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 […]

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 […]

Bob Makes it to St. Jean Pied de Port

Bob writes: I am in St Jean qnd doing well. US Air lost my tube, and will be sending it back to you. Had to buy cheap new pole, towell and IPod charger. St Jean is unbelievable. I stayed in an albergue, someoneùs home, that was built in 1610. It looked like it came from […]

A note from Ana, pre-departure

  As I prepare for my journey I am often afraid, but not of a new country or new people or that I will be alone, because I know for sure that I like the company of others too much to feel isolated, and at times I enjoy a sense of solitude. My real fear […]

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You will be able to follow our volunteers projects to raise money for our communities. This September ? Follow Bob and Ana on their Camino to Compostela (Spain, Europe) and take part on their journey with a virtual walk by sharing with your friends and family. Become a Root of Orchids of Light thanks to […]

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