Nov. 18, 2004
Today we went to Ostia Antica. It's Italy's best-preserved Roman settlement after Pompei. I had wanted to take Langston there but it's a 3 1/2 hour train trip away. Ostia Antica is just 14 miles from Rome. It was so nice and quiet there, away from the crowds.
We got the guidebook that shows how they imagine the city looked. There's lots of buildings left so you can use your imagination for the rest. There are several statues with broken off pieces, a room that has toilets lining the wall kind of like an outhouse. They've rebuilt the colosium which has great acoustics. Most of what we saw was built from the first to fourth century!
Langston thoroughly enjoyed himself. He could romp and climb on lots of things. It was nice to breath fresh air and hear the birds singing. We were there about 4 hours so it was a full day. Hopefully tomorrow we can go to the catacombs and see where Paul was imprisoned.
Posted by nellie at November 29, 2004 09:06 PM