What Nic and I haven’t told you in this blog, is that our bodies are starting to feel the effect of all this touring. Between us we have one functioning body and are currently held together with painkillers, blister plasters and germoline (which seems to soothe just about everything)! So today we took a train, not far from Rome, to Santa Marinella, an hours train ride from the city centre.
What heaven and joy awaited us as we walked less than 5 minutes from the station to the beach. Beautiful sand, the clearest of water and life-giving sun! For €34 we bought two sun beds and a parasol for the day (the beach is private so expect to pay for the pleasure!) and quite frankly it was the best €34 we could have spent!
For the next 6 hours, we chilled, read, played cards, ate pizza and bobbed around in the sparkling, blue sea. Our legs, feet and just about everything else thanked us for the break and once again we feel human!
This evening, we ate at, you guessed it, il Mercato Centrale! I had a delicious pork ramen with a difference; truffle pearls, and Nic ate his body weight in black pork marinated in chestnut beer. Let’s just say we were carbing up for another big day tomorrow; the Colosseum, Roman forums, Palatine Hill and St. Peter’s Basilica!
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