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Masterlist

Good day lovely people! Here is a masterlist of anything and everything about my fanfictions! Links to background on OCs, posts about the writing itself and any other tidbit that I think is good to have is on this post. Hope it’s easy to follow along with, cause I can be a bit scatterbrain when it comes to listing out stuff like this lmao

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Detroit: Become Human

The Rebellion Report

Abomination (Connor x fem!oc): Living in Detroit, the capital of androids, constantly reminds Natalie Tyler of the accident that changed her life for the worst. After deciding to venture outside of her apartment after three years, her world is overturned. Once androids start to peacefully protest for their rights, she is asked to work with an RK800 prototype android that goes by the name Connor.

Revolution: With the possibility of androids seemingly growing consciousnesses, there is no doubt that Natalie Tyler would be intrigued. After only a few days, she’s torn apart and forced to choose a side, android or human, to ensure her survival through these trying times. Yet there is no guarantee that she will live through this revolt.

Ocs:

Natale Tyler

Haikyuu!!

The Redemption Games

Red Herring: Shōyō Hinata loves volleyball! There is no doubt that all he really thinks about is volleyball. His sister, however, isn’t the same way. Sakura is ready to start her first year of high school at Karasuno with her twin brother and doesn’t really want to do anything, unlike Shōyō. Though she can’t help it when she gets dragged into the antics of the volleyball club.

Spread Your Wings: So this is a collection of one-shots and stuff that have to do with Red Herring. There are cannon and non-cannon stuff in here, I’ll probably differentiate between which is which at the beginning of the chapters. There’s also AU stuff in here and I may even take requested scenarios!

Ocs:

Hinata Sakura

Endo Joji

Shimada Emi

Sato Hitoshi

Mori Aiko

Wada Katski

Ito Miki

Yokoyama Nobu

Harry Potter

The Animagus Chronicles

Foxy: Beauxbaton’s biggest prankster has finally been expelled from the French boarding school. Having limited choices, Iris Evans is sent to join her sister at Hogwarts. As she adjusts to the new scenery, Lily’s twin makes new friends with a different array of people. Though there was no doubt that she would become friends with the Marauders.

Ups and Downs: Iris’ first year at Hogwarts has finally come to an end. After the chaos that ensued during her fifth year, she’s ready to graduate in two years. As her relationship with Sirius picks up traction and she makes new friends, Iris wants to enjoy her time before she’s forced into adulthood.

Ocs:

Iris Evans

Wendy Hunt

Quinn Adams

Samantha Pratt

Oscar Reynolds

Derek Higgs

Matilda Brun

Ida Leblanc

Marvel

The Revival Universe

An Uncertain Future: Delphia Odinsdottir is the Goddess of Virtue. While stopping petty fights between her brothers, sparing with her friends, and practicing with her mother, Delphia has visions of the future. However, her once boring, uneventful life as Princess is disrupted by one of the most disturbing visions she had ever seen. Which leads her to run into a patriotic captain in red, white and blue.

A Change of Heart: Tony Stark is the egotistical and arrogant CEO of Stark Industries. The man who makes sure that his big brother doesn’t always make a mess is William Stark. He’s not eccentric like Tony, but he’s smart and willing to help when he finds out about Tony’s escapades as the newest superhero: Iron Man. Trouble ensues. One thing is for sure; brothers always stick together. No matter what!

Ocs:

Delphia Odinsdottir

Dr. William (Bill) Stark

Stranger Things

[REWRITING]

The Secret Saga

Secrets of the Forest: Sophie Hopper is the adopted daughter of Jim Hopper. She hides her traumatic past behind snarky remarks and a believable smirk. While being an outcast to the world, she lives day by day to the best of her ability. However, when things start to turn upside down, Sophie is hurtled back into the life she thought she escaped.

