Ostia, Gate 8

For the 4th of July this past weekend we rallied a few Americans to head to the beach. In the end the group consisted of 4 Americans, a Scot and a handful of Italians. In spirit of the day made steak sandwiches, bought some budweisers and a cooler, and brought the football out to the beach. I try not to stick out as that American too often, but sometimes it's just necessary.

Here I am at the train station proudly wearing my SAE t-shirt which had not seen the light of day in many months. The cooler contained steak sandwiches, buds on ice, fresh baked chocolate chip cookies, potato chips and iced tea - awesomely American.



The afternoon consisted of some reading, some swimming, a little pigskin, two games of volley ball, frisbee in the waves (well, small waves), and a very nice dinner as the sun set. Here are they Americans...


To get to Ostia you need to catch the train from Piramide (on metro line A). It stops at the beach clubs (lido) closer to the main port, but to get to a beach where you'd actually want to swim you need to take it to the end of the line (Cristofo Columbo) and then take a bus (07 or 070) along the beach to the gate you want, we to #8 which was quite nice. There is a snack bar, locker rooms, beach chairs for rent and a decent crowd of people, a little more geared toward the younger side, as opposed to some other spots that are popular with families.