Portugal Camino Day 1

Today we started our day with a tour of Se Catedral - a famous cathedral in Porto, lavished with gold carvings, very impressive. Next we made our way to the train station, nothing like our train station, the individual hand painted mosaics depicted the history of Portugal. Each tile hand painstakingly hand painted and really, really amazing. We found out that one piece of our luggage was in Germany and the other 3 pieces were making their way to Porto, still unsure of when things will arrive. We needed to make a decision - we opted to get some better walking shoes, socks and maybe some clean t-shirts. We were conservative in our purchases and only bought what we absolutely needed to make today's journey. We had lunch by the River of Gold (River Douro) and then headed off to Matosinhos - leg one of today's journey. We enjoyed the lovely ocean-side trail with light breeze that made our 25 degree journey with long pants more bearable. The scenery was spectular with palm trees, sandy beaches and a sunny day - what could be better? Thanks to Lynn and Shelley's hawk eyes, we quickly found our lodging and as we arrived - so did our luggage. Yahoo!!!! We were like a bunch of little kids on a Christmas morning with prized positions in our luggage. A warm shower, hair products, makeup and fresh clothes could only be beaten by the fine tasting Passatempo (red Portugese wine), cheese and crackers. Today was a 16 km day, tomorrow will be around 24km - we can manage that, we have our own gear, walking poles and clean clothes. P.S. - if you are looking for a pair of shorts in Porto - best thing is to bring your own!