Ocs:

Sophie Hopper

The Mute Quest

Sealed Lips: There was nothing extraordinary about Bonnie Ward. A typical teenage girl who never says all that much and doesn’t have too many friends. Hawkins never felt all the strange or special to her, but her opinion changes after being dragged into the horrors that hide in the forests. Interdimensional monsters and psychic people are not what Bonnie would have ever imagined showing up in Hawkins!

Ocs:

Bonnie Ward

Samuel Ward

Savannah Ward

David Ward

The Disastrous Life of Saiki K

The Shadow Tales

The Quiet Life of a Living Shadow: Being a psychic is not an ideal life, at least for Saiki Kusuo. Didn’t you read/watch The Disastrous Life of Saiki K to know that? Still, this isn’t about him, not really. Instead, let’s focus on his one and only friend, Akari Watanabe, who is also quite abnormal. You might not believe that Saiki would actually have a friend, but that’s what fanfictions are about, right?

Ocs:

Watanabe Akari

Watanabe Rikuto

Watanabe Miku

Watanabe Yamato

Umbrella Academy

The Academic Comics

Supersonic: Born on October 1, 1989, Number Eight grew up with a strange power much like the other 43 children. After being adopted by Sir Reginald Hargreeves, Jemma grows up with six other siblings with peculiar powers just like her and lived a not so happy childhood. Now in 2019, Reginald is found dead, the once missing Number Five reappears after 17 years, and, oh yeah, the world is ending.

Ocs:

Jemma Hargreeves

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pod7 · 8 years ago

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Winter Anime* 2017 Lightning Review

*just the shows I watched of course

Shows included - ACCA: 13-ku Kansatsu-ka, Ai Mai Mi: Surgical Friends, Akiba’s Trip The Animation, All Out!!, BanG Dream!, Chain Chronicle, Chaos;Child, Demi-chan wa Kataritai, ElDLive, Fuuka, Gabriel Dropout, Gintama., Hand Shakers, Kemono Friends, Kobayashi-san chi no Maid Dragon, KonoSuba S2, Kuzu no Honkai, Little Witch Academia, Masamune-kun no Revenge, Minami Kamakura Koukou Joshi Jitensha-bu, Mori no Yousei: Kinoko no Musume, Nobunaga no Shinobi, Nyanko Days, One Room, Onihei, Piace: Watashi no Italian, Pokemon Sun & Moon, Sangatsu no Lion, Seiren, Spiritpact, Urara Meirochou, Youjo Senki

Settle in for some long reviews, and probably the worst reviewed season since I started doing this! Wow!

ACCA: 13-ku Kansatsu-ka It’s a MADhouse production, so I went in pretty sure I would like it. I was a bit wrong on my first impression; I thought it would be a man on the run type show, but it was actually a more nuanced, spy-that-doesn’t-know-he’s-a-spy type story. I liked the character design. It reminded me of some of the manga series in the “non-moe art” tag on Dynasty Scans. I was in love at first sight with Director General Mauve, voiced by Atsuko Tanaka (Motoko, Ghost in the Shell), and hoped she would play a bigger role than she actually did. I was completely taken off guard by Jean’s confession of his feelings for Grossular at the end, which Mauve had in common. If it had to be someone, I would have guessed it to be Niino, in the old ‘observer falls for subject’ cliche. Still, a welcome, and very low-key revelation that is certainly welcome. The music is really great in this series, especially the intro and outro themes. I would have like for some of the female cast members to have more to do; there were seemingly more women in the show, but they hardly ever had any relevancy. Also, a bit more action or urgency would have been nice. It felt towards the end like this would be called “the hipster’s anime”. Definitely recommended. 9/10

Ai Mai Mi: Surgical Friends Just as ridiculous as ever, though it had some oddly serious parts in some episodes as well. I am appreciating more and more the bit during the credits of each episode where an alpaca recounts an awkward tale of the life of the mangaka who writes AMM. I think the randomness is wearing thin now though. 7/10

