatedly. Running Up, and then Down, only to run back Up again, takes intense endurance .....and training ;)
Yep. My trip across Spain in 2017 took me 2 weeks instead of 48h. I quickly understood there is much more to discover in their food, history and landscapes than just pass. This way I spent only 2 days at the destination but never regret. The whole ride was a hypnotising adventure :)
Los del país vasco mataron a casi 900 personas para intentar conseguir la independencia. 200.000 personas tuvieron que huir de sus casas por miedo a que fueran asesinadas. En vez de ir de paseo con una camiseta negra, ponte una con la bandera de España, ya verás lo bonito que es el país vasco y lo bien que te tratan. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-uaggAWbt3hI.html
@@txetxulin8471 Eso ya se hizo y no pasó nada de nada. ecodiario.eleconomista.es/futbol/noticias/3995775/05/12/2/Foto-Puyol-y-Xavi-celebran-la-Copa-del-Rey-ondenado-una-ikurrina-y-senera-unidas.html
Not getting into the polítics, just expressing what a portuguese living in Euskal Herria for the past 5 years can say. If the day is cold, you will find the warmth of it's people, if it's raining you will be sheltered at their tables and if the wind is gusting you can take cover behind one of their imposing mountains. It is an amazing land, worth exploring, worth living even if just for a while! Ohh,and if the sun is shining than everyone is off to the beach! Hahaha
I am from Navarra, Spanish, my parents are from Navarra and Seville, here we speak Basque and Spanish and the origin of the Basques is here, and I find the video very interesting. No region of Spain is the same as the others. Spain is a country, fortunately, very varied and very used to different cultures without ever losing its essence. Each region preserves its own culture within a larger culture that is Spanish. Without getting too involved in political issues, I believe that the oppression of identity ideas and, on the other hand, hatred from extremist and racist nationalist movements only complicate things and generate division. Diversity is beautiful and there is nothing wrong with it.
I learned about Basque people and their language in college but seeing it through your video was super cool! I would love to visit there in the future. Nice video... Moto Geo 🇬🇧 also did a video riding through that beautiful region but didn't stop to explain as well as your articulated. Thanks from Texas 🇺🇸
You seems more relaxed than you have been in months. Congratulations. Loved this video especially your conversation with the couple you met on the road.
This can be added to the documentary list of Basque Country... Man... Pedro.... you are unbelievable... you definitely do your homework before opening your mouth in front of the camera,,,,You are a true Around the World Rider... who does not not just travel for the sake of it.. I worship your travel channel for a fact that in every episode you make sure that you make your viewers happy with some productive content... unbelievable...
Thank you for this beautiful video about my country. Our language is thousands of years old so it is a treasure for all, not just for the basques. We must take good care of it.
As the Basques where there before everyone else, so it is the other ones who came after them who refused to intigrate. And well, imho, everyone should be able to keep their own language, and that includes the French and Spanish, but they should of course let the others keep their own languages, too.
Keep up the ride and history lessons, was very interesting and i hope to see more of your trips and history for towns and villages you ride through. Safe rides......
Interesting video. When I rode through these parts in 2018 it felt very similar to my home, Wales. Just seeing the views around you the feeling is the same. And the history not to dissimilar.
You are in the Basque Country-Euskal Herria, where the most ancient language and culture still are alive, in the very same place well before Spain or France existied even as geogrpaphic notions
The oldest culture and language still alive? Are you meaning by that Batua ( a brand new basque language ) or do you rather refer to the “ Euskara Garbia “ made up by Sabino Arana Goiti, full of neologisms, at the turn of the twentieth century ? Older than Chinese, Greek, aboriginal tongues of Australia, bosquimans tongue, New Guinea languages, to name but a few ? Are you serious? Modern Hebrew is about the same age.
@@antoniootero-unbuencaminan7840 Sorry, I gave for granted that it was clear that I was speaking about Europe, not about the world. Of course, it is much older than the greek language which is a branch of the indoeuropean language family, being the basque the last remnant of the PREindoeuropean languages that were in Europe before that invasion from Asia happened. And I didn't know that the euskara batua, or standard basque language was an invented one, being as it is based in our classical literature. We may be brilliant sometimes, but I didn't know that we had invented a new language after de sign language, the morse or the esperanto. Please, communicate ypur discovery to the universities of the world in order to change their plans of studies in linguistics.
@@asiersanz8941 It would be quite interesting to know what’s in a name. Since without “ invasions” it wouldn’t be any population at all. Being Africa the original source of Sapiens, who were in Asia previously than they showed in what we call Europe nowadays . As to how long has being any precedent of what is called Basque language today there’s not an agreement among scholars but there is a general consensus among nationalist politicians. Well, Asier, I wouldn’t want my house built by a politician unless he’s an architect as well. The truth is Euskal Herria is a wishful thinking concept. The concept of a political nation being born after the French Revolution. To put it bluntly thousand years ago there wasn’t neither France, nor Spain or Euskal Herria. As a mater of fact the later, unlike the two others, doesn’t exist yet, unlike Euskadi or Basque Country.
