Thank you, Anthony Bourdain, for helping me find an ancestral name

My father's maternal last name was Echeverria. Today, watching "Episode Intel from San Sebastián"

I discovered the original name, which is Etxebarri, from the Basque country.

https://explorepartsunknown.com/san-sebastian/episode-intel-from-san-sebastian/


Etxebarri is notoriously hard to find. The Baker and I had explicit directions in our guide book, which were as good as any, but didn’t show any distances or what the “turns” actually looked like. We also had a British GPS, but Jane/Gayle was a little crazy (as we drove on the freeway, going the correct way, she would suddenly direct us to take off onto the Spanish fields alongside). And, we had Pim’s post open on our laptop as well. And it actually took all 3 devices to get us to the tiny town of Axpe, right on time, after allowing double the driving time to allow for the Baker’s slow driving, and for getting lost.

http://foodcharmer.com/2011/06/the-best-meal-i-ever-ate-etxebarri-the-grill-master/



Old Basque saying:

We are because we were.