Akiba’s Trip The Animation I had never played the game before so I didn’t really have any idea what this was about besides being located in Akihabara. It had a lot of parallels with Punch Line, which I noted in my first impression, just chock full of references and insider humor that I think ended up being lost on a lot of the Western viewers (including me, obviously.) I enjoy the first eight or so episodes, but right when most probably thought it got interesting, for me it was like I just couldn’t stand to watch it anymore. I ended up skimming through the last episodes, but honestly, unless you are REALLY into Akihabara as a culture or just otaku interests in general, I would pass on this show, sadly. Having to watch the idol performance more than once was torture. 6/10

All Out!! The not-so-subtle pattern that is emerging in my anime viewing habits, is that I will start a sport or game series, as soon as it becomes entirely focused on the sport or game itself, I lose interest almost immediately. The same unfortunately happened here; as soon as they hit training camp, it was like I was watching a completely different show, and just couldn’t stand to even skim through it at the end. They can’t all be winners, and even MADhouse can’t be perfect all the time. Dropped

BanG Dream! My first impression was pretty much right on the nose; this is literally what would happen if the people behind Love Live adapted K-On. The melodrama of Love Live with similar archetypes to K-On. Unfortunately, no super gorgeous teacher steps in to help, and instead of a school they have to save the local girls-only concert venue by playing a pop rock version of Twinkle Twinkle Little Star. I wish I were kidding. Not horrible or offensive, but just felt like a phoned in effort from the waifu buffet factory. 6/10

Chain Chronicle Sadly I just kind of forgot this show was even on, even though it showed signs of promise, I just couldn’t bring myself to care enough to catch up on it. Dropped

Chaos;Child The edgiest of edge. It made me appreciate the GOOD parts of Occultic;Nine that much more. I might have watched more if the adaptation of the prequel (episode zero) wasn’t just about the most boring thing I’ve watched in years. Dropped

Demi-chan wa Kataritai Top 3 of the season. It definitely felt less wacky than the manga, but I was okay with that. Satou-sensei stole the show, but Machi held her own in my opinion. It was funny to see how fast people tried to turn on the show when Hikari made Machi’s body hug Sensei and he was embarrassed because her boobs pressed into him when he wasn’t expecting it. However with a certain maid being INCREDULOUS, that movement died out before the next episode even came out. It was a good adaptation, and I think may just be my “comfy” show of the season, though again, a certain maid gave it a run for it’s money there too. 9/10

ElDLive I stand by my previous Space Patrol Luluco comparison. It was silly for the sake of being silly, but tried to add various chuuni and action tropes in to spice it up. To be quite honest this was a bit of a stinker, and only watched it for Misuzu to see if she grew any over the season (she did, but just the tiniest bit.) 4/10

FUUKA This was basically KimiKiss Pure Rouge but flipped love interests and included music to make more money off of the property with. It doesn’t do anything new or interesting, and it wasn’t satisfying at all. Like even knowing that Fuuka would end up being the girl the protag had feelings for, I still thought that maybe, just maybe she would do SOMETHING endearing in the least, but no, she just kind of was a brat at all points. Everything was really pretty, but zero substance. 3/10

Gabriel Dropout I think I started reading the manga for this before reading Demi-chan or Maid Dragon, so it’s kind of a surprise that of those three, this felt like the weakest effort. Something was lost in translation to animation to take away the magic presented in print. It was still enjoyable, it just didn’t have the punch I was expecting it to have, and I don’t know if it’s the low key music or the voices or what. Calling it a disappointment is going too far for me, but I certainly thought it would be better. 7/10

Gintama. Top 3 of the season. Pretty much just the adaptation of a single story arc, but an important one. Also, a super kick-ass, pulls no punches season. Loved the hell out of this show before, but this took it to a whole new level. I mentioned in my first impression that the period was a bit scary, but I now see that it was more of an affirmative statement, “GINTAMA, period.” 10/10

Hand Shakers This was really bad. Like, it’s a known thing that this show is bad. It was excruciating to give this show three whole episodes, but I managed it somehow. As admirable as it is that they went out on a limb to make their own original series, that doesn’t save it from being an over-designed, poorly thought out mess of a show. Dropped