@@antoniootero-unbuencaminan7840 But the fact is that that does not change that the last survival of the preindoeuropean world in Europe is the basque language and culture. A mistery for linguists, anthropologists, etc. You are also right when you say that states are artififcial struxtures that exist from the french revolution on.There was not a spanish or french state rhousands of years ago, but there was a basque language and culture, to put it bluntly also. No doubt. And there is no doubt that Europe and the world are full of nations without state: Euskal Herria, wales, scotland, Catalonia, Corsica, Britanny... etc. It is up to them to decide wether they build a state or not. Please, don't tell us what Euskal Herria is, we don't need your help. We know, as basques, what exactly is, what its geography, culture, history, dimension,... are. Thank you for being so polite, by the way. And Euskal Herria is the name the basque people gave and give to their country in their language as you can read in the oldest texts recorded. Euskadi, was a neologism made by sabino arana, using two basque roots to form it, not in a very correct way. It has around 125 years. I have no problem with neologisms, we can form them with basque roots, as they do in finnsh, for example,
Ha! Reminds me of my Honda C90 trip down from England to Malta through France, Spain and Italy. I took a month back in pre corona days, you’re doing the Great Escape!
Got the pleasure of riding through and around Cape Breton. Gaelic is strong there and road signs are in Gaelic and English underneath. They are roughly the the same age and would have shared territories before the romans brought wealth, death, technology and legions
Cool, those eastern tips up there have been (repeatedly) found by early European peoples. Btw I'm so keen on once I get up there one day, to visit Newfoundland and talk smack about mainlanders with the locals. But first before getting on the ferry rile up the Nova Scotians with talk about independence.
It's always a pleasure to watch your videos, always something to learn :) I have been to San Sebastian many years ago, your video brings me great memories back from that time :)
Pedro, I am very much enjoying this new travels you are doing, it’s wonderful and wish you luck and safe travels. I loved the basque history and the countryside is beautiful.
Nice video bro! One of the things i loved about Asturias was the fact that during the moors invasion, it was the only place that "they" didnt conquer. And Dom Pelayo later lead the reconquista from there :) Abraço!
It wasnt the only place. Virtually the Basque country and Cantabria were not conquered either and control over Galicia was very very soft. More a defacto control than de iure.
I think that’s because the Pyrenees mountains formed a natural barrier that protected the Basque Country from foreign invasion for probably thousands of years. Today, a modern army can penetrate nearly any natural barrier due to modern military airplanes, helicopters, etc. However, back in the 14th century, you had to battle with horses and swords. Moving an army across a mountain was no easy task. And having enough Food supply, water, to feed a large army over a vast mountain was a tough task. This is why I think eventually most foreign invaders just didn’t want to deal with that. However, as time went on Spain was finally able to annex the Basque Country
This seems to be such a charming place, I hope I can visit sometime in the future when all this is over. Seeing and sharing places like this is why I love traveling and make videos so much!
Watching you walk those mountains just wore me out. I think I stopped watching 4 times so I could catch my breath 😁 good exercise for you, that will get you back in physical shape in no time. Safe travels.
Just keep in mind that the history could change depending on the side that you interview. This lady is a vasque independentist woman as you can tell by how she corrects you when you said that it was Spain. When Franco was alive (spanish dictator) he represed vasque language/traditions, but also in ETA (terrorist vasque independency group) times, if you were not pro independency, you had to be very careful not to express your ideas about feeling spanish, or you could easily end with a bullet in your head. Your business could easily end burned, your kids repudiated in school, you ignored in restaurants/cafes..... Two sides of the same coin. Enjoy vasque country, it is such a beautiful place.
interesting vid Pedro. In the natural world, monoculture is anathema. Whenever mankind has tried to grow one single crop over vast areas it has always ended in disaster. We forget we are part of the natural world. Diversity is our life blood. This applies to our different cultures and beliefs. As long as we respect each others values and tolerate our differences we'll be fine. Vive La Difference. Bizi ezazu aldea...
If you're willing to adapt and attempt to speak some foreign language when abroad, you can meet, communicate and learn so many interesting things and some lovely people too. Thanks Pedro. P.S. For what its worth, I own a 1993 Alp.
