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John R. Bopp
Born and raised in Northern Nevada, USA, I'm a graduate of the University of Nevada, Reno. After a USAC stay in Bilbao, I fell in love with the Basque Country and moved here after graduating. I've been an EFL teacher since my arrival, traveling throughout Biscay preparing students for exams and businesses for working abroad. I started volunteering with the blog at the beginning of 2016 and have been actively coordinating in everything in English since!
"Viewpoints" The grape harvest in the Rioja Alavesa I
Informing the bees of the death of a relative is an ancient Basque tradition
From a Massachusetts university: 5 reasons to visit the Basque Country
Hamarratz Restaurant in Zumaia, a fortuitous gastronomic adventure
Florencio de Basaldua, the man who dreamed of uniting the Basque people in Chubut, Argentina
A double article in four Basque newspapers about Basque-Peruvian journalist "Paco" Igartua
500th anniversary of the first circumnavigation of the globe. We're giving away a book about Elkano by Enrique Santamaría
Francisco "Paco" Igartua: the 99th anniversary of the birth of this Basque-Peruvian journalist
Who was the first to sail around the world, Magellan, Elkano, or a woman?
The La Vizcaína Ranch: a story of Basques in Patagonia