Atlantis Cup in Azores – arrival
Finally back in Portugal…well not on the main land, but on the island.
In fact it the holidays start pritty well: I traveled by train since the it was free to go by train. So I catched the ICE (fast train, similar to TGV) and seeted my selfe in the restaurante. It seems that nearly all seets were reservated so it was a good choice and the breakfast was also quite okay (besides the price, but a reservation is also not for free). 15 minutes after I finished we already arrived near the airport. I was a bit shocked when I saw the long rows of people standing on the ticket counters of the airline. Some rows were 50m long.
In fact it was not so easy to find the ticket counter of SATA, the airline of the Azores since the are quite small (SATA international only have 8 planes). When I finaly found them it was really a good choice to fly SATA: only two people in front of me.
The service and food were also good, so I could really enjoy the flight.
The first thing you realize on the Azores is the high humidity. It sound uncomfortable, but it’s not.
I made a short stop in Sao Miguel to ketch the flight connection to Santa Maria.
And finally I arrived at the island. The hotel was easy to find and the rental car was quite okay – no s-class, but enough to have fun with 
The big surprise was the sms that I got: Biao II only 90 miles away from Santa Maria away, so early arrivial the next day.
Of course I still to a lock to the marina and tried to get a francesinha, but unfortunately I did not get one.
So I went to the hotel and read still a bit in a book “sword of truth”.
