IYE 2007 KAMNIK: diciembre 2007

IDOIA MARTINEZ DE LAHIDALGA

She is the youngest of Basque Country's group.

If you want to contact with her, her email is : kalaham_89@hotmail.com

Her birthday is 29 of March (29/03)

Estitxu and Idoia

ESTITXU SAEZ DE CASTILLO BUSTO

Her name is maybe the strangest for you. Her birthday is 26 of March (26/03).

Her mail is estitxusaez@hotmail.com

Estitxu and Idoia

IÑIGO BAGAZGOITIA RODRIGUEZ

He is the only boy of the group.

His mail is robinhood1241@hotmail.com

His birthday is 12 of February (12/02)

AINARA SAN EDUARDO GALINDO

She is the person who has done this blog.

Her email is ainaridemicuadri@hotmail.com

Her birthday is 04 of February(04/02)

GORANE DIAZ DE LEZANA VICENTE

She is the oldest of the group of Basque Country.

Her mail is betirisantz@hotmail.com

Her birthday is the 11 of December (11/12)

JUAN JOSE ACEDO MORICHE(JUANJO)

He's the leader of Basque Country's group.

His email is juanjoacmo@hotmail.com

His birthday is 21 of August (21/08)

Youth Mobility Office of Vitoria-Gasteiz

The Youth Mobility Office of Vitoria-Gasteiz's Town Hall is a public service for people between 13-30 years old. We organise activities inside Youth in Action Programme 2007-2013: youth exchanges, European Voluntary Service, Youth Initiatives,..

We have taken part in differents exchanges: Finland, Italy, England, Letonia, France with differents topics (environment, food and traditional things, ...)

We have experience in sending volunteers, we have had some of them in Argentina, Sweden, Italy, Slovakya.....

We are a host organisation too with projects about leisure and free time (youth clubs, children's play-centers and play-clubs.....).

EURO COINS

The euro is also in Basque country, we use Spanish coins.

These ones are:

1 & 2 € : Appears Juan Carlos I, the King of Spain.

50, 20 & 10 cents: It's draw Cervantes, a famous Spanish novelist, who wrote El Quijote.

5, 2 & 1 cents: Appears Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela, Capital of Galizian, in the north-west of Spain. Famous cathedral because everybody who does Way of St James arrives there. This way is a medieval pilgrimage route.

BASQUE COUNTRY, COME AND SPEAK ABOUT IT

The Basque Country (Basque : Euskal Herria) is a cultural region in the western Pyrenees mountains that spans the border between France and Spain, extending down to the coast of the Bay of Biscay (Cantabrian Sea) . It corresponds more or less with the homeland of the Basque people and language.

Here lives more or less 3,000,000 people.

Basque Country has got 3 official languages: Spanish (in the part of Spain), France(in the part of France) and Basque(in both parts). It may be some villages which are basque only spoken.

One of Basque Country's highest peaks is Aizkorri (5012ft/1528m).We´ve got also kms and kms of beachs.

The city from where we are from is Vitoria-Gasteiz, Basque Country's capital. It's located in the South. It is home for the most important Basque institutions. The city is rich in heritage, in fact, its medieval Old Town was declared Monumental Complex in 1997. It is gothic designed and has got narrow streets, as well as important medieval and Reinaissance buildings.

In the old Town we can admire four towers: Santa Maria Cathedral or Old Cathedral (who has appeared in lots of books, for example the last one of Ken Follet), the Church of San Pedro, The church of San Vicente and the chuch of San Miguel.

Church of Santa Maria

There is also a square, call Virgen Blanca, the most known square of Vitoria. On the first days of August, the descent of Celedon, which takes places at this point, marks the beginning of the most important festivals in the city.

Vitoria is one of the cities with the best quality of life in Europe due to its large and large green zones. It offers 20m2 of green zones per inhabitant, the highest rate in the whole country.

The city also offers a wide range of activities throughout the year. It houses lots of museums and culture centres and some of the most important cultural events as the Basque Cinema Week, The Spring Craftwork Fair or the International Jazz Festival.

The other cities of Basque Country are:

Bilbao-Bilbo(capital of Bizkaia), famous because of its Guggenheim,