September 7 - The hostel included a very nice breakfast so we started the day full and energized.

After a brief roadwalk above the ocean, the trail began. I saw two fishermen walking ahead of me to their fishing spot, so I guess this really is the Fisherman's Trail.

Today's walk offered many nice views of the sea from the cliffs.

We took a break near an old lighthouse and stopped for lunch in a restaurant by a tiny fishing port. We had clams and mushrooms.

On a less interesting section later in the day, we were overtaken by a man. He had on a Wisconsin baseball hat so Kelly mentioned it. Turns out he is Portuguese but has a friend who went to school in WI years ago and gave him the hat. We walked and chatted quite awhile. He told us about some of the plants and the general area

We met another wonderful Portuguese guy this evening in Zambujeira do Mar. After reaching our campground, we did the usual set up, shower, and rest, then think about dinner. The campground restaurant didn't look that good, so we walked the half mile back into town.

We found Cantino dos sabores restaurant with no customers yet. We decided to take a look. The man running the restaurant, Daniel, sat us outside and explained that they had many different cuts of pork tonight. I got the impression that a pig had probably just been butchered today. But, Kelly asked if he had fish and he offered to make a typical Portuguese meal called Bacalhau a bras which is cod and eggs. It was great! We had a Pastel de nata for dessert. Daniel said it is the best Portuguese dessert.

Our day ended with the hike in the dark back to our campground.

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