Welcome to Al Simhara and ma'is salāma

Ah, yes, Al Simhara, a little hamlet in comparison to Egypt's jewel of the Nile, Cairo, but still the stopping off point for explorers who wish to visit the pyramids and the Sphinx. And well, Greta and Braden were dropped off in that little hamlet near the base-camp.

Greta and Braden were just here in Al Simhara to enjoy the ambience of the area and not to do any extremely intense tomb-exploration so they spent the majority of their time here enjoying the market and the catacombs.

Of course they took some time at the market to get a bite to eat.

...and then as it was getting late, they headed back to their tent and decided to spend the evening enjoying a good nights sleep so as they could get an early morning start on exploring what Al Simhara had to offer. And an early morning it was. In fact it was even before the sun rose.

When the sun rose finally, it found Greta already brushing off dust from an artifact in the middle of the desert.

Then it was back to base-camp for a little fun and food.

The Al Simhara portion of their trip ended the trip and they headed back home to Riverview. After all, their visa level wasn't high enough to really spend any more than three days in each place and what sort of vacation is that?

Guess they'll have to work on their visa levels in the coming trips...provided that Braden doesn't get deployed to Afghanistan.

Au Revoir, Champs Les Sims

Breakfast was at the French cafe and it was a delicious meal after the morning exercise of swimming back from the Island in the middle of the river.

Their next location to go to was the tower from which they could see practically everything in Champs Les Sims. When they walked up to the top of the tower, the view was panoramic in all directions. And of course, Braden had to kiss his beloved Greta at the top of the tower.

The museum was also a stop that had to be made; after all, what better stuff to do in France then admire French architecture and their world museums. And of course yet another shared kiss in the view of some statues.

Of course, when one is in Champs Les Sims, one has to visit the Cimetière de Champs Les Sims and what more romantic thing to do than to explore the catacombs. I'm sure I could think of other things much more romantic than tromping through mud and slime covered rocks amidst a bunch of dead bodies, but well...sims are sims.

While Braden and Greta were down slipping around in the pitch dark amidst spooky sounds, two sims were up above flirting and giving each other flowers. How romantic, of all places to declare one's love for each other. Around the final resting places of a bunch of dead sims. Sort of gives a new meaning to the section of the vow that goes. "Till death do us part..." - some sort of metaphorical meaning by telling your love that you love them in the midst of a graveyard?

Well, it seemed as though Greta and Braden were enjoying themselves down there with the cadavers and the zombie bears because each one of them were down there for an inexplicably long time.

...and the two of them came out singed. I wonder how much car detailing costs in France. Gotta send the Limo into Bigfoot Car Detailing - that's gonna cost a bunch of francs to get the smell of zombie bears out of the upholstery. Hope the spelunking was worth it.

Being hungry again, they had to stop in at the cafe.

Of course, they found themselves back on the island in the middle of a French estate and enjoying themselves camping, no paparazzi around them to make life miserable and enjoyed a pleasant night to themselves in the tent. In the morning they opted to head for their next destination.

...someplace slightly more arid...hopefully they won't get bitten by a horned viper, that'll put a quick end to Braden's being the heir.

Braden's and Greta's Honeymoon (Part I)

Greta and Braden slept well, that night. After all the brouhaha going on, they were about to embark on a two country honeymoon. Thank goodness for that.

When they got up, Braden called the travel agency to book their flight.

Champs Les Sims was a wonderful first destination for a honeymoon and somehow they were able to bring along the limo. That has got to be painful, lugging a limousine around in your pocket.

Their first stop was the bookstore to load up on books. Braden asked the bookseller if there were any good skill books in there - there was. The second stop was to pick up a tent.

They decided to sojourn in a tent on a very familiar island - probably quite familiar to their mother and father.

And like every honeymooning couple, they had to take time to enjoy themselves in their tent.

After they were finished canoodling, they decided to fish.

Of course when it started to rain, they decided that heading back to the hostel was the best choice.

Getting interrupted in the middle of being in flagrante delicto was probably not the most romantic thing in the world. And the Watcher had to step in and flambe the lecher's rearend.

Of course the singed paparazzi had to head for the shower and well...the Watcher got him there.

You see kids, this is why Mommy and Daddy tell you to not stick anything in an electrical outlet. You end up like this guy.

Let's just say that Grim didn't enjoy having to visit Champs Les Sims. "Work just takes all the fun out of the whole deal."

Being newlyweds on their honeymoon, Greta and Braden decided that they would woohoo in the shower after that.

And they headed for the cafe after that in order to recharge for other things.

Then they headed back to the island for some other things.

Of course the night in Champs Les Sims was gorgeous.

Morning saw the couple swim back to the mainland from the island which was a rather cold swim but one that woke them up really quickly. Of course that was after Greta did some fossil digging.

...and hopefully Braden didn't shrivel to the point where he wouldn't be able to enjoy the rest of his honeymoon with Greta. ~evil smirk~