Tourists

We are tourists. Plain and simple. No matter how we dress, act, or speak, we cannot be mistaken for what we are. We are people who have come from one part of the world to visit another part of the world. We want to see other cultures, eat different foods, take lots of photographs, and drink lots of local beverages.

The owner of our Halsou house, Elsa, sent us an e-mail regarding the Basque region. She wrote:

"If you go any traditional events, please remember to wear red and white. Otherwise you will look like an uggly (sic) tourist."

Thanks, Elsa! I'm sure if we all wore white shirts, white pants with red neckerchiefs we would have been taken for the real thing!