"I used to love the Asterix comics when I was a child, but it turns out the authors took more than a few liberties when it came to historical accuracy."

Asterix was my favorite comic when I lived in Spain as a child.

I imagined their stories mixed with the history I was taught about the Spanish fighting the Moors in Asturias, every time we visited Covadonga (claimed to be one of the first places the Spanish won a battle – beginning the Reconquista).

All I knew about Romani at that time was that my Hungarian Jewish grandmother had a cousin who was entirely Romani (and that we were likely mixed). There was a beautiful oil painting of her in her 20's in my grandparents' apartment.