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    Martinet

    October 30, 2019 in Spain ⋅ ☁️ 13 °C

    Today, first day in Spain, and first day without Antoine. We parted ways this noon in Puigcerda where our friend and guide Manu dropped us off. Antoine wanted to stay in France to find a job better paid that what would be in Spain, and I preferred to keep on going towards the heat! So I'm alone, now, waiting for someone else to share the road with me, that's why I'm planning to make the camino de Santiago, as it will certainly be a good opportunity to meet people.Read more

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    This is the place I turned around... Now I'm on!!Do you want to take the old bridge? 😁

    Coll de Nargo

    November 1, 2019 in Spain ⋅ ⛅ 13 °C

    Early stop today as I found a super nice spot for camping, making the laundry and safe fire. I'm also proud to announce I did two achievements today as first, I made some money busking next to a church; it was quite difficult to make it before even though I was meaning to do it because of siesta time here in Spain where all streets are empty, but today I managed to reach a town before 2pm and made 5€ in half an hour. Second achievement is I passed the point where I turned around and gave up some years ago when I wanted to reach Andalucía hitchhiking! I recognized the bus stop and the bar where I stopped, back then and made the decision to give up! Victory!! 😁Read more

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    Guardiola

    November 2, 2019 in Spain ⋅ ⛅ 14 °C

    Today was again "flat" enough to take tracks and side roads. I still took the national road for a while, then got stuck because of a tunnel so had to go back to a track up the mountain to avoid it. It was so pleasant not to be along a crazy fast road, that when I reached it again, I decided to quit it and went all the way up to this nearly abandoned village of Guardiola where I'm now writing you those lines. Tomorrow, I'll reach the plains again so I'll have a wider choice of path to take!
    There's also something I discovered that is not so nice to be alone, it's that I go to sleep very early and then at some point, well before sunrise, I wake up and cannot sleep anymore! I'll have to find a way to keep busy at night because I definitely don't want to start the day in the dark!    Read more

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    1This is what I call "blind-self-cut-with-micro-scissors"tell me if you want one!

    Ermita de Sant Roc

    November 3, 2019 in Spain ⋅ 🌬 16 °C

    So much wind today! It wasn't very pleasant I'm gonna cut my hairs that came non stop in my eyes!!! 💇‍♂️ Hopefully I found a nice corner which cuts most of the wind... It should decrease during the night to start over tomorrow morning.Read more

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    Nice sunrise, this morning!

    Away from Balaguer

    November 4, 2019 in Spain ⋅ 🌙 8 °C

    Today, a bit before night time, I crossed one of the biggest Spanish city of my trip, Balaguer. Horrible place! Real city life where people are used not to be happy! Or at least that's what I felt, crossing it. Nobody says hello and they quickly look away when you try to catch their attention. I quickly restocked on food and hurried away from it!Read more

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    Catalonia's border

    November 5, 2019 in Spain ⋅ ☀️ 8 °C

    Last night in Catalonia... And when I say Catalonia, it's less than 100m from the border on the map...😁 They try to be independent, so it seems... I haven't seen manifestations or anything of the likes besides posters... Well I'm leaving it. Is that independence?Read more

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    In the bunker

    November 7, 2019 in Spain ⋅ ⛅ 10 °C

    Hi people! Early stop again today as I was quite tired and decided to stop at the first nice spot I found. 5 mins later, I saw this bunker, historical site very inviting! Yeah, yeah, I know, it's war related, bad energies, blah blah blah... Well... Know what? If I have nightmares or sleep bad, I'll tell you guys and never do it again! But for now I'm very happy to have found a nice chilled place windproof, rainproof and I don't even have to pull the tarp!! Of course there's no connection inside so I'm here on the steps to write you these lines where I have 4G! Now I'm gonna read and take some time off... Slacking off Santiago! 😂 😘😘Read more

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    ¡Cambió de dirección!

    November 8, 2019 in Spain ⋅ 🌬 10 °C

    Today I walked 40Km! 🚶🥾 As I changed my goals and plans, I got to walk with the wind in my back! Sooo much better! Especially that it was the strongest, today, 65Km/h gusts according to the weather forecast! So that's why I came to this place with big concrete walls to protect me from it!Read more

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    Back in Catalonia!

    November 10, 2019 in Spain ⋅ ☀️ 11 °C

    So apparently I missed Catalonia so much I had to come back! Good idea, it's already less cold and windy (besides this fucking place, Almatret, they build on top of a mountain where there was fucking strong freezing wind!!). Today I "improved" my trailer which, I realized, is not that well conceived if you want to go somewhere else than the ever-flat Holland! I had nothing to do it so I did it with local tools (i.e. big stones! 😁). See in the pics. The point is that too go up, the best is to lower the "arms" at max cap, but if so it's hitting my legs every step!! So thanks to this "improvement" I really enjoyed a very nice mountain walk, today!!Read more

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    Miam miam!

    Gandesa

    November 11, 2019 in Spain ⋅ ☁️ 10 °C
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    Hot shower!!

