Can I go on my own asterix adventure?
Our short, moustachioed hero made one grand, circular tour round his own country, in a story called Asterix and the Banquet. After a bet with a Roman officer called Overanxious, Asterix evades the Roman garrisons to travel round Gaul, collecting regional specialities: ham from Paris (or Lutetia, as it was then known), humbugs from Cambrai (Camaracum), champagne from Reims (Durocortorum), sausages from Lyons (Lugdunum), salad from Nice (Nicae), fish stew from Marseille (Massilia), prunes from Agen (Aginum) and oysters and wine from Bordeaux (Burdigala). Create your own gastro-holiday by hiring a car and following in his footsteps. Asterix managed the trip in 48 pages. It should take you about three weeks. Alternatively, Asterix’s seaside village was in Brittany, long a favourite destination for British holidaymakers. Perhaps a trip along the coast could be combined with an Asterix hunt. After all, on 1 April 1993 The Independent ran a story with the headline “Asterix’s home village is u