Kemono Friends I just want the record to show that I was on board with this show from the very beginning, whereas the MAL user score was as low as 4.2 at the start of the season. It’s the innocence of Serval mixed with the goofiness of the friends, rounded out by the mystery of Kaban that give this show it’s oomph. The character design is really great too. Basically what it boils down to is that this show has four or five things that the internet typically hates when it comes to an anime, yet somehow captured the hearts thousands, from 4chan to tumblr and everywhere in between. It’s hard to imagine this not getting a second season of some kind, whether it’s a continuation of this season or an adaptation of the manga. 9/10

Kobayashi-san chi no Maid Dragon Top 3 of the season. A loving relationship between two adult women, albeit each loves the other in a different way (or do they?) A nurturing and caring relationship between an office worker and a young girl she adopts on sight. A family unit of two moms and a daughter that works. A dragon woman with giant boobs teasing a young boy that meant to summon a demon. Well, okay that last one isn’t exactly the squeaky-cleanest thing to happy this season, but the people who demonize this show because of it are missing out on an other wise great and potentially important series. I was surprised to find this was a KyoAni series; they tend to work in a very specific style, so the fact that this turned out looking anything like the manga is a miracle of it’s own, I think. Once I knew it was KyoAni though, I could see their thumbprints everywhere; the suddenly very poignant moment with great lighting and super appropriate music is something they’ve managed to perfect almost to a fault (to where it feels forced), but the couple examples in this show just added to the already cute moment that was happening. I am writing this the week before the finale, which features the dreaded anime killer Big Boobs Loli, but having read what comes after her initial appearance, I think that, should this get a second season, people will understand her character once the story moves forward (though the big boobs thing is kind of ridiculous, admittedly.) A wonderful, lovely, heart-warming supernatural comedy. 10/10 highest recommendation

KonoSuba S2 I may get some flak for this, but I felt there was a noticeable drop in quality between seasons. The writing was still good, and the performances as always were hilarious, but the animation seemed to have worsened quite a lot. I haven’t read any BTS for this series but it seemed like some of the more involved shots were rushed. Darkness continues to steal the show for me, even though I know Megumin is everyone’s waifu. I think it’s because I tend to always gravitate towards the girl in a show like this that has the least chance of ending up with the protagonist (Nisekoi, Toradora, Zero no Tsukaima, etc.) Not bad by any means, but I’m concerned for a season three should it happen. 8.5/10

Kuzu no Honkai Despicable trash. Soap opera level characters with midnight softcore love scenes between teenagers, some of which are borderline rape at best. Not even the legit lesbian love interest could keep me watching this show, that should tell you everything. Five episodes makes about 90ish minutes of my life I’ll never get back. Dropped, avoid

Little Witch Academia This didn’t quite get the hype I thought it would, but it still seems most people that watch it are enjoying it immensely. However, I feel like it may be losing steam a bit, which is worrisome since it still has 12 episodes left to go through. It’s a bit frustrating to watch sometimes as someone who watched the first two movies/OVA, waiting for things like Ursula to be revealed as Chariot, and for Akko to get to a respectable level of magic use, things like that. I do enjoy the extra development that Lotte and Sucy have gotten, and I hope it extends to Diana, Amanda and some of the more prominent girls too. Continues!

Masamune-kun no Revenge The show had a bit of a twist on the usual formula, but by the fifth or sixth episode it was pretty clear it was the same old contrived tsundere harem romance series. When the guy seems to have some redeeming qualities, I can stomach a show like that for the sake of decent characters and performances, but this just ended up being a chore to watch. Even the debut of a late game older woman/love interest’s retainer wasn’t enough to save the show for me. I can’t see myself tuning in to a second season of this without some kind of huge plot twist like a female rival that the love interest is actually interested in (ha ha HAHAHAH) 5/10

