08/08/2024: HAD I NOT DIED OF THIRST, I WOULD HAVE STARVED...
Beneath the chestnut’s lofty shade,
Where little birds in circles played,
We sat and waited, longing, still,
For service slow, against our will.
The waiters, young and green with fear,
Avoided eyes that sought them near.
For forty-five long minutes passed,
Before our order came at last.
Two salads asked, but one appeared,
The other lost, it simply disappeared.
One risotto lingered far too late,
While hunger gnawed, we met our fate.
And had we not been parched and dry,
Our hunger’s end would soon be nigh.
For thirst held on with tighter grip,
As time and patience slowly slipped.
When time had come to pay our due,
The waiter walked, as if on cue,
Forgotten card, a vanished glance,
In this confusing, awkward dance.
Yet all beneath those chestnut trees,
Where birds fluttered with such ease.
A tale of service gone astray,
Where thirst and hunger ruled the day.
05/08/2024: Good pizzas with average prices. Restaurant with prices decidedly above average. Very questionable service, delay in coming to take the order, errors in the delivery of the drink and dessert never arrived after two reminders....