Once we had claimed our room, our first order of business was to acquaint ourselves with the neighbourhood. So we walked around a little, seeing the Pyramid the district got it's name from. We then boarded the Metro and travelled south a couple of stops. We wanted to see the great Basilica San Paolo Fuori le Mura.
After enjoying this thoroughly, we decided to walk up the Via Ostiense to see a museum associated with the Capitoline (which is downtown). It is a former power station with ancient sculptures and sarcophaghi.
(These are from San Paolo, but you get the idea.)
We walked back to the Villa, discovering two interesting things. First, we were only two blocks from a Metro stop, which we would use extensively during our stay. Two, right across the street from the Metro stop was Il Ristorante Cinese (in L'inglese: a Chinese restaurant). After sixteen days at sea and five days of busing around Italy, my Filipina wife suddenly remembers she's Oriental and has cravings for rice and proper Oriental food. We ate there everyday for the rest of our stay.
Tomorrow we tackle downtown Rome all by ourselves.
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