Day 64 - 78

Hi everyone. I'm going to have to post another of these "coming soon" posts but we both thought we should as something momentous has happened - we have arrived in Sicily! Woohoo! As mentioned the campsites closed on mass but we managed to locate a few open ones.

We've been blown away by the kindness and hospitality of the Italians in the south who, for whatever reason, seem much happier than there northern counterparts. When we've got another moment we'll post up details.

So, we continued the journey here by a mix of bikes and train (and ferry) which was much more satisfying than just doing it all by train. We don't feel quite so deflated now (although Jody is sick of cycling over Italian mountains....Sicily's flat...right?) and we have 3 1/2 weeks to explore this wonderful, massive island. The temperature here is around 30 I reckon and we've both been suprised by how green Calabria and Sicily are.

Sorry for another short post with bare-minimum details but we must research which camps are open and dicide which direction to travel (cw or ccw? - life here is tough man). To bring you up to speed though, here is where we've been:

Day 64 - Palinuro -> Marina di Camerotta (12km)
Day 65 - Marina di Camerotta -> Marina di Camerotta (0km)
Day 66 - Marina di Camerotta -> Marina di Camerotta (0km)
Yeah that's right - 2 days off! It was like a bank holiday weekend or something...
Day 67 - Marina di Camerotta -> Capo Vaticano (41km + train)
Day 68 - Capo Vaticano -> Tropea -> Capo Vaticano (21km)
Day 69 - Capo Vaticano -> Taureana (46km)
Day 70 - Taureana -> Rodia (SICILY!) (77km)
Day 71 - Rodia -> Rodia (10km)
Day 72 - Rodia -> Milazzo -> Rodia (64km)
Day 73 - Rodia -> Stromboli -> Rodia (0km)
Day 74 - Rodia -> Letojanni (77km)
Day 75 - Letojanni -> San Marco (24km)
Day 76 - San Marco -> Carruba (24km)
Day 77 - Carruba -> Catania (39km)
Day 78 - Catania -> Catania (0km)

Love to all.
Carlo e Joana