when in spain one must eat and try the tapas. while in basque country, everyone feast on pintxos which is similar to tapas but elevated to the next level.
you feast on pintxos from breakfast to dinner and from dusk to dawn and it starts all over again. here are some of the pintxos shots.
you started your very first pintxos at bilbao, just next to guggenheim museum
and in the evening at plaza neuva
even at portugalete, you paused for pintxos and a drink...
at san sebastian, pintxos is taken to the next level, the txikiteo (bar crawling) starts as early as 11.30am
and you're served will a heaven of pintxos, some with most unimaginable combination, all in bite size
and so you went on from one bar to another
this is how the txakoli (basque country white wine) is poured... from a height to create more bubbles in the glass
and you carry on, and as you drink and chat, you get to know people and continue on for more pintxos
the rules to keep going is to take only one pintxos at a bar, no matter how tempting they're, and when you have enough of txakoli, ask for musto (grape juice), which is equally great.
it's an experience, particularly in san sebastian where you walk on the street with the highest density of pintxos bars.
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