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Digital Book Stories and Impressions from THE WAY
Erasmus Project Trier - Valencia 2019 - 2021
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Welcome to our digital book.
Students and teachers from IES Benlliure and Humboldt Gymnasium had an incredible challenge ahead of them: to create together, to learn together and to walk together - all this in the midst of a global pandemic.
We were 1,270 kilometres apart. We have very different languages, customs and educational systems. Yet, in all the chaos that surrounded us, we united our efforts to write stories together, exchange knowledge together, solve riddles together and create a podcast together - thus living together during several stages of the Camino.
This is the result.
Enjoy and: Ultreia!
Valencia and Trier, September 2021
Students and teachers from IES Benlliure and Humboldt Gymnasium had an incredible challenge ahead of them: to create together, to learn together and to walk together - all this in the midst of a global pandemic.
We were 1,270 kilometres apart. We have very different languages, customs and educational systems. Yet, in all the chaos that surrounded us, we united our efforts to write stories together, exchange knowledge together, solve riddles together and create a podcast together - thus living together during several stages of the Camino.
This is the result.
Enjoy and: Ultreia!
Valencia and Trier, September 2021
Table of Contents
Story: A Friendly Encounter _ page 04
Escape Room Quiz 1 _ page 08
Podcast: Practical Tipps on the Way _page 09
Story: Apocalypse in Xátiva _ page 11
Escape Room Quiz 2 _ page 14
Story: A German Horror Story _ page 16
Escape Room Quiz 3 _ page 19
Podcast: History of the Saint James Way _ page 20
Story: James and the Hidden Fountain _ page 22
Story: Last Way _ page 26
Escape Room Quiz 4 _ page 30
Podcast: St. James Way in Our Town _ page 31
Story: Our friend's journey _ page 33
Escape Room Quiz 5 _ page 36
Podcast: How to behave responsibly on The Way _ page 37
Story: Our Journey _ page 39
Story: The Adventure of Agemesi and its Products _ page 43
Podcast: Why do we travel/go on a pilgrimage? _ page 47
Story: The Amazing Way _ page 49
Escape Room Quiz 6 _ page 53
Podcast: How to prepare for The Way _ page 54
Video from OUR Way around Valencia _ page 56
Video from OUR Way around Trier _ page 57
Group pictures _ page 58
Our Twinspace _ page 60
Credits _ page 61
Escape Room Quiz 1 _ page 08
Podcast: Practical Tipps on the Way _page 09
Story: Apocalypse in Xátiva _ page 11
Escape Room Quiz 2 _ page 14
Story: A German Horror Story _ page 16
Escape Room Quiz 3 _ page 19
Podcast: History of the Saint James Way _ page 20
Story: James and the Hidden Fountain _ page 22
Story: Last Way _ page 26
Escape Room Quiz 4 _ page 30
Podcast: St. James Way in Our Town _ page 31
Story: Our friend's journey _ page 33
Escape Room Quiz 5 _ page 36
Podcast: How to behave responsibly on The Way _ page 37
Story: Our Journey _ page 39
Story: The Adventure of Agemesi and its Products _ page 43
Podcast: Why do we travel/go on a pilgrimage? _ page 47
Story: The Amazing Way _ page 49
Escape Room Quiz 6 _ page 53
Podcast: How to prepare for The Way _ page 54
Video from OUR Way around Valencia _ page 56
Video from OUR Way around Trier _ page 57
Group pictures _ page 58
Our Twinspace _ page 60
Credits _ page 61
A friendly encounter
One pretty hot summer, I was walking on the Saint James way. When I was already in Algemesí, I came across a fellow German pilgrim who was walking the same route as me. "Hi! Can you help me, please?” I asked after I found a blister on my right ankle, ”I really need a band-aid" "Probably, give me a second, I will search one." He answered friendly. "Oh, I only have one left, but you can have it!" I took it and put it on my foot" We decided to go together till the next stop.
