Buber's Basque Page: Basque Pen-Pals

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Looking for a Pen-Pal? Or are you interested in becoming a pen-pal with someone? Just add a note here saying who you are and what you are looking for in a pen-pal.

A pen-pal is someone you write with, trading emails or letters and learning about the other person. It is a great way to learn about other cultures and peoples and, specifically here, a way for people to learn about Basques both in the Basque Country and away.

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davidormaetxea at yahoo dot com
07-May-2008 18:21 #7436

Hello My name is David Ormaetxea. My father is from the Basque country.When I was a kid, I would always go to Euzkadi during the summer for vacation. After High School here in the states, I decided that I wanted to follow my father's foot steps and play Jai-Alai at the professional level. I moved to Bermeo, Spain and became a pelotari. I played there for 2 and a half years before being sent to Tijuana, Mexico. I played there for 4 years, and then I retired.I met this wonderful young lady from Tijuana,and we got married 1995 in Tijuana,Mexico.Now I live in San Diego,Ca. I love EUZKADI, and some day when I retire, I will move back to Euzkadi. GORA EUZKADI!!!!

dambawinna at yahoo dot com 11-Mar-2008 23:15	`#7098`
`I would like to meet honest people specialy for japanease female friend and sri lankan female friends I am sri lankan male 43 years old. working in University. please email to me Asoka`

gehollywood at yahoo dot com
16-Aug-2007 3:29 #5850

hi. my name is jorge elguezabal , i live in hollywood california u.s.a. !! hablo espanol!!! and i would like to stablish contact to somebody in the basque country !! in order to find more about my direct descendants from bilbao,they arrived to america (new spain ) in the 1700'smy first relative "direct" was juan bautista elguezabal gobernor of texas 1800-1805 also one of his sons juan bautista elguezabal ximenez became governor of texas and coahuila in 1834 (under mexican republic rule ) i know about all my relatives since governor juan bautista elguezabal born in bilbao inthe late 1700's( his information is also in el archivo de indias alla en espana !! please if any pen pal or relative can assist me to find information about my direct relatives !! please send me an email!!! espanol , or , english i'm fluentl on both languages !! proud to be basque !!! orgulloso de ser vasco !! y tambien mexicano !!! saludos para todos alla en el pais vasco !!!

saetch at veopoint dot com 14-Jul-2007 23:22	`#5646`
`hey, im french basque my last name is Etchelecu so if you know anyone with that last name fill free to email me. i do have family there but I have not been able to meet them yet. i think it would be cool to have a pen pel in the basque country. p.s. if you know the last name Bidart you can email me too. thanks shelby`

stephen_andree at hotmail dot com
27-May-2007 22:51 #5261

An author and English teacher in China, I was born in the USA 46 years ago. This is my 20th year in China. I am a Christian and my brother is a scientist living in Spain by the Med.Sea. He has told me a bit about Basques and the beautiful green country there. Much to learn and more to write, I want to meet a Basque friend-- a European whose history is as old as the country where I live. We westerners also have a rich heritage.

vroodoodoo at hotmail dot com 11-Apr-2007 20:23	`#4971`
`Hi, I'm from U.S. (Lithuanian decent) and looking for people in the Basque country under 30 hopefully. Moving to Glasgow next year and would love to go back to Bilbao and stay with someone for a bit before. I love film, food, writing, literature, traveling, and am peaceful.`

cjhappycat at hotmail dot com 27-Mar-2007 10:18	`#4851`
`I cam e to San Sebastian as a small child. I have longed toreturn my whole life. In 2 years I will be there. Im looking for people near that area to correspond with.. Carrie Jo`

rathnamalalabandara at yahoo dot co dot uk 13-Feb-2007 23:54	`#4585`
`Hi,My name is Rathnamalala From Sri lanka I like Intraduse many friend through this service If you are interesting in sending me E mail I thanks you lot Thank you, Ranjani Rathnamalala Bandara`

shall6674 at charter dot net 19-Jan-2007 19:15	`#4421`
`Hello I am of Spanish Basque decent my family came over in the early 1900's to herd and trap for BLM. I know just enought to get me by but would love to learn more. I am a 21 year old female please contact me!`

teresa at mvsd dot com 28-Dec-2006 21:59	`#4287`
`hi jessica jauregui im hector farfan from cali get back at me at my space at teresa@mvsd.com`

teresa at mvsd dot com 28-Dec-2006 21:55	`#4286`
`hi danielle my name is hector farfan from los angeles and just looking to meet new girls thats for all the other girls as well i can be reached at my space at teresa@mvsd.com so hit me up danielle`

kalbee at bresnan dot net 22-Nov-2006 2:16	`#4025`
`I am told my name is basque...it is Galceran I've only met a few, but most are from Spain and I understand that we are all related, that it is not a common name...spelled correctly, there is an accent over the last a... HEY Barney! I didn't know you were erupoean...I just thought you were a SJP! How are things going? Kellie Galceran`

saunterlom at yahoo dot com
22-Oct-2006 18:09 #3831

My name is Raul Rochester,51.I am looking for a bride.I am a simple man with simple tastes.Who can admit as such but a sophisticated, worldly person?Find out for yourself. In my spare time I write poems, screenplay synopses,surreal stories,paint in expensive oil on canvas.I have made excellent copies of Goya,Picasso, and El Greco.I discovered this Basque website only recetly.I would like to visit any place in Euskadi someday,possibly meet a local lass in Bilbao.Invite her to watch a football game or a traipse down the Guggenheim, talk about Camus,Levy,Dadaism,Neruda,Westlife,Johhny Depp,sex and religion,the internet. I am from Camden,New Jersey. Thank you.

