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And it was forbidden to speak in basque. on the french side it's true that there was a little less pressure about talking basque, because a lot of people were coming from paris, from a big town for retirement, we're losing the basque language. >> anthony: do we drink spanish wine do we drink french wine? we drink french wine. >> marielle: french wine. >> anthony: good. ♪ >> anthony: we're in the town of ahetze at la ferme ostalapia. marielle gurtner was born and in spanish basque country but raised in france. >> marielle: we've got a very good quality of life here. the sea, the mountain, the...

>> olatz: so the obsession and i think a male obsession with quality is also something which happens with sports just like with the food. ♪ ♪ >> anthony: basque language and culture exist on both sides of a border. unsurprising is they predate both countries. this maybe france but it's still pais basque >> marielle: here in the french basque country, the basque country is divided by a frontier but were talking about the same country. the french basque country, and the spanish basque country. >> anthony: is there a difference between the french and the spanish side? >> marielle: well on the...

♪ >> anthony: basque language and culture exist on both sides of a border. unsurprising is they predate both countries. this maybe france but it's still pais basque >> marielle: here in the french basque country, the basque country is divided by a frontier but were talking about the same country. the french basque country, and the spanish basque country. >> anthony: is there a difference between the french and the spanish side? >> marielle: well on the spanish side was the dictator franco, and it was forbidden to speak in basque. on the french side it's true that there was a little less pres...

♪ sha, la, la, la, la, la, ♪ sha, la, la, la, la ♪ ♪ >> anthony: the basque country is an autonomous region. a place, a culture where the basque language is spoken. strictly speaking it's anarea straddling spain and france at the western end of the pyrenees. they've been speaking basque here long before the first roman arrived in 65 b.c. it is a very old language. how old? like the question of how far back their history goes and where it begins is not known. the best answer anyone can give

Finish tomorrow but we'll continue to have actual recesses pass that just to make sure that the bad weather has truly cleared and when it starts picking up then we can stand down a bit strong winds have added to problems causing large drifts in places the sheer amount of snow remains a major concern as even where it's been cleared freezing temperatures mean ice is now an added danger more than $5000.00 homes are still without power in the south west of England chief nurse at Royal Devon and exit a hospital enterprise says staff have been going to extra lengths to make sure they get to work bu...