Minami Kamakura Koukou Joshi Jitensha-bu In my first impression of this show, I wondered if it would be as dumbed down as the previous season’s cycling anime whose name I’ve already forgotten. It is. It’s basically the same show but with more characters. Has a good, cute sensei, but also has generic foreign student trope character, which was insufferable because she was basically the same character as the foreigner in Akiba’s Trip. Dropped

Mori no Yousei: Kinoko no Musume The amateurish charm I thought I saw in the first episode of this show quickly dissolved into frustration. If it had been a high school clubs project, then I would have supported them whole heartedly, but this seems like a bad mobile game cash-in, and unfortunately it came out in a season that had a GREAT mobile game cash-in. Dropped

Nobunaga no Shinobi The first season ends, but the second season starts in like two weeks, so I’m tempted to not even include this, because it’s silly that it will be considered separate seasons. It’s a charming, and surprisingly bloody show about feudal Japan and for those that have studied the history of that time period, there are some great gags pertaining to certain figures not shown in the best of lights. 8/10

Nyanko Days Once again, this was just a cute fluff series that hopefully paves the way for Nukoduke. If you need a cuteness shot in the arm between heavy shows, this is a good choice. 8/10

One Room My hopes that they would keep the viewer genderless were dashed pretty quickly with a onsen episode early on, and then the sickening imouto arc in the middle. The final four episodes featuring the childhood friend chasing her dreams was the redeeming factor here, I would recommend just watching those episodes to be honest. 6/10

Onihei One of the better shows of the season. It has a different vibe to anything else on at the moment, probably because the source was originally published fifty years ago. There is very little that is lost in translation, and I think it plays well to the modern audience. There is a bit of a problem with character design, which @fucktsunderes pointed out to me, that because there’s more realism to it, some of the characters end up looking pretty similar. Actually, not just some, but a lot. To the point where I wasn’t sure if a character that died was a character that I liked or not until they showed up in a later episode. Other than that though, a great crime thriller action show. 9/10

Piace: Watashi no Italian After an incredible year of short form series in 2016, it’s an odd feeling to only have Piace as a stand out show this season. It was just the right about of silly and cute, while also being about food and food service. A highlight is the outro being sang by two different cast members each week, with the finale having everyone singing. 9/10

Pokemon Sun & Moon The most fun I’ve had watching pokemon since I was a kid, fantastic show. I am somehow even more in love with Japan’s Musashi than America’s Jesse. I am definitely on the Mao/Lillie ship. Also the only theme song this season that I listened to for every single episode, it is so awesome. Continues!

Sangatsu no Lion As I covered in my review for All Out, when a show has a game or sport in it, if it becomes too focused on that game or sport, I lose interest quicker than a hiccup. It’s a good show, but the shogi was just not the good part of the show for me. I enjoyed Rei’s interactions with his sister and the three Kawamoto girls the most of the whole season. It’s when the show felt the most alive and relatable to me. Not to mention Momo is just too darn cute. Shaft does cute very well, and also does cold depression very well, too. A spinoff with the Kawamotos as the star would be the ideal second season for me, but I will continue to watch just about anything Shaft decides to gift to us. 8/10

Seiren I should have dropped this show, but I didn’t for some reason. The middle arc was definitely the best, the epilogue was really cute too. Not really much to say about this series, it just kind of was there every week. One of those “each path of the romance vn is animated” shows, so your mileage may vary. 6/10

Spiritpact Yaoi bait adapted from a Chinese comic iirc. The main characters were both unbearable, and the way they treated the first significant female character in the show was gross, so I dropped this quicker than a hot rock. Dropped

Urara Meirochou Controversial opinion time: This show would have been better without Nono and Koume. They added nothing to the story that couldn’t have been done by either Kon or Chiya, and honestly the four girls thing is so over-done that I end up comparing it mentally to all the shows I’ve already seen before I even watch the first episode. The teacher and the... morals officer? Whatever Saku was stole the show, with some great late game performances from Kon’s mother. It was a cute show, and I’ll watch another season if it gets one, but I’d like it to be a bit more focused on the divining stuff going forward, or at least more focused on Kon and Chiya. 8/10

