Ancient History Rocks!

Woke up to beautiful clear skies. We taxied to near the Termini Station. A walk around and then to our destination The National History Museum. Neither of us has been here before and for a couple of history buffs like us this place was nirvana.

There was an actual room called the Julio-Claudian Dynasty room. Yeeeew! We are such geeks. It was awesome. 😎 I will try and choose just a few select photos. The first photo is of Alexander the Great, the Discus Thrower is the second, then the 2 bronze statues were cool.

There were a few very bohemian looking dudes being interviewed and photographed while we were there too. This sarcophagus was amazing and the painted frescos from the villa of Livia, Emperor Augustus’ wife.

Many, many, many more photos were taken by both of us. A great museum, not well known and not many go there.
We walked out of the museum hours later and as so often happens in Rome, we were right near the remarkable Piazza di Republica, which has this incredible fountain. Some very fancy hotels in that area too, this is the festive entrance to one.

It was past lunch time so we found a little Trattoria. Barb got to tick her ‘eat lasagne in Rome box’ and Terry the same for ‘spag bol’ but with fettuccine. Was a lovely place started in the 1930’s and the food was delish.

We went to visit this church nearby, it is dedicated to martyrs and is built inside part of the Baths of Diocletian. For a minor church it was pretty huge and opulent.

Home for some organisation and relaxing before heading out to a Sardinian Restaurant. It was a perfect evening, clear crisp and lovely for a bit of a walk to dinner.

Delectable food. The traditional Sardinian bread was light, crispy and wafer thin. The antipasto platter was as good as it looks. Then we shared 2 seafood dishes. A very enjoyable dinner and a nice stroll home.