As a englishman living 6 miles to border and hadrians wall.. it was too keep Scots out... but no wall now ....but corona has replaced that ....keeping me from going there on bike ....Scotland is awsome ps I've visited northern Spain on bike..so suprised by how green it is awsome...cheers from dave
Im basque. Our region Euskal Herria was the Kingdom of Navarre. Till Castilla started to conquer sea territories of the ancient kingdom in 1200 till 1512.
History is more complex than it seems. Look at the word "Vindolanda" in English wikipedia. You will see the relationship between the Basques, the Varduli, the Romans, Hadrian's Wall, the Caledonians, and the Scots. It will be surprised. Edit: Usted está paseando por donde los romanos dijeron que los várdulos habitaban.
My impression is that you don't get whats the actual situation in the basque country. From what you say, you seem to think that basque is in decline, the "spanish integration" has been a success and basque is only taught residually by some hardcore basques. Well on the contrary, basque is taught in public school and it so generalized that in some towns (for example the one I live) you can only study in basque. Heck, the University I went had basque knowledge as a requirement to study there. We literally programmed in basque. One could say that the efforts of the Francoist government to supress basque backfired in a spectacular way. Since then, a standarized basque has been created with a standarizend spelling and huge effort has ben dome by basque official governments and other official organizations to increase the number of speakers and encourage its use. We did lost a great deal of independence in the last centuries, but we still have some remaining in the form of the Gernika statute, which gives the government of the basque autonomous community some extra powers that are absent in the rest of spain (except maybe in Navarre, which coincidentally is also basque, at least partially). Independentism is still very strong, even on younger generations. Its important to note that independentism doesn't equal supportting ETA and terrorism. Most of us are against it. So ETA's end was the end of terrorism but not the end of the independence movement. So in short, the fight isn't over yet.
I was in that area some years ago and it is a unique experience. There was quite a bit of political unrest and one of the signs that I remember was "3 + 4 =1", referring to the desire to form a Basque state out of the seven Basque provinces that you mentioned.
You must have been there many years ago, John. In those times where the terrorist organization ETA and their teenage minions not only wrote things on the walls, but put bullets in the back of the head of their own equally Basque neighbours, and bombs in malls full of people, among many others. Today, the Basque Country is a perfectly safe place where the vast majority of its population is more than happy to be from Spain, and have left those horryfing times behind. It´s actually Catalonia the main place where independence is much more desired by a significant percentage of the population (Adoctrinated and badly mislead by their corrupt, power-hungry leaders, IMO). But at least they don´t kill hundreds of innocent people... Regards from Spain.
I wrote my previous comment before that lady appeared on screen. What she´s saying is partially true: when we had a DICTATORSHIP, Basque language was forbidden. Which doesn´t mean that the vast majority of Basque people, in democracy, CHOOSE to speak Spanish, not Basque, as it can be easily be found in any reputable source of statistics. IMO, Pedro, you´re showing an overly romanticized version of the "resistance", that the overwhelming majority of Spaniards, and even MOST Basques, wouldn´t agree with. I realize you do it in good faith, just telling you something closer to the actual facts, as a Spaniard myself. Best!
It is a beautiful story that you tell in your video, but I am sorry to have to correct you. Leaving multiple errors aside, the main error is that you are not in the Pyrenees. The highest peak in the Basque Country is Mount Aitxuri (1,551 meters) and the highest peak in continental Spain is Mulhacén (3,478 meters) and is located at Granada (Andalusia). The truth is that there are a lot of higer areas at Spain. The other mistakes are understandable, because it would be almost a miracle that a foreigner on a motorcycle trip, with just a few days of stay, could explain the Basque conflict. In any case, it is a wonderful place to visit that is also populated by lovely and friendly people.
15:44 Hello Pedro! When you hear something -atic like automatic "otomatik in Turkish" it is derived from French and actually not a Turkish word. But yes, it sounds a bit so. However it sounded more like Hungarian to my ears. Interesting language and history to be honest. After watching this episode I became more curious about Basque people and everything about them. Thank you for this great episode with splendid view of Basque land.
Pedro, you’re becoming quite the tour guide. It’s not all about the road anymore. Represents an important change for you, doesn’t it. I for one appreciate this evolution, but you know, I was already here. Might need to re market yourself, prop up your subscriptions base.
