This will end up, eventually, being a series of companion tales that provide backstory to some, if not most, of the videos in the series by Ddsims, an artist of sorts, who creates scenarios and puts them to action using template characters from the Sims game series. A simple search engine will yield results if you want to learn more about his fun videos. This particular video of his is about a couple that goes to Europe backpacking, but an act of wild infidelity threatens to break up this otherwise somewhat prosperous marriage. So here goes....
John and Becky walked through the Van Gogh Museum, the last stop before they called it a day during their stay in Amsterdam. They arrived a week prior in Prague, no hotel reservations, no idea how they would get around, a bold venture, indeed. The reason for such an intentional failure to plan was that they hosted a party with friends who did just what they were now attempting to do. They just hopped a plane and jumped the pond. Once they arrived in Rome, they drifted around until they got tired, found a hostel, which is not difficult to spot as you walk the streets most anywhere in Eastern Europe, checked in for the evening, and set out next day to continue their adventure. They said it was the best way to enjoy that part of Europe.
Upon hearing about this exceptionally rewarding trip, a trip that John and Becky's friends said was the most fun they ever had in their lives, the couple decided to follow suit. A few days later, they, too, booked a flight to Prague, a flight to a place that would end up changing their perspectives on Europe, and the mechanics of their relationship permanently.
Early on, John and Becky loved the unnecessary need to plan and create an itinerary for the trip. All they had to do was arrive at the airport 2 hours ahead of their flight with their passports in hand and the rest would fall into place.
John was searching the area surrounding Airporter Prague, their landing airport, to see if finding a roof to sleep beneath would be any sort of hassle. But when his search yielded the results, he was pleasantly surprised to find that, just around the airport within 5 miles, there were over 20 businesses providing a place to sleep for the night. "Baby, this spot by the airport looks like a nice enough hotel to bed for the eve....."
John was breaking a rule that both he and Becky promised to abide by, so Becky interrupted, "John, what did we decide about this trip. No peeking. Peeking is the same as planning," Becky said through a smile exposing her perfectly white teeth. She was a slim and yet resilient woman, very into swimming and volleyball, and built as such with toned arms and powerful muscles lining her legs. Her least favorite part of her body were her breasts, which John really liked. They were small, yet perky, so that when topless (and she was topless quite often), they looked like they were staring at him. Any time she even hinted at the idea of getting implants, John always said, "Baby, I'll leave you so fast, it will make the land speed record in Guiness.". But then he'd laugh as she smirked at him.
He knew he had a good thing with Becky, who was, by any normal standard of attraction, his better. He was decent looking, but standing next to her, he knew he was dating a woman way out of his league. While mid-coitus, he would make mention his penis size and joke as Becky would about her breasts, "Would you look at that pathetic excuse for a child's penis? You know, I have half a mind to go in tomorrow to see about getting it enlarged!" His tone was playful, yet as he spoke these words, his inner monologue was secretly hoping she would affirm his "sarcastic" request. But she just responded as he did about her tits. "Your size is fine, honey." But John knew when she was lighthearted and when she was pensive. Any comment ending with the word "honey", when it came from Becky, could be taken with a grain of salt.
No matter, though. As far as they were both concerned, one had love for the other and vice versa and that was just fine by them.
A few weeks later, they arrived at the airport to board for Prague. Becky, the more daring of the two, decided to ask John, very quietly, if he was a member of the 'mile-high club' yet. John shot a very indubitable look toward Becky, whose smile creaked onto her face slowly, like the Cheshire Cat, as he rose to follow her to the tiny bathroom in back of coach. Becky was certainly looking forward to this time away from the doldrums of life, how things can become so consistent. She hated consistent. This trip was definitely off the beaten path and she was going to take advantage.
Many hours and two card carrying members of the mile-high club later, Prague was able to be seen from their airplane window. It was more beautiful than they had expected. As they saw the surface of this foreign country, both had different mindsets about this trip. John, ever the safety cop, just wanted to see the major attractions. "You know, baby, like Clark from National Lampoons Vacation," he'd say as Becky would mouth the same words from another part of the house with a mocking edge to the mimic.
There was no way, in her mind, that she was going to spend this time away from home like she spends her time when she IS home. She was going to open up. New experiences abound and she was hell bent on embracing the cultures of this new and uncharted land, uncharted from her point-of-view, anyway. And as for John, well she expected that he would see her behaving in accordance with the patterns of Eastern Europe and come aboard for the ride. This was a joint venture, after all.
So, one day, a week after their successful Prague landing, they found themselves in Holland, more specifically in Amsterdam. While there, they smoked in a coffee shop, they shopped at some high end boutiques, they ate Stamppot Stamppot, a delicious comfort food made from potatoes and sausage balled up and breaded, they even partook in some psychedelics with a few folks from England, there on holiday, and these activities tickled John's fancy, while Becky slowly started to resent her husband for being a square, for being a Clark W. Griswold, though it must be said that she did actually enjoy the psychedelics part. Otherwise, she gave the standard smiles and hand holding that each half must do to maintain the whole, but the more she went along this trip, the less she wanted to be around her husband.
Then came a point where, through circumstances arising from the fact that the hot water heater had broken in their current living space, John and Becky had to vacate and find another spot, for which the owner of the hostel they stayed in was happy to provide recommendations. Only 6 blocks walk from where they were was another hostel, and one with vacancies, so John and Becky, who packed light, were off within the hour of hearing the news about the hot water heater.
When they arrived at this new location, they were greeted by Hans, the proprietor, who was kind and, for a change, easy to understand, with an undeniable command of the English language, but who also had a wandering eye. John couldn't help but notice that those wandering eyes were often stealing glances at Becky, who was wearing tight leggings and a low-cut, dark blue t-shirt minus a bra. It gave him a hard on as they walked through the halls of the hostel to their room, but that quickly faded when he saw Hans, who, John knew, wasn't imagining holding her hand or accompanying her to a lovely meal at Denny's.