The Basque Country is soon to be in its third year and is proving very popular - it is partially on the northern coast of Spain, where the Navarre hills sweep down to the Cantabrian Sea; and partially on the southern coast of France where the Pyrenees mountains sweep down to the Atlantic Ocean. The fact that it is half Spanish and half French only adds to its enigmatic and dramatic air. For years foodie friends had been telling me to go there for the extraordinarily good food and I and the gastronomads were not disappointed.