Friday, April 22, 2016

Ostia Antica

The forecast was rain, but the actual weather was sunny with a few puffy clouds. We took the train out to Ostia Antica, an excavation site with the ruins of Rome's former port town. 



We brought a problem cynic lunch, which David carried: 


And we wandered around particularly well-signed ruins. One of the most interesting features were the floor mosaics: 




Which they are actively working to restore: 


But it was generally awesome and a really neat chance to see a full town that hadn't been built over by the new residents: 












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