Ann's vacation Last Day

These events take place before Tierra De Legado.



For her last part of her trip, Ann stayed at the Lakeview Hotel. It's another old house that has been converted into a charming "hotel."

The neat part is that is features a swimmable lake. Which can also be fished out of. (I believe this is another lot by V1nd1care over at MTS2.

On one of her calls home, Ann heard that strange things were going on back at home. Her oldest son told her about a witch who had been haunting his diner, making lightening, rain and cockroaches.

Something new to explore? Ann returned quickly.

Ann's shelf of treasures minus one

Something is missing from Ann's shelf of treasures... Ann went missing soon after for an entire day.

It took a while, but as soon as Ann saw the witch, she knew what to do.

Ann has her own powers of persuasion.

Ann is now a witch! She's working to be more Neutral than good or bad. Who knows what she could do with her powers. Only time will tell. (I don't see her dying any time soon!)






This was funny again. Anytime Ann talks to the males, she talks about Sofia. What is her obsession with the woman? She never gossips about her, Sofia seems to only come up in polite conversation. And this convo here is with a teen.

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Ann's trip day 4

These events take place before Tierra De Legado.




Ann woke up early on her 4th day. She had to take a trip to the middle of the island to visit the ruins after all.



Here lies the temple ruins. Ann arrived just as the sun was beginning to rise.

The ruins are a beautiful lot done by V1nd1care at MTS2. There are offering plates to the various elements (from Parsimonious.)

Traditionally, young newly weds will come to the temple to pray-- men to the earth god for kindness and females pay to the water goddess for cleanliness.


Ann of course prayed to the god of fire to stay outgoing.

This little boy had way too much fun with the air balloons; where were his parents?

Ann went next door after visiting the temple so she could get a bite to eat and a cheap aerial view of the island.



While there, Ann struck up a conversation with a nother traveller across the way. I didn't know a sim could do that! I suppose Ann's prayer to the god was heard. She managed to make a new friend while on vacation.

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Ann's vacation day 3

These events take place before Tierra De Legado.



The next place Ann stayed was at the Old Winery and Mill. Once again, another place that had been family owned and was converted into a hotel.

Once she checked in to her hotel, Ann went across the street to the Town Square to have a lovely lunch.



After lunch, Ann sat down at a small cafe and ordered her first Greek Coffee. (Which only looks a lot like what she calls espresso.

See Ann in the window?

Ann then walked over to a neighboring cafe and bar. She was still full from lunch, so she instead had herself a proper drink.


The lovely thing about this place though, is actually coming for a romantic dinner at night.

Ann was alone, and had no one to have a romantic dinner with, so she snapped a pic of this guy

Ann went back to her hotel and called her family. Once again she started talking about Sofia. I suppose of all the sims, Ann is onto Sofia. It wouldn't surprise me if she didn't trust her.


For an elder, Ann managed to pack a lot of stuff into one day! And she walked everywhere too. Puts me to shame.

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Ann's vacation to Lesvos Island

These events take place before Tierra De Legado.



Aerial view of Lesvos Island. Lesvos land was created by Patul @ MTS2

Inspired by Mama Mia, I've been working on putting together a Grecian inspired isle. It's not complete, but Ann insisted she be the first to visit.



Day 1 (in Ann's own words)

Here we have an over head view of my first stop. This is a picture of Greek City, which I managed to get on a helicopter tour around the island.

Greek City is a relatively newer, more contemporary city that is just beginning to get itself established. There have been houses there forever, but it seems people are wanting to dip their hand into the tourist trade.

The first place I stayed in was Villa Maria.


Villa Maria was meant to be someone's vacation home. The story the desk clerk told me is that the elderly parents left the home in the care of their children so they could travel the world. When they didn't return right away (just taking too long on vacation, I'm sure they're still alive out there somewhere traveling the world), their kids turned it into a hotel.

The view from Villa Maria

((I thought I should point out that most of the buildings in Greek City are created by Greeksim over at TSR. ))

Are you going to keep doing that? It's going to get old fast.

((Shut up Ann. It is my blog.))

ANY WAY, since most of the buildings had been houses in this section of the city, I found that the city was mainly full of hotels. The thing to do it seems is to hang around these previous homes. There aren't many bars or night clubs. And to encourage visitation, most of the hotels have an open kitchen. For a small amount of money, anyone is welcome to come and make a meal for themselves or for other patrons.

The place to hang out is the center of town, called Golden Isle, which was most likely the original center of this precious little town.



It has all sorts of shops, clothing and food, restaurants, a cafe, a bar, and even a swimming pool. And for those most brave, one can actually rent rooms for cheap (around $300 per night) and stay in the heart of all the action.

It was a little too busy for me though, so I did not choose that as my next destination.

Ann in the Aegean Sea.

My next destination was on the sea. A little home turned into a hotel. I took the room on top, a little tiny room with only a bed, a book case, and a chair. The little bathroom seemed like an extra thought. Was this even supposed to be a room?


I will say, I had some amazing view from this hotel on the beach.






There was a little problem... it began to rain in the morning, and I found out why my room was so cheap. It was leaking. So I once again had to pack up my things and move onto the next destination.





It was indeed fun to put together and lovely to explor with Ann. I have to make sure everything is working. The leaking roof waas a surprise to me, but it could have predated Seasons. It was an old house.



I personally thought this was funny. Ann started the topic about Sofia. Apparently, this traveller knows her full well. Oh my, Sofia Stratton is getting a reputation.

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Ann and the Ninja

These events take place before Tierra De Legado.





The time came again for Ann to go on one of her mostly business trips for a book deal her agent had brokered. The assignment is to write a travel guide for Takemizu Village. Ann takes these assignments very seriously-- as serious as Ann can with her playful streak.

Since her last trip with Green went so well, Ann invited her hubby this time to come along.

The trip has given them the chance to be like two children. They even went out on a date to the restaurant at the Flaming Dragons hotel.


In between their time spent visiting various sites, they have spent plenty of time at home watching TV between Ann's writing and note taking sessions.

But as Ann's vacation time was winding down, she realized she still hadn't managed to catch the supposed Ninja.

From one of the tourists, Ann had received a tip that she might catch the ninja early in the morning at the Pagoda park and market. (Apparently, the ninja is quite fond of shopping and likes to surprise the cashiers when he makes a purchase of one of their plastic souvenirs.) So Ann headed out on foot, alone, to see if she could catch a glimpse of him at the very least.



Under the guise of bird watching, Ann kept an eye out for him. She waited for hours for that puff of smoke that would announce his arrival. All the while she kept an eye on her watch. Alec would wake soon and wonder where she was. She had left no note as she hadn't wanted him to follow her.

Suddenly, there he was, across the street. Ann ran over to him before he could teleport away. At the sight of her, his eyes narrowed, but he did not disappear.

She stepped forward and bowed deeply.

He did not return the bow. Instead he simply asked, "Which came first, the ninja or the sword?"

Ann had to think for a moment, but she knew if she waited too long, it would count as a wrong answer. Other "tourists" had told her as much.



Ann guessed. "The sword." Her voice was clear and strong.

The ninja simply nodded, his eyes appearing to glimmer in the sunlight. Was he smiling? He leaned over and whispered in her ear the secret to teleporting.



Ann was now among the ranks of the few who knew the secret. Wouldn't that make an interesting addition to her next fictional book?

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