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  1. DuaneS

    LIVE from the Camino Camino Levante - Occasional updates from a walker

    We finally got some sunshine in Valencia and I decided to set off with three amigos from Carcaixent to Xativa. This was somewhere between 20-25kms, and it was a nice day of walking. It's already getting quite uncomfortably hot in the afternoons, so if I carry-on I'm going to try and start a...
  2. DuaneS

    LIVE from the Camino Camino Levante - Occasional updates from a walker

    I've found the markers to be pretty hard to find in some areas. I almost always get lost going through the towns. I've taken to using the All Trails app on my phone and seeing the listed GPS route whenever I get lost - it may not take me along the official trail as I have a feeling it came from...
  3. DuaneS

    LIVE from the Camino Camino Levante - Occasional updates from a walker

    It's been really strange weather here in Valencia in April - while April is always a bit up in the air, more than half of the month it's been raining, and the forecast calls for the next ten days to mostly be wet. I took the train back to Algemesi last week and carried on with a bit of walking...
  4. DuaneS

    LIVE from the Camino Camino Levante - Occasional updates from a walker

    Fair enough, but there is a website for the 'official' community valenciana pilgrims association and they have a rough layout of stages - at least for the first stage, the length is probably related to where there is an algergue to stay in. http://vieiragrino.com/en/
  5. DuaneS

    LIVE from the Camino Camino Levante - Occasional updates from a walker

    Hey everyone, So after I did the last walk and arrived home, my shin bone started really bothering me. I could hardly walk on it for a few days, so I think I really overworked it. I guess being basically trapped in my apartment in Spain for a year has really killed my 'trail hardiness'. I...
  6. DuaneS

    LIVE from the Camino Camino Levante - Occasional updates from a walker

    Who? I just checked, I don't have any messages.
  7. DuaneS

    LIVE from the Camino Camino Levante - Occasional updates from a walker

    Day 1 - Valencia to Almussafes (About 25km) I went to bed last night thinking that since the weather looked so good, I may try to set out and try to knock out some of the first stage. According to the 'official' stage, this is roughly 38km. But since I'm in no hurry and just planned to head...
  8. DuaneS

    LIVE from the Camino Camino Levante - Occasional updates from a walker

    I moved here under the non lucrative visa as well. And I have a Facebook group where I help people as well called tapas forever. I make a very small amount of money doing so as I sell an ebook about it, but my motivation is simply to help people as it was super hard for me and now it’s easier...
  9. DuaneS

    LIVE from the Camino Camino Levante - Occasional updates from a walker

    Also, don't expect regular updates - I'll probably do a stage per weekend for the next little while (utilizing the train now and again to come back to Valencia), and then maybe none for a while since we still are on community lockdown and I can't technically leave the Valencian Community (which...
  10. DuaneS

    LIVE from the Camino Camino Levante - Occasional updates from a walker

    Haha, I didn't. She had to hunt in a box to find the stamp, so I suspect I'm the first person she's stamped in a while. There were times in the last year when the cathedral was completely closed, so it's probably not something they've been asked a whole lot to do. That said, she was certainly...
  11. DuaneS

    LIVE from the Camino Camino Levante - Occasional updates from a walker

    Hey everyone, Now that the weather is better, and since I live in Valencia, I'm going to slowly start to chip away at the Camino Levante. As some people remember I walked a few hours of it a few weeks ago. The Cathedral was closed for visitors then so I wasn't able to get a stamp. So today I...
  12. DuaneS

    Camino Levante this morning

    Yah, if anyone passes through Valencia, look me up. I doubt I can meet everyone, but whenever possible it's always fun to meet fellow pilgrims. I think I may do a blog entry at some point and list some of my favourite cafes/restaurants in Valencia - one of my favourite cafes passes about 100m...
  13. DuaneS

    Valencia: accommodation, guide and credential

    Yah, that doesn't surprise me based on the blank stares I received last year when I was asking about it haha. Thanks! I'm just waiting on a new credential and then I'll head down and try to get stamp one.
  14. DuaneS

    Valencia: accommodation, guide and credential

    Given that I live in Valencia, I may start chipping away at the Levante as the weather warms up here. Does anyone know a place in Valencia near the cathedral (inside the cathedral maybe?) for the first stamp? Last year when I first found the marker I asked around, and nobody seemed to know...
  15. DuaneS

    Camino Levante this morning

    Thanks for the advice! And off topic, like off roading, is always welcome!
  16. DuaneS

    Camino Levante this morning

    The river in Valencia is called the 'turia', and yes, it's lovely! I live less than ten minutes from it on foot, so I try to get down there as much as I can.
  17. DuaneS

    Camino Levante this morning

    The first photo was looking at the cathedral; second one was right in front of the cathedral looking down at the first marker; third and forth ones are pretty close to the cathedral, walking down the first long stretch after the two jogs near the cathedral. That's one of my favourite streets in...
  18. DuaneS

    Camino Levante this morning

    I actually went looking for a map of where the markers are in Valencia, but couldn't find one. So here is a pretty rough layout of where I started (the cathedral) and where the markers go. I'll redo it again at some point and get it exact, but I'm pretty sure that's on the path, or really...
  19. DuaneS

    Camino Levante this morning

    Thanks for letting me know. I did know about an association, but haven't been in touch yet. I was already surprised walking around the cathedral in Valencia how little (basically no) emphasis there was on there actually being a camino starting there. I had to look pretty hard to find the...
  20. DuaneS

    Camino Levante this morning

    After finishing the camino frances in 2017, I decided I would move to Spain and live here full time. I chose the city of Valencia (which coincidentally this last year was voted the #1 city in the world for expats), and I've been super happy here. Obviously things in Spain aren't great in...

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