Youjo Senki Not really sure about this show. I spent the first half of the season mistakenly thinking it was glorying the third reich, but even after being corrected, I still didn’t really understand who I was meant to support or sympathize with. I end up rooting for Tanya a lot of the time because I understand a lot of the anti-theological sentiment she has, but I’m not sure that’s really the intent... Like in the last episode, we see the young daughter of the man who was killed by Tanya after encountering more than once enlisting in what is the equivalent of the American army. Rather than sympathy and compassion for what is obviously a scared young woman going for revenge, I felt pity, because I know far too many people in real life who FROG it up big time (that being ‘full relying on God’, btw) when any sort of hardship comes their way. I don’t really think I could watch a second season of this, it would have to be more than just ‘Tanya pushes back against Being X, BX recruits someone else, etc’, like, if Tanya went the whole season pushing back but never heard a peep out of BX, and started to wonder how much of it was just in her head, and began to doubt the things she remembered from her past life, that would be intriguing, but I don’t really see it heading that way. Also, not nearly enough Visha screen time for my taste. 7/10

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okrunner · 6 years ago

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June 17 - There are lots of new Pics after this post

This morning we did a little backtracking. That’s the way things go when you’re winging it. We drove to see Malbork Castle, the largest castle in the world. It has never been overrun or outlasted in a siege. It is over 700 years old and was originally established by the Teutonic Knights to protect the region. We spent about 3 hours going through it with an audio guide. We then backtracked again to the upside down house that was built to reflect the futility and ugly, backwards society under communist rule. You can learn more about both of these sites by Googling them on the Internet. I don't want to bore you with the details. We are headed north toward the Baltic Sea. We found a wonderfully nice hotel on the way that looks brand new and had a wonderful restaurant for dinner. We had potato pancakes with goulash. They provided a cherry liqueur before dinner to cleanse our palate and the same after. I tried the Buffalo Grass vodka after dinner and it was different, but I can't really describe the taste. Our waitress and the waiter who helped us were good and very patient with us.

June 19

This place is so peaceful and quiet that we decided to stay another night and rest up from all the sightseeing we have been doing. There are a couple things to see in this area. There is a monastery established by an order of monks whose motto is “Memento Mori” , “remember, at the end there is only death” This area is in a part of Poland called Kashubia that has its own distinct language that other Poles often cannot understand. We unwittingly stopped in one of its most famous towns and the capital of the district. We went to the monastery, but it was closed for the day. We found out a little later there was a funeral there when we came back to visit the information office next door. We did go to the local historical Museum which chronicles some of the Kashubian lifestyle. They were known for their distinctive dress, with a lot of embroidery, and their customs. On the second floor of the museum a young lady came out of her office, spoke to us in German and explained a song that was printed on the wall with characters. She actually sang the song for us. She said it was a way to teach the children about the language and lifestyle because at one time it was forbidden to teach people this language. The hotel staff dresses in native costumes in the restaurant of our hotel. We had a very peaceful and relaxing day, except for when Elizabeth lost her cell phone at the monastery. We thought she had lost it in the information office but when we went back it was not there. We finally went back to the monastery and one of the monks had her phone. After coffee downtown, we were walking around looking at restaurants and seeing the public square when a young lady I would guess in her late twenties came up and asked us if we needed help, in English. We said we were ok. We're just looking around. She wanted to know more about America and how we liked Poland. It was a nice conversation. She her boyfriend really want to come to America. She asked about politics. We got into it a little bit but she had to go to work.

