First overseas trip, and Beckett's first friend

France! Land of frogs and wine! Unfortunately when the McKenzie's landed I forgot that I was documenting their lives, so the first screenshot I have is of Mike talking to this guy.

I don't know why I took this. I don't even know who that guy is.

I didn't get any shots of Mike and Alice's first adventures, probably because I've played those damn quests about a hundred times each so I don't find them interesting anymore. Mike did the one where you find the lost baseball, and the first one where you go into the Landgraab house. Alice and Beckett did the one where you investigate the noises in the museum. Well, Alice did it, Beckett just tagged along and took photos. Children can't do ANYTHING in tombs except pick stuff up. They can't even open treasure chests.

Despite not having a single friend back in Moonlight Falls, Beckett dived straight into the social scene of Champs Les Sims and introduced himself to the first child he saw.

She immediately wondered if he'd buy her jewels. Gold digging whore.

 Her name is Eveline, and they really hit it off.

What's going on with her dress there?

 She even invited him back to her place...

...to meet her brother...

...and play with dolls.

It was pretty cute.

Meanwhile, Mike got started on his nectar dreams. The nectary had no problem with him taking all of their hard earned produce...

Or stinking up the joint

...and soon he was figuring out how to use the nectar machine.

It seems like there would be a more hygienic way to do this

 Back at base camp, Alice was making food.

Not French food, but food. In France. She's halfway there.

 She took Beckett fishing and they caught many frogs.

We will eat them for supper.

They also went to the market and bought all the French recipes (all four of them) and Beckett ticked off most of the French items in the Travel photo collection. His photography skill is Level 4 now, which is not bad considering he isn't even able to join the photographer career yet. I don't think that's what his life ambition will be though. I'm waiting to see what traits he rolls as a teen and adult. So far he has Good, Loves The Heat and Frugal, which doesn't provide much direction.

Mike harvested the entire Nectary three times over, but decided he needed better quality grapes, so he went to the special merchant to spend some Ancient Coins. Check out how gangster this guy is.

Those shades. You wish you were this cool.

By the end of the trip, Mike was on Visa Level 2, and Alice on Level 1. Beckett is now best friends with both Eveline and Henri Fouchier, and is even on good terms with their parents.

Pretty much one of the family

On the last night of the trip, Alice decided to explore the nectary after Beckett informed her that there were secret doors everywhere (that he can't open, because he's a child. Sigh.) Alice opened a few of these secret doors and was in a very exciting looking room when the clock struck midnight and they were all immediately teleported back to Moonlight Falls. Damn.

She didn't even get to open the treasure chest!! That lady on the toilet is not supposed to be in the shot btw

Back home, it's still winter. No grape growing for quite a while yet.

Pretty, but boring.