The Misty Ocean Path - Day 2 Portugal Camino

Not that great a sleep when it is along the train tracks - did we know that when we booked? Nothing was indicated when we did book, but the rooms were very clean and the service was excellent. Breakfast was very good and a great way to start the day. Today our journey took us along the ocean on a well-maintained Boardwalk. The weather - misty and foggy but warm and no wind. There were some spectular views that we missed due to the fog, but some of the pictures are going to be beautiful because of the fog. Some participants tested the Atlantic, and got a bit wetter than perhaps had been planned. We met up with with a cute couple from Finland, they were just touring along and winging it - nothing booked in advance and stopping when it suited them. We stopped at Cafe Vanguard in Cha and for 4.5 eruos we had a delicious fresh fish dinner, including bread and wine. We met an interesting couple from Vancouver that were on their 7th Camino - Mario and Julie. Pretty incredible - they walk for 7 weeks every fall - pretty amazing for this retired couple! After 24.2 kms we arrived at Vila do Conde and miraculously, the sun started to shine - very warm and sunny now. We went to the tourist information centre to find directions to our hotel, which happened to be less than a block away (whoops :)) Some in our group, got upgraded to a suite - which was our evening our Taverna She-Lyn (wine and munchies for supper). Tomorrow is an early start - as we have at least 30kms to do and now that we have our luggage and it arrived at our destination - we can relax and not worry about it any longer. We are still trying to catch up with our sleep and although our accommodations are near the main drag, we are hopeful that a bottle of wine and a day of walking with help us with a good nights' sleep.