Back in Rome
We returned to Rome by train arriving in Terminii and crossed the road to Dream Station B&B for the night. Having been traveling all day we took in the air by visiting the remains of the Servian walls standing outside the Entrance/Exit from Terminii station. The Servian Wall is an ancient Roman defensive barrier constructed around the city of Rome in the early 4th century BC. The wall was up to 10 m (33 ft) in height in places, 3.6 m (12 ft) wide at its base, 11 km (6.8 mi) long, and is believed to have had 16 main gates, of which only one or two have survived. In the 3rd century AD it was superseded by the construction of the larger Aurelian Walls. The largest section is preserved outside the Terminii Station and includes a section in a McDonald’s dining area at the station. When writing this blog, and reviewing my photos, I found this photo “Porta Esquilina – this gate on the Esquiline is still visible, and incorporates the later arch of the emperor Gallienus.” I can recall Kerry, and I discovered this gate when we visited Piazza Vittorio Emanuele II when we were searching for her roof top restaurant for her birthday. A picture is below.
Our trip to the airport the next morning was trouble free as I recall it now. We had purchased a round the world ticket so we ended up flying via Helsinki on a Finnair Jet to get to Tokyo. The flight was trouble free and the fun was to begin with finding our hotel in Tokyo. Read on for my blog on “THE RETIREES GO AROUND THE WORLD – “ROME TO TOKYO”.
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