jcmiller502 at yahoo dot com
20-Oct-2006 11:37 #3819

Kaixo! My name is Jason Miller and I am a 45 year old (non-Basque) man from Ohio in the United States. I am looking for a Basque penpal from Bayonne France. I recently finished writing a novel that will educate westerners about the culture of Japan. But I also have a character who is an exchange student (a girl) named Miren Eyzaguirre from Bayonne. I would like to further develop that character in a sequal and it would be great to have a penpal, preferably a girl, from Bayonne to help me develop that character. I am a big fan of Basque culture and I am happy to be exposing that beautiful culture in my book. I also love to cook Basque cusine and wash it down with my favorite wine, Txakoli. I would love to try Izarra, but I can't find it in the United States (perhaps someone can help me with that too). Jason

richard at croissant dot org dot uk
08-Oct-2006 21:14 #3767

hi i am a welsh man but have found out that my surname is basque from my grandfather and so on. very curious and would love a penpal who is basque or interested in the basque culture as i am. i am 18 years old and am planning a trip to the basquelands soon. Because i am Welsh it means i am very passionate and this is how i feel about my basque culture. I really want to learn! email me on richard@croissant.org.uk or wales_kick_ass_4evr@hotmail.co.uk thanks and i hope to hear from you soon! Richard Jauregui

jesuschangnot at yahoo dot ca
06-Oct-2006 13:04 #3748

Am francis A King,A worker for the Lord Jesus Christian,I live at Guine Bissau fo Now,I travel For the Gospel of Christ,and God give Victtory,open up to all kind of people in this life to fell free to mail me,Aslo looking for a friend from every race,and I like people that honest to themselves,even to others,my friendship is to reach others with faithfulnees, to even to the fatherless and motherless.and show concern.to all whether rich or poor, I am a man,save by the grace of God,used to be a blessing to as many that will hope in the Lord to be their Saviour,even to those that are without,I am a deptor to then also, Free or bond,for that I am called. Exists to procalaim the Gospel to all Nations by loving reaching and multiplying labourers....Helping poor and needy people-Isa 41;7-orphans,homeless,street children,widow-Job 29;13 I pray that as you read,God will touch your heart to have deep fealing and concern over the poor vand needy-Prov 17;19,21;13 Religion that God our Father accept as pure and faultless,to look after orphans and widow-Job 29;13-in their distress -Isa 25;4a-and keep one self being polluted by the world James 1;27, Job ,,,,,jesuschangnot@yahoo.ca

jonetxi at ozu dot es 04-Sep-2006 9:30	`#3547`
`kaixo, Euskal Herritik kanpora bizi diren gazteekin hartu emana izan nahiko nuke. 23 urte ditut, emakumezkoa nahiz, unibertsitatean ikasten dut eta Donostian, Euskal Herrian bizi naiz, idatzi lasai!! Hello I would like to have penpals all over the world. I'm a 23 year old female, and I'm studying at university. I live in Donostia, in the Basque Country, please write me!!`

A-tails at lycos dot com
26-Aug-2006 20:09 #3504

Kaixo!My name is Toy.What am I doing here?I have been walking the whole morning in the quiet,pretty streets of Burbank.At a bus kiosk in Alameda St I catch my breath and rest.Earlier in my saunters I had made my le must stop at the library in N.Buenavista St.It is where I can go on-line a maximum of two hours for free. Like a social club or a shopping mall, the library is the best place to watch Americans,how they look like,behave,all that, hoping I could find the standard which I could use in bonding with them, preferably the white locals, not my fellow immigrants.I have never seen so many blond heads in my life,its overwhelming.Bored with cyberspace junk, I take a stately stroll along the rows of magazine racks.American magazines!It�s always felt like attending a glossy seminar on the �American Dream�.(Everybody thinks the American Dream is Hollywood.Balderdash.Its a state-of-mind,it can be in 1st st in downtown L.A.Anyway,magazines are the soul of the nation.They are the reason why I am here, I wanted to be at the source. Its enough consolation for the joblessness I have ben encountering here because of a tough time picking up the locals� inflection. Regarding Euskadi, I have a Basque grandfather, a diluted one, but Basque nevertheless. It is no surprise why I got attracted to Blas� baby.My email address is A-tails@lycos. com. AGUR!

rajdeep_354 at yahoo dot com
24-Aug-2006 6:44 #3490

hi my names raj i live in india . i am moving to canada after a few months if any one read this message please o contact me at rajdeep_354@yahoo.com. i need your help because i want to know about the the teen age life as im ateen ager and a male so please if an one can help me i'll be really glad and i'll reaching canada before 3 april 2007 i'll even appriciate that the moderator can aproove it fast so i could be helped. thank you

toy at realmadrid dot zzn dot com
20-Aug-2006 16:59 #3472

Kaixo.My name is Toy.What am I doing here?I have been walking all morning around Burbank.At a bus stop in Alameda st I ensconced myself to take a breather. I had tarried at the library in N.Buenavista St to surf the internet and relax; later annoyed by the monotony of cyberspace,I sign out and ambled along the rows of magazine racks without which it had no business being called a library.Just looking at the magazine titles is overwhelming, I tell you.They tell you all you need to know about America. Right now these magazines are my only friends in America,yes, and the books,too,but I have read too many books already I don't know if they made me a better person,or a rich person, a happy contented person.I am not.But I am a man.I don't have a car, thats the bottom line.Most of the people I encounter in Burbank are taciturn,hostile to a point.I don't know why,despite their affluence,Burbankers seem to be an unhappy lot.The locals all look physically alike.Another thing that strikes me are the Latinas and Armenian women in Burbank:their features and bearing are identical, almost like clones.Its flabergasting. I am digressing.I want to meet a friend from Euskadi.Maybe that's the reason I am here.I don't have a car.I apologize for this stupid monologue.It's still a beautiful world, hey.

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