Somewhere in Spain: Painters and Drugs store

Siri had all kinds of trouble pronouncing directions in Basque Spain

Some tapas in Bilbao, Logroño and San Sebastián

In this part of the country tapas are also called pintxos. Many are served on a slice of baguette where they're known as montaditos. They offer them hot, but most are sold at room temperature stacked at the bar, serve yourself, honor system rules. People usually bar hop to several pintxos joints in one night. Last night we visited eight.

Some Spanish gas station food

Peeling piquillos at El Navarrico

At El Navarrico, peeling Lodosa peppers takes two stages. The outer char first, then clean-up. It's done by hand, they never use any water. Each and every peeler is a woman.

Wood roasting piquillo peppers at El Navarrico

Bilbao Storefront Fonts