No Easy “Feet”…Inspiration for the New Year

When I got on the phone with Ana Trnovec the day following her return to Slovenia after walking over 800 kilometers along the Camino de Santiago in support of Orchid I asked her about her feet because she had sent me an email with three days left of walking informing me that they were badly […]

Life can be slippery when wet

I am now in Ponferrada, it is very lovely small city.Yesterday when I woke up I returned to the bar in Asorga, and had my first cup of coffee. When I arrived I saw David; the man I met at his small cottage in the middle of nowhere offering free food and drink to passers […]

The road is now flat but the experience uplifting

Hey Everyone I am in the city of Astorga and I had a really amazing day today. I was walking along and out of the middle of nowhere there was a cottage and a man named David. He offered food and drink to people just for a donation. if you could pay you did and […]

Back to the Future

It’s difficult to get photo’s from the Camino as there are few places that provide enough internet bandwidth to get them from the Camino to the rest of the world. but we managed to get a few as she prepared to start her walk. Ana is now about half way across the Camino! She has […]

Bob and Ana make day two……a little wounded

Ana: we are having a very good time as long as I forget about blisters. So I now realize how heavy my backpack is and that revelation includes the fact that I am suffering a little bit. This is a far more challenging than I expected including the V8 moment of having to take care […]

Will the Real Bob take One Step Forward?

Hello Everybody! My name is Aurore, I am a social media specialist volunteer at Orchids and yesterday I met Ana from Slovenia. Ana, as you know, makes up the youngest member of our Odd Couple Team Camino and is walking down the Camino de Santiago with Bob, the oldest. She was supposed to meet him […]