Heinz had black hair, wore olive green pants, a red cap and black shoes made for hiking. He was an attractive young man with a good style though. I asked him if he was hungry and he told me he had barely eaten today so I decided to invite him to have lunch in Algemesí at La Bodegueta. “This all looks so delicious, I can’t decide what to eat.” he said. In the end we went for some typical food, we ate "Paella" and had a great conversation. When the waiter came around and realized that we were pilgrims, he told us about the typical festival in Algemesí. He mentioned the festival of San Sebastian de Villa, which celebrates the independence of Algemesí on the 20th of January. A civic procession is celebrated in the name of the people who achieved the independence. We were both interested and decided we wanted to go to the festival for one day.Then we both finished our delicious meals, waved the waiter goodbye and set off from the restaurant so that both of us could reach our destination after we had got out staves and sunglasses ready. Everyone was feeling equally cheerful and thrilled after that wonderful day. So we watched the sunset together and talked a lot.
One pretty hot summer, I was walking on the Saint James way. When I was already in Algemesí, I came across a fellow German pilgrim who was walking the same route as me. "Hi! Can you help me, please?” I asked after I found a blister on my right ankle, ”I really need a band-aid" "Probably, give me a second, I will search one." He answered friendly. "Oh, I only have one left, but you can have it!" I took it and put it on my foot" We decided to go together till the next stop.
Heinz had black hair, wore olive green pants, a red cap and black shoes made for hiking. He was an attractive young man with a good style though. I asked him if he was hungry and he told me he had barely eaten today so I decided to invite him to have lunch in Algemesí at La Bodegueta. “This all looks so delicious, I can’t decide what to eat.” he said. In the end we went for some typical food, we ate "Paella" and had a great conversation. When the waiter came around and realized that we were pilgrims, he told us about the typical festival in Algemesí. He mentioned the festival of San Sebastian de Villa, which celebrates the independence of Algemesí on the 20th of January. A civic procession is celebrated in the name of the people who achieved the independence. We were both interested and decided we wanted to go to the festival for one day.Then we both finished our delicious meals, waved the waiter goodbye and set off from the restaurant so that both of us could reach our destination after we had got out staves and sunglasses ready. Everyone was feeling equally cheerful and thrilled after that wonderful day. So we watched the sunset together and talked a lot.
The next day it started to rain . But we enjoyed that because it was a welcome cooling for the hot summer weather. That’s why we immediately continued walking our route after a quick but lovely breakfast.
It felt nice to be in company at this part of the journey. “Hey, can I ask you something?” “Sure, ask me everything you want to.”, he told me. “What was your motivation to go on a pilgrim journey such as this one?”, I asked. His response surprised me: “Well you know, sometimes life doesn’t go as planned and you might lose yourself which leads to start making decisions you don’t want to make. I lost myself and I simply want to gain my old self back.”
“That was deep...”, I said. He laughed. It was a deep heartwarming laugh and I immediately got in. Then I looked into his eyes and said: “I think you can’t get your old self back. No one is the person they were yesterday and they’ll never be again. We’re constantly moving and changing, every single second made us who we are right now, and we decide, who we are becoming tomorrow.”
Silence.
He obviously thought about it, but I was unsure if it was good or bad.
“You’re right.”, he finally answered. “Thank you for telling me that, that was exactly what I needed to hear.” I smiled. “You’re welcome.”
After we had been walking for a while, the landscape changed. The path got smaller and we were surrounded by a meadow. It stopped raining and the sun came out. It looked beautiful, smelled like flowers and you could hear insects flying around. From time to time we saw little, lonely houses. ‘Such a peaceful place to live’, I thought.
It felt nice to be in company at this part of the journey. “Hey, can I ask you something?” “Sure, ask me everything you want to.”, he told me. “What was your motivation to go on a pilgrim journey such as this one?”, I asked. His response surprised me: “Well you know, sometimes life doesn’t go as planned and you might lose yourself which leads to start making decisions you don’t want to make. I lost myself and I simply want to gain my old self back.”
“That was deep...”, I said. He laughed. It was a deep heartwarming laugh and I immediately got in. Then I looked into his eyes and said: “I think you can’t get your old self back. No one is the person they were yesterday and they’ll never be again. We’re constantly moving and changing, every single second made us who we are right now, and we decide, who we are becoming tomorrow.”
Silence.
He obviously thought about it, but I was unsure if it was good or bad.
“You’re right.”, he finally answered. “Thank you for telling me that, that was exactly what I needed to hear.” I smiled. “You’re welcome.”
After we had been walking for a while, the landscape changed. The path got smaller and we were surrounded by a meadow. It stopped raining and the sun came out. It looked beautiful, smelled like flowers and you could hear insects flying around. From time to time we saw little, lonely houses. ‘Such a peaceful place to live’, I thought.