Itinerary: Kalymnos, Greece (Day 22) to Cagliari, Italy (Day 32)

Here we are on day 22, in Kalymnos Greece. We are staying in this great studio overlooking the Aegean Sea. Below is a picture of the sunset from our balcony

And despite news of major strikes, http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/27/world/europe/greece-faces-national-strike-to-protest-austerity.html?hp&_r=0, we arrived here easily. We took a ferry from Bodrum, Turkey to Kos, Greece and then another ferry from Kos to Kalymnos.

Bodrum Harbor

We are here to climb. Today, was our first day and we will climb two more days. Then, we will take a night ferry on September 30th to Athens, Greece. We explore Athens for two days and then on October 3rd, we will take a bus to Volos, Greece and flight from Volos to Milan. We are flying from Volos because it is a cheap Ryan Air/Easy Jet flight. Using these carriers, our 3 intra European flights not included in our British Airways Round The World ticket (Volos to Milan, Milan to Cagliari, and Barcelona to Porto, Portugal) cost us less than $60 per ticket. It would have cost us even less if we had no baggage to check but with Wilson's 50 pound bag full of climbing gear and his stuff -- we have to check that beast.

When we arrive in Milan on October 3rd, we will rent a car so that we can drive to Verona. We will stay in Verona one night and climb in well regarded Arco for two days. Then we will drive to visit Wilson's cousin, Jennifer, in Bologna. Jennifer lives in Bologna with her husband and two children. After we drive back to Milan, on Monday October 8th (Day 32), we will fly to meet Tanya, Nick, and Josie on the Italian island of Sardinia in Cagliari.

Let us know if you have any travel recs for the next ten days!