This is most likely going to be a four-part series on my four-day hike in Portugal, due to the ridiculous amount of a photos I took. So strap in guys, I’m about to take you on a trip up 77 km of the coast of the beautiful country known as Portugal.

So, we began with a Flixbus to Stuttgart…

Then got on a plane to Faro, which was delayed, causing us to barely catch the last train out of Faro…

Which took us to Lagos…

Where we spent the night, and then took a bus to Odeceixe

Where the hike began! Leg one of the Fishermen’s Trail (Rota Vicentina) headed South, 18 km. Though it ended up being a few more in my opinion!

We applied sunscreen every few hours (guess who didn’t get burnt!!)

We began in this little coastal town, and headed to Zambujeira do Mar

The flowers we all just beginning to bloom

Our first official injury was a barefoot hiking accident, which coined Garret’s new nickname: Toe-Flap, for the remainder of the trip. Anna was our savior with her handy first aid kit.

We stopped about half way for lunch, and then hit the road again.

First group photo!

We took a “shortcut” which ended up just being through a field, ad we forced to climbed over a barbed wire fence. This detour brought us back to essentially where we’d started, teaching us our first lesson: Do NOT wander off the trail!

We happened upon a safari of sorts toward the end of the trail…

We then stopped at the beach before entering town!

Amazing food was had, and I ate snails for the first time (delicious by the way)

And we watched the sunset over Portugal before heading to our Air B&B, which was on a Bio-Farm, and perfect in every way.

So there is day one! I didn’t really bother with captions, because there is really only so much one can say about pictures like these. Every corner we turned presented us with an even more impressive vista than the one before. I could have spent hours at every spot in each one of those photos. It was clear from the very first day that the 7 of us were in for the hike of a lifetime.