Our European Trip: Ostia

I'm making a strong push to finish up our European trip blog posts!  After this, only one more to go!

After any early train from Florence to Rome we hopped on the train to Lido de Ostia!  It's a beautiful city on the coast.  It reminded me of the Florida Keys.  I didn't take too many pictures here but this was our room and the view.

Cute Dustin right?!

 After we rearranged our beds so that Ryan and I could sleep next to each other- originally the single beds were on each side of the full bed- we went to lunch at a pizza place.  We figured that it was a happening place back in the 60s and 70s but today it is pretty quiet and only a few people around.  We made our way to the beach and soaked up the sun for a while.  The ocean was FREEZING!

Ryan and I took a stroll to get some gelato- yummy!- and then for dinner the Hannays went to a fancy restaurant and I don't remember where the Squires went that night.  Ryan and I found this top rated place online and we thought we would try that however when we got there at 6:30, we were informed the place didn't even open till 8pm.  We are clearly Americans.  So Ryan and I found this incredibly little place that served wine and appetizers for $7 for the two of us!  It was delicious!  Such a fun find!  

After the appetizers and wine we did a little shopping on that little strip and then went over to the restaurant - 8:05pm of course!  We enjoyed a huge meal!  A complimentary drink, a complimentary appetizer, then our first course of wine and bread, then salads, then 1st course of meal, and then a 2nd course of the meal, followed by a complimentary dessert, and finished with our own dessert.  Can you talk about being stuffed!? What we couldn't understand was how Europeans can eat this late and not be tired the next day and overweight?!  Obviously a different way of training your body but I went to bed stuffed and woke still full!

Cheers,