{"id":1098,"date":"2018-07-01T01:25:21","date_gmt":"2018-07-01T01:25:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.carolgreene.com\/travel\/?p=1098"},"modified":"2018-06-30T15:28:36","modified_gmt":"2018-06-30T15:28:36","slug":"saturday-june-30-2018-on-to-ostia-rome","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.carolgreene.com\/travel\/?p=1098","title":{"rendered":"Saturday, June 30, 2018 ~ On to Ostia, Rome"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This morning on our bus ride to Ostia, Rome we stopped in the village of Bomarzo to walk through the renaissance garden of Parco dei Mostri (Park of the Monsters.). Begun in 1552, the garden features a series of bizarre and fascinating stone sculptures.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolgreene.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/img_2020.jpg\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1095 size-full\" height=\"640\" width=\"480\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.carolgreene.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/img_2020.jpg 480w, http:\/\/www.carolgreene.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/img_2020-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolgreene.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/img_2026.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1094\" height=\"480\" width=\"640\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.carolgreene.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/img_2026.jpg 640w, http:\/\/www.carolgreene.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/img_2026-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Then we stopped in a small town restaurant and ate a delicious lunch. \u00c2\u00a0The white wine they served was a light fruity wine. \u00c2\u00a0Many many years ago there was a man who stayed in this town because he loved this wine so much. \u00c2\u00a0After he died, people would throw a glass of EST! EST!! EST!!! On his grave to honor his request to do so.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolgreene.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/img_2029.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1096\" height=\"640\" width=\"480\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.carolgreene.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/img_2029.jpg 480w, http:\/\/www.carolgreene.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/img_2029-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1097\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1097\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolgreene.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/img_2039.jpg\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1097 size-full\" height=\"480\" width=\"640\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.carolgreene.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/img_2039.jpg 640w, http:\/\/www.carolgreene.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/img_2039-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1097\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">View from my hotel room in Ostia, Rome<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Tonight we will have a farewell dinner, because all but six of us will be flying home tomorrow.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This morning on our bus ride to Ostia, Rome we stopped in the village of Bomarzo to walk through the renaissance garden of Parco dei Mostri (Park of the Monsters.). 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