Ostia

Ostia – A good day all in all. Yet another tiring day with the magnitude of
walking overwhelming us and the dehydration kicking in. But this feeling is
easily overcome by the excitement of trying to find ancient toilets in few good
hectares, scorpions, and anything to capture our interests. Highlight of the day
had to be the secret tunnel leading to a well preserved clean polished marble
statue with a fairly supernatural beam of light shining onto it. A pretty creepy
sight for the underground in such a ruinous place. With everyone tired and still
on the buzz from the amount of free-running up walls and over ledges, we
embarked the metro to St Paul's Without the Walls – which sadly actually had
walls. This was yet another stunning example of a church. To my astonishment
there was even a priest who could perform confession in 5 languages. The end of
the day was ell welcomed with a stroll up the central shopping district of Rome.
And what good fun those Moroccans are. Ray-Bans, Gucci, Luis Vuitton all up for
grabs – so tempting that just had to treat myself.
— Ben Gregson