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Advantages: Large, roomy and clean with wonderful staff. Disadvantages: Nothing.
Having stayed in Lucca a few years back we decided to go again this December for a short break before Christmas. Our hotel this time was outside the old walls, so asked the hotel to recommend somewhere to eat our first night. Mauricio told us he had booked us into ALEA, just 500 yards from the hotel. We where not disappointed.
ALEA, is a just 1 mile from the historical centre of Lucca on the main road to Pescia. You cannot miss it as it is on the left hand side going out of town, with plenty of parking, full glass frontage, with a very warm welcome from the staff.
We where booked in for 8-30pm, so arrived a little before but where shown directly to our table. There where only the four of us to sit down and the table was large with plenty of leg room, nice pristine tablecloths, cutlery and glasses.
ALEA's menu is set out as "From ...
Advantages: A fairy land for children and Grown Ups. Disadvantages: Those footpaths.
about. Very good restaurant recommended (See review by BOSTONIANBEER on Restaurant ALEA).
As Hotel offered Transfer from Airport for 60 Euros, worked out if the four of us did it by Bus/Train/Taxi it would only save us about 15 euros for the 4 of us so booked it.
Nice Gentleman at PISA Airport holding up ourt name at Arrivals, Nice Modern People Carrier so 30 mins after coming out of Airport we were knocking on Hotel Door.
You enter into the downstairs room, reception Desk on the Right, small Bar on left, about 6 little breakfast tables and a large table which would carry breakfast items. Double door into Garden.
You are met by a smiling MAURIZIO, a most Charming and as it turned out friendly host.
You need to see the pictures or visit his Web site www.cortedeifolletti.it to understand what I mean by WACKY.
All ...
Advantages: A real Goscinny book... Disadvantages: ...but the last one.
up rules, so that Caesar may see for himself which tribe are the greatest warriors.
Like all the Asterix series, the great joy of the book is in Rene Goscinny's text (translated brilliantly by Anthea Bell and Derek Hockridge). The sheer brilliance of some of the puns and extended metaphors can only be admired - Terry Pratchett has nothing on this. Take, for example, the captions to the climactic battle scene ("And pouring forward with not very impetuous speed"), or the references to "brassica", which pop up regularly through the book after a seemingly innocous comment by a senator. The jokes come thick and fast, but never halt the flow of the story - the sign of an accomplished writer.
There is plenty of the usual classical humour in "Belgium" - the raw recruit who dares to say, "alea jacta est" in front of Caesar (who responds, "and ...