June 20

We went to a Ceramics Museum based on the information from the tourist place in our last town. Unfortunately the tourist information card did not say the museum was only open on Saturday. That's okay because we had a nice drive through the countryside and it was on our way to the Sand Dune national park on the Baltic Sea. Along the way we saw a huge Church procession walking in the southbound lane of traffic in a little town. There must have been several hundred people walking with a priest in the middle carrying something and music playing. It didn't look like a funeral because there was no hearse and no one was dressed in black. We just took our time and made our way to town because they weren't blocking our Lane. We checked on Google and found out it is Corpus Christi day, a national holiday in Poland. We made it to the National Park and parked our car in a parking lot which only took cash and there are no ATMs in that area. We decided to walk to the place where the sand dunes are available for climbing. There were no signs saying how far it was and a lot of people were walking and some people were riding in elongated golf carts. We had no idea that it was going to be three and a half miles to the place where the sand dunes were accessible. Along the way we stopped to take a picture at a platform and took a picture for a couple that was there. They then in turn took our picture and I asked where they were from. Christopher said from Italy and Agatha is from Poland. Of course you know the rest of the story. I said I am from Italy and my family from Naples. Christopher is also from Naples. I said my great-grandfather was from Sicily and my grandmother is from Nola. He knew where it was after it was pronounced it correctly. They were riding bicycles and said we were close to the end. I told them we had not known there would not be an ATM and we hope they will take Euros when we go back to the car park. Agatha offered to exchange a hundred polish dollars for Euros. We found a “bank” in the middle of a national park and exchanged the money. We walked another 500 meters until we got to the place you could actually climb up the sand dune. The sand dune was about 120 ft high but we made it to the top, but decided not to walk another half mile to the Baltic Sea itself. We took our pictures and took pictures of other families so they can be in one picture and took the shuttle bus back to the car. By that time, it was coffee time. We found a small bed and breakfast about a mile and a half from downtown. It's very quaint, clean and small. We only need a bathroom and a bed. We have a balcony and we would have liked to have the door open, but there is a chimney upwind of us that is blowing smoke right into our room. Thank goodness it's cool near the Baltic Sea. We found a pizza parlor to have dinner and we had so much fun watching the waiters and waitresses keep up with the flow of traffic because our seat was near the entrance to the kitchen and the bar.The waitress greeted us in German and brought us a German menu. Elizabeth asked for a English menu and the girls old no we don't have one or something like that. I told her I could read the German. We got a pizza and beer to watch the hustle and bustle and it was a constant flow of activity. At the end, I ask for the bill in German and paid the lady before I went up to her and told her in German that I come from America. She was a little shocked and embarrassed so I tipped her 20% and she was still shaking her head when we left.

June 21

We had no real plans for today so we went to the beach to put our feet in the Baltic Sea before we left town. The water was cold and the air temperature was, too. After that we drove to an outdoor museum of old buildings that were salvaged and rebuilt to create a sense of what life was like in the 19th and early 20th century in Poland. We pulled into what we thought was a parking lot and someone shook his head but we parked anyway. When we were getting out of our car, a man came over and gave us two tickets for the museum as a present we thought. We put them on our shirts and toured the museum which was interesting but not spectacular. We only spent a little while there and were able to rescue our car from the unauthorized parking space. Elizabeth had wanted to see a forest of crooked pine trees which was on the western border of Poland. We decided to go there, but when we got there, we couldn't see a pine forest that had crooked trees. We were in the middle of a neighborhood, but luckily we saw a sign for the Crooked Forest in English and walked about 200 meters into a forest where we finally found a small grove of crooked pine trees. No one knows why they grow like they do but you will understand why we wanted to go when you see the pictures. We looked for a place to sleep and found an apartment for $38 about 20 minutes away from the Crooked Forest. On the way there, I got a text from the manager saying there was a problem with the toilet. She said if we were coming right away, they would have to find us another place to stay. They did, but it took 25 more minutes to get to. It’s a two-bedroom apartment in the suburbs of the area where the trees were. It has a full kitchen with a balcony and a living area. The big bathroom has a clothes washer, but as usual, no clothes dryers. We found it okay and had dinner at an Italian restaurant 300 meters away before settling in for the evening. Tomorrow we head for Regensburg, Germany, and the oldest wurst haus in Germany for dinner. The saga continues…...

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