{"id":2299,"date":"2017-07-09T16:24:15","date_gmt":"2017-07-09T20:24:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sunflowerit.ca\/travel\/auto-draft\/"},"modified":"2025-07-03T15:07:56","modified_gmt":"2025-07-03T19:07:56","slug":"eastern-southern-sicily","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sunflowerit.ca\/travel\/other-trips\/trips-europe\/europe-2017\/eastern-southern-sicily\/","title":{"rendered":"Eastern and southern Sicily"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

2017.07.01 – Taormina (Sicily)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This morning\u2019s B&B breakfast consisted in a business card to a nearby bar which provided us with coffees and croissants. We realized that the bar was mid-way to the apartment we would be staying at for the next four nights. Jenny was eager to meet the \u201cTao Holidays\u201d apartment owner as Tao sounded Asian and she could possibly make new friends along the way \u2013 until we made the connection that \u201cTao\u201d is short for Taormina. Better luck next time Jenny!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our new short-term accommodation was easy access, well supplied and well laid out. After settling in, we opted to make the best use of the place and went groceries shopping for the next few days. Jenny prepared some delicious pasta for lunch. In the late afternoon, we climbed up along a staircase to a small castle overlooking the town \u2013 a 20 minutes hike up providing some great views of the area. It seemed that the half dozen churches we came across this Saturday afternoon were all holding weddings with some very luxury cars driving the brides and newlyweds around.<\/p>\n\n\n