    November 12, 2019 in Spain ⋅ ☀️ 15 °C

    My mother offered me a night in a hotel!! Real hot shower! Luxury!! Well, the room is not that much bigger than my tarp, but at least, it's legal! 😁 What's even better is that it's gonna rain tonight, and my batteries were all low! So fresh new start for me!! Thank you so much Mommy, love you! 😘😘Read more

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    Ullals de Baltasar

    November 13, 2019 in Spain ⋅ ⛅ 14 °C

    Today I encountered a pilgrim in Amposta! A Polish guy that spent the last 8 month walking in Spain! But now he's going back up north to Poland... Anyways we spent nearly an hour speaking together about this and that... Before I decided to keep on going to find a spot before sunset... And here I am! In this magical site which is a bit like a swamp but with hard ground and big cracks in it through which we can see water at some places! The round clearings you can see on the map are observation spots where it's been half dug to reveal the water! It's very nice indeed but at the time I'm writing those lines, it's dusk, so "mosquito time" and I'm being harassed by them!😁 I'm gonna spend the night here and tomorrow I'll reach Mediterranean Sea at last! I can already really feel the proximity of it but couldn't catch a glimpse of it as of yet...Read more

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    Platja d'Aiguadoliva

    November 14, 2019 in Spain ⋅ ☁️ 15 °C

    Ok. No picture of the camp today as I just finished setting it up... In the dark! I found myself in a larger city than i expected and so had some difficulties to find a nice spot to camp, so finally I decided to rely on the map and came here where there are two trucks parked close by... There was the possibility to sleep in a squat, but the idea was not really tempting so here I am!Read more

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    A tower with no door, or so I thought before seeing a sign explaining it's high above ground!

    Parc Natural de la Serra d'Irta

    November 15, 2019 in Spain ⋅ ☁️ 10 °C

    Today I made the worst busking session! 1,10€ for one hour! Then now while putting the tarp, I spoke to a local that explained to me that the city is now only with locals who lives there all year long as opposite of during the season when there are too many tourists with many people playing in the streets, so this explained that, they are kind of bored and overly used to people playing! Hopefully I'll make a bit more the next days... Anyways, I'm now in a super nice natural reserve with signs saying camping prohibited everywhere! I guess it's the upside of not being here during the season as it's not "actively" prohibited now! 😁Read more

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    New tent!

    November 18, 2019 in Spain ⋅ ⛅ 15 °C

    Okay I made a decision last night, it was to try and make enough money today to buy a new tent... The point was to have a closed space again because it means more heat and less mosquitoes, mostly. The cheapest one at decathlon is 20€ and is still bigger than the one I had at the beginning (and left at Denis' father back in Carcassonne) cause it was an only one person tent. So I went to a (suuuuper) big city with the idea of playing non stop till 2pm, the time when the streets starts to empty and see if I could make the money needed. Not sure yet if I was gonna buy this new tent, I had only 3€ in my pockets.
    Around 3Km before reaching the center, I heard a voice behind me, calling, staring above my shoulder, I saw an old lady nearly running towards me telling me to stop. Not knowing what was her problem I went towards her and,... She actually have me a 10€ note saying something I understood it was like a legacy from someone who asked her to give money to people in need!! Also, just before 2pm I kind of lost hope to make enough money (the people in that city were looking very rich but apparently had no money, or not enough to give, anyways) a very nice girl gave me the 3€ I was missing to have exactly the 20€, with a very warm, cute smile! So thanks to that, long story short: I have now a new shitty tent and no more money in my pockets!! 😁    Read more

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    From there I checked where I could go sleep... You can actually see it it's the spot with the few sparse yes,

    First juggling day!

    November 20, 2019 in Spain ⋅ ☀️ 15 °C

    Today I made some money juggling! I played bass, for a while with some music from my phone then decided to try with the balls and ended up making 1,7€ more, that way! And it's actually quite nice because, to be frank, I know the bass doesn't sound very loud so it's kind of a "false show" so with the balls, I make a show that people can enjoy for real! I think I'll keep on using both methods... And hopefully I'll get much better at juggling! 🤣🤣Read more

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    Some datura growing near the railsEmpieza la locura!Arriving in the center itself

    Valencia

    November 21, 2019 in Spain ⋅ ☀️ 16 °C

    Today I walked a lot to be able to go through Valencia! I had the choice to go through it or around and decided to go through the center to see what it's like... Wow que locura! Montón de turistas en el centro y montón de gente tocando música o pidiendo de una manera o una otra!! I didn't feel at all like being part of it, even though it might have gotten me quite rich... So I hurried through and stopped near a supermercado to juggle a bit, and be away from it before sunset. Well the center itself is quite nice if you can ignore the masses but as soon as you quit it, it is as all big cities are: tall, ugly buildings with grey people looking no farther than their feet... Oh yes! And their smartphones, of course!!! What a poor world we live in... 🥺🤕😶🤑👽💔🏦📵Read more

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    See the bird taking off in the middle?Back on tracks!

    Just before the rain...

    November 22, 2019 in Spain ⋅ 🌧 16 °C

    Hello people! It's raining today! Thankfully, it started only late afternoon. When it started, I took the time to put my train protection just for some drops, then looked for a hidden place to camp. I found it around 3.30pm then nearly as soon as I finished setting the tarp and hid under, some real reason started! Ended up quite well! 😁 Then if I'm to believe the weather forecast, it should already be over by tomorrow morning!Read more

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    Not a straight path, of course, it's the mountain, not the coast! 😊

    Under the highway

    November 23, 2019 in Spain ⋅ ⛅ 15 °C

    Wow look at this nice spot I found!! It's like a private room with a terrasse !! I'll even be able to make fire as it's on the other side of the highway and as I'll sleep inside the tunnel, the wind and most of all the sound of the highway are gonna be muffled! It's back in the mountains, now I left the Camino de Santiago, again as it was only taking me to the ugliest places and went through the very nice valley where I could see varieties of plants! After so long seeing mostly orchards, it was veeeery nice! 😁😁 Last pic is the path I think I'll be taking the next couple days to avoid the peak of the coast and see more mountain. Of course, you'll be able to see it for real on this app's map as well but maybe, this way you'll be able to see also if I change direction! 😆😆Read more

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