Back to the beach!

After our onsite class a couple of Tuesdays ago we headed straight for the beach. We had to hit up a McDonald's on our way thought.  FYI the signs in Rome are aimed at driving time, so when the sign says 5 minutes, that's by car not walking. It took us a good 20 minutes to find the McDonald's we thought was right around the corner.

McD's!!

Anyways, we ate and headed to the train stazione to catch the train to Ostia. We decided to try the beach right in town rather than take the train outside of town and go where we already went. John met a nice old lady on the bus and she pointed us to the 'Lido Norte' stop and proceed to tell us how to get to the water. We hopped on the shuttle and coincidentally, she was on too. She showed us the exact stop to get off and we found the beach very easily. Thank goodness for nice people!

Mark decided to take a short nap while John and I took a walk along the beach. We walked down the beach a couple miles and walked out on two piers.. It was kind of cool we got to see some cool stuff and see someone fishing in the ocean. When we got back we hanged out on the beach for awhile. Mark and I thought it was time for some refreshments, so we went a bought a drink at the restaurant right behind us. We spent the rest of the afternoon relaxing under the sun in Ostia. We didn't have to be back to Rome for anything so we thought we would catch a bus back around dinnertime and make some pasta for dinner when we got back..

Here's some photos we took at the beach:

Right before we were about to leave I told the other guys that we had some business to attend to.. We started sculpting in the sand and took some pictures! This was totally my idea so I definitely got Mark and John some  brownie points taking those pics.. Here's what we did:

Piacere. Ciao!