Aupa everyone! I hope this blog finds you all well :) It´s been a very interesting week as far as getting to know the politics of Basque country, as well as getting to know the history of the region, especially after a visit to Guernica and a trip through the rural Basque country side. Just like back home, elections are coming up in Spain as well and I am finding the Bilbao is a political hotbed of political activity. There are tons of political posters plastered all over the place, and most of the graffiti I have seen seems to be about fighting facism and basque pride. Last Thursday, valentines day, there was a call for a general strike. There are a couple Basque nationalist parties, and one party, the PNV was made illegal because it
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