While in Pamplona , it was just a short hop to another two well-known cities in the Basque country, namely San Sebastián (also called Donostia in Basque language) and Bilbao. 奔牛節 前後，有時間走訪巴斯克地區另外兩個著名城市——聖塞巴斯堤安（San Sebastián，巴斯克語亦稱Donostia）及畢爾包（Bilbao）。 The Basque Country (in the broadest sense) is a region encompassing the north-eastern part of Spain, extending into the adjoining south-western corner of France. It boasts of a culture distinct from other parts of Spain and a militant organisation based in Basque called ETA has been seeking independence in a prolonged struggle with Spain. My three days in the Basque country was obviously not enough for me to appreciate completely the cultural dissimilarity between the Basque country and the rest of Spain, but the most conspicuous sign has got to be the language which is totally different from Spanish and unrelated to any other European languages. The Basque people also enjoy their own version of tapas called pintxos, but I wasn’t for...