http://www.biarritz-villa-kaioa.co.uk Villa Kaioa's Blog Mon, 17 May 2010 06:26:09 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Las Bardenas Reales, an isolated semi-desert area to the south of Pamplona, straddles the regions of Navarre and Aragon. That particular Saturday, we decided to go hiking.  The weather forecast for the Basque Coast said that the skies were going to be overcast, but 200km further south we were sure ... http://www.biarritz-villa-kaioa.co.uk/index.php/2010/05/17/saturday-in-the-bardenas-reales/ Every year I am taken by surprise with the arrival of spring.  What a wonderful season! At Villa Kaioa it’s a pure enchantment. [caption id="attachment_155" align="alignleft" width="195" caption="Colours of spring at the villa Kaioa… the Mind and Heart fall under the spell of spring"][/caption] A celebration of colours. Blue.  The sky is ... http://www.biarritz-villa-kaioa.co.uk/index.php/2010/05/07/spring-at-villa-kaioa-wonderful-time%e2%80%a6/ The 8th edition of the Surf movie festival of Donostia will take place from the 9th till 13th of June 2010. The surfing contest movie (full-length films) aims to be an authentic party of the best movie of world surfing. The participants have to send their production before April the 15th - ... http://www.biarritz-villa-kaioa.co.uk/index.php/2010/05/03/san-sebastian-donostia-surf-movie-festival/ Saturday, May the 1st, at 7 pm, Biarritz proposes the "High-resolution" broadcast of the opera "Armida ", by  the Metropolitan Opera of New York on the big screen of La Gare du Midi. La gare du Midi in Biarritz is about 10mn driving from the Villa Kaioa. ARMIDA: an opera in 3 ... http://www.biarritz-villa-kaioa.co.uk/index.php/2010/04/03/not-to-be-missed-armida-by-the-metropolitan-opera-of-new-york-at-%e2%80%9cla-gare-du-midi%e2%80%9d-in-biarritz/ The market is done, we are hungry. Our senses have been stimulated all morning and we know that Tolosa offers a famous beef rib. We have our adress: Asador Nicolas (Asador means grill) We get lost a little before finding it; in fact the restaurant is just a step from the market ... http://www.biarritz-villa-kaioa.co.uk/index.php/2010/04/02/tolosa-capital-of-txuleta/ [caption id="attachment_120" align="alignnone" width="278" caption="Tinglado’s market, under the arches, along river Oria."][/caption] Last month Pays Basque Magazines’ published an article on Tolosa, capital of the gastronomy of Euskadi (Bask Country). The article emphasised on Saturday morning market where small and local producers sell directly their products. Great pictures to illustrate. Right after ... http://www.biarritz-villa-kaioa.co.uk/index.php/2010/03/29/saturday-at-tolosa/ It is in the amazing crypt Saint-Eugénie that will be exposed, until June the 20th, around sixty works with exceptional peculiarity. Well-known names of the contemporary art among which Zoran Music, Paul Reyberolle, Robert Combas, Vladimir Velickovic will thus be presented beside famous artists of the raw and singular art ... http://www.biarritz-villa-kaioa.co.uk/index.php/2010/03/29/to-be-seen-exhibition-in-biarritz-the-wild-state-eye/ Forming part of the programme “San Sebastian, Space for a Culture of Peace”, the Festival endeavours to awaken and stir the critical awareness of citizens with regard to the great many violations of human rights occurring all over the world. The aim with this event is to foster and spread ... http://www.biarritz-villa-kaioa.co.uk/index.php/2010/02/21/not-to-be-missed-san-sebastian%e2%80%99s-human-rights-film-festival-13-23th-april-2010/ Following the civil war in Spain (1936-1939), Franco’s victory provoked the exile of the Basques and their government, presided over by José Antonio de AGUIRRE. Father José Luis RODRIGUEZ followed them to Paris and became part of the PNV (Partido Nacionalista Vasco).  This priest was born in Bilbao on 16th October ... http://www.biarritz-villa-kaioa.co.uk/index.php/2009/12/04/little-secret-villa-kaioa-was-a-pottery/ In the 1980s, a Hawaiian had the idea of fitting a rudder on to a traditional dugout canoe, built to navigate the calm waters of the lagoons, in order to be able to venture out on to the open seas. This innovation and the systematic use of composite materials have made ... http://www.biarritz-villa-kaioa.co.uk/index.php/2009/08/19/a-new-sport-rides-the-waves-on-the-basque-coast-the-hawaiian-pirogue-or-dugout-canoe/