How would you define your own identity? Tell us about your background and the way you would describe yourself to strangers.
Chris Stewert sitting in his "cortijo, El Valero" in Las Alpujarras, south of Granada.
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20 comments:
HI!!!!
hello eva, you are not alone!
Nice one Eva and Jone! Now let's get started with our Blog!
Good one, Rashers. This is open to both classes I suppose.
It's a difficult question. My grandparents were from England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales so I grew up being told that I was a quarter of each but really I feel Engliah as that's where I grew up. Okay my mum would sing a few Irish songs to us and my gran would bring back shortbread from her trips back home to Scotland but it would be a mistake to overstate those connections.
I did try once, late at night in a pub, to engage some Irishmen in my Irish background but they weren't very interested. In fact, they were rather rude to me if I remember rightly.
hi!!!
What about "Real"irish taversn in bilbao¿¿¿.
in my opinion de best in in Estraunza street the little one, i´m sure tha all of teachera know the place.
that´s it??¿¿
Hi! I borned in Bilbo but everytime I have lived in Getxo with my parents. I´m student but in my free time I work to earn some money for my holidays.
Hello!!
I´m from Bilbao but my father and my grandparents were born in Cantabria. my father feels basque after 30 years living here and i really feel basque. I suppose that this is because i speak basque since i´m very little and when i´m abroad i like t said that i´m basque, though lots of times they don´t really know whta´s that.
hi hi! i live in bilbo but i wish i lived in las apujarras granainas with our friend chris. franckly, i like a lot this place, you can go to the beach or to the mountain...
My father is from bilbao and my mother from donosti, but i´m completely feel from bilbao and supporter of Athletic of course...
come on txus, let's write, no seas...
dont be lazy...
Yea, sure is the best Irish pub in Bilbao
I'm not lazy I'm not as fast as you...I'm thinking....
Michael is the best barman in town. You couldn't meet a nicer person. I'll be there this weekend and you can speak to me in English if you feel like it.
about my boring life...i born in bilbo and i still live there, i study, work when ive time and carpe diem!
In a few minutes we can go home...
Hello people!
My name is Aitor ("gara" is the short form of my surname) and I've lived all my live in Bilbao, so I can honestly say that I'm part of this excellent, brilliant, incredible... city. My father was born in Bilbao also and that's why I'm so handsome and good football player (I didn't play in the Athletic and that's why it's loosing all matches).
My mother was born in a little town of Burgos, but she came here very young. She was nearly 18 years old when she came to Bilbao (I can't say it certainly because I wasn't born so I don't remember that time very well). So she has a half from Burgos and the rest from "the city of the World".
You will see that I feel very proud for being from Bilbao, that's a normal thing because the people from here are very... very... I can't explain it with words. Come and see yourself!
If I had to identify myself to a stranger, I would tell him about my personal details. I would introduce myself with my name, age, job, and origin. I would say 'hello, my name is Silvia, I am twenty nine years old, I'm lawyer, and I come from Bilbao!.
It´s true that irish and scotish people have more "good vibrations" than scotish and irish with the british???
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I was born in Newry, Co Down although both my parents come from the Republic of Ireland. I would say that I identify more with my mother’s hometown than the province of Ulster. As a young boy, growing up in Northern Ireland wasn’t, at the best of times, a pleasant experience. The fact that my people were at war with each other didn’t help much and perhaps, more than anything, not having any family whatsoever in the North made me look forward to the long summer holidays with my mother’s family in Thurles, Co. Tipperary.
I’ve lived in the Basque Country longer than I’ve lived anywhere else. I suppose that would qualify me for Basque nationality! For this reason I would say that I now identify more with the Basque Country than with Ireland. I still love going back to Ireland, and being with my cousins and doing the traditional pubs! In fact, I think that being apart of two cultures has opened my mind and made me a more tolerant and better person.
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