Normally i do not watch RU-vid so much. But i encountered your channel by accident. Now i have watched a lot of your content. You had some nice experiences and in a way somewhat regocnisable for me. Never had given it a thought that it was possible to make money this way. Weird. But i think this is a great way so you can do the thing you like. And doing it now instead of later with the possibility that later will never come. Nothing so terrible then blowing out the last of your air with a thought that you did not do it. Whatever "it" will be. I think that most people are caught in the "loop" of everyday life. But in real they are stuck in their own thoughts because every adventure just takes the first step to do it. This goes not for everybody of course. When you have to take care of someone f.e. But most are more "free" then they think they are. A few years ago at a pumpstation in Germany in the middle of the night i was embarking on a new adventure. Sitting outside with a smoke a dude with a worn out 660 Ten stopped. He just came back from Mongolia. We talked for a little while. Years and years he thought about making that one big trip. He waited for years. His eyes were glowing while he talked about his great trip. I knew in one instance when i looked in his eyes that this two month adventure he made would last him a lifetime. For all those that are thinking for years about making THAT trip just simply do it. Make some plans about your job. Go to your boss and talk about your dream. Talk to your family about your dream. You will see that things will fall in their place. And imagine how you feel at the start of your journey. The first few miles of your ride. And it does not mean that you have to go umprepared. Surely not cause a little planning is very usefull when done right. But when it is your first time going on that large trip all the planning in the world will not prepare you of all the experiences you will encounter. You will have to adjust while on the go. And i can't explain it but it will make you so much richer. All the people you meet are a blessing for your soul. Just don't wait for later and start to do something now.💪
hi there im From Portugal south of just to let you now there is lock out here atm till next wednesday the 2th dez hope you geting here end all be open anaways great videos realy enjoy them !
at ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-2lgeNL1-NDg.html the clouds are moving very strangely. Is this edited somehow other than being sped up? How are the clouds sort of staying in place like that??
The chance encounter with that woman is just amazing. It's why people need to travel and get out of the tourists groups and just have these amazing interactions. That was priceless.
When I started out I made simple recordings pretty much for progeny and used to turn off the camera when meeting people. I had many great encounters and with more than a few I ended up staying the night. Something I want to do more and capture those experiences.
Tu idioma? Los idiomas no son de nadie. Es tan solo una vía de comunicación, y un estricto cultural. Ni la tierra , ni la lengua, ni la cultura es exclusiva.
6:42 - Buenos dias ! - Egun on ! 7:13 - Conocí la España verde... - Euskal Herria... Hau ez da Frantzia, Hau ez da España, Euskal Herria da. We are a people who speak our language, Basque. But also Spanish or French and many others ... We are Basque and European.
THAT was interesting, now I know a little history of a region I have heard of many times but knew nothing about. The landscape is so "easy on the eyes", I was able to pin point "every step you took" on Google Earth and felt like I had taken the walk with you when it was over... It may be too late now but there is a lane going up behind that "rock climbing ridge" from just off of that intersection where you pointed it out, at the top facing south is another restaurant. Enjoyed the interaction with the lady very much, very well done, (except for the wind noise). I appreciate your interest in history...
I'm a little bit jealous. I also like to do long trips but i'm home at the moment. In 5 months going through Germany, Franche, Spain,Marocco,Algeria (staying with a friend) , Tunesia and then from Tunis or La-Qualette taking a boat to Palermo and from there drifting slowly back home. Don't know that part yet. I only feel ok when i'm traveling. I hate it to be home. Aanslagen = Attacks maybe. A great country Holland but a difficult language.👍 It's the weirdest thing but it has something to do with the people you are meeting. The circumstances are complete different when meeting people when you are on the bike. I can't explain it. Sometimes i think that it is because you feel free and therefore are giving off good vibes that are picked up by others. Check out the new Honda CRF300L. Don't for sure if it is coming to Europe. Somehow i think that it will be a very good bike for this kind of traveling. Decent power. Not to much. And the perfect weight. Sometimes i get tired from the 1190R. From stock it seems to tick all the right boxes this new Honda. Have a good and safe ride and until i can saddle up i have to do it with your experiences.👍👍👍🙏🙏
I feel you. Big cities are still the hardest, don't know what to do with myself at first. You'll be on it again at some point when spring is on the horizon I reckon, have a blast once you do go!
North of Spain is so different from the south, people, geography, way of life, different country, its good to have different identities inside a same country, decades ago Spanish government repressed these identities and languages under one big Spain but since many years ago its not like this and they manage their own region, language is teached on schools and there are efforts to keep this identities, vasque, Galician, Catalonian, canary Islands... And then there's me from Madrid in the center thinking that we are the center.
Scotland, Basque Country, Catalunya, Québec, Kurdistan, and probably much more others. We all want our freedom and it's important that people like you talk about it, as outsiders, and teach the world about us, our struggles and our history. Big thanks!
The trouble with these history type vids is they are too good. Could easily watch more. Ty. Here we call breakfast/lunch "brunch" if you didn't already know.
Hi pedro. question? why are you along in that walk around the house who offer you a free place to stay ? I think you should invite that guy who offer you that place for brunch!
Shhhhttt, don't tell anyone, that's why I put "(green)" in the translation. Though technically, I was standing in front of a vegetable garden so I did get to see "vegetable Spain" eh, the most beautiful Spain.
