This is Ed thinking how he’d like to be fully-fledged mateys with Stede.
But this is also Ed knowing he’s going to ask Stede in just a moment to stay on land with him, and open an inn.
And this is Ed knowing that Stede will say yes.
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This is Ed thinking how he’d like to be fully-fledged mateys with Stede.
But this is also Ed knowing he’s going to ask Stede in just a moment to stay on land with him, and open an inn.
And this is Ed knowing that Stede will say yes.
Two months in New Zealand! 🇳🇿
I still can’t believe I’m here. Yesterday, I celebrated my little anniversary with a trip to Piha Beach — as many of you know, the final scenes from EP8 of OFMD s2 were filmed there in the north Piha beach area. I had the chance to stand on the exact spot where the inn was, and I felt like the luckiest person alive. I took some photos of the location and decided to share them with you.
So this is the place where the inn was. The sand path leads to camping/parking which is behind the spot where the building was.
And there's the view from the inn spot. You can find a nice bench here, so you can sit and really enjoy it — believe me, you won’t want to leave🌈
I’m planning to visit other filming locations like Te Henga Beach, Te Henga Sand Dunes, and more since I’m close to these spots. Let me know if you’d like me to share a post about those too!
Here you have some more photos of the place (and one of my stupid little self). I hope you enjoyed this post. Also thank you @clairegregoryau and her post which helped me with exploring✨
Stede: We should probably have some kind of security system for the Inn though. Odds are someone will eventually come after us.
Ed: Mmm yeah like that dick, what was his name, Chauncey? Been waiting for him to show up for ages, I mean I’m kinda surprised it’s taken him this long.
Stede: oh no he shot his own face off.
Ed: … Wait…What?
Stede: Well I mean he came and pulled me out of bed at gunpoint when I was supposed to meet you on that pier, and forced me into the jungle, said I ruined everything I touched, including you, and then tripped and blew his own face clean off.
Ed:
Stede:
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Stede:
Ed:
Stede: I probably should have mentioned that ea-
Ed: Earlier? Yeah you fucking think!?!?
CRAFTS — 218/262 — Taverns, inns and innkeepers
The Czech word for tavern, ‘hospoda’, may originate from the Latin ‘hospes’ – guest, ‘hospitium’ – hospitality, shelter, though the more likely etymology is from the old Slavonic ‘gospod, gospodja’ – the Master of the House. Alehouses were an integral part of all medieval villages. Originally, beer was drawn in what was called the maashouse, an area on the ground floor of a townhouse whose owner had brewing rights, while special-purpose taverns and inns came along later. These served as places for social events, meetings, trading and lodgings. Some inns had rooms for overnight guests and special stables and spaces for carriages – these were called wagoners’ inns and were located out of town at crossroads and along trade routes. The seating was more often outdoors than indoors. It was said of Wenceslas IV that he was fond of visiting taverns and alehouses to eavesdrop on what the locals had to say about him and to check that the owners were complying with his edicts. In the Middle Ages, no one took exception to alcohol. The Germans, Russians and Czechs, in particular, were Europe’s fabled drinkers. There was a formal curfew at dusk, or when the night watchman began his rounds, although drinking and feasting often went on until the early morning hours. In KCD we have tried to keep the image of medieval taverns faithful to surviving records.
TRIVIA
— In the later Middle Ages, inns developed into organized establishments distinct from simple alehouses, offering accommodation for travellers, their horses, and their goods. A typical inn consisted of a hall, kitchen, storage areas, stables, and sleeping chambers, many of which were communal, though private locked rooms became increasingly common over time. Besides lodging, inns functioned as centres of trade, where goods such as beer, wine, and cloth were bought and sold.
By the 14th century, inns had become a regular feature of towns, with their number reflecting the size and importance of the settlement. They generated significant revenue, with innkeepers themselves often belonging to the urban elite, taking part in local government and engaging in adjacent activities such as brewing, trade, and finance, with inns sometimes serving as warehouses or informal banks. However, female innkeepers appeared to only make up about 10-20% of the owner population. Women tended find themselves as innkeepers after their husbands died and they inherited the property.
In nicer inns, floors were sometimes covered with rush mats, which were regularly replaced and often strewn with herbs for freshness. In some places, it was said that the naming of pubs stemmed from Roman times, where the taverns would hang vine leaves outside in order to alert passer-bys that wine was sold within. Besides leaves, tavern most often painted their signs with simple symbols, such as animals in specific colours, so they could be easily recognized by illiterate customers. Sean's Bar is a pub (tavern) in Athlone, Ireland, notable for its alleged establishment in 900 CE, and claims to be the oldest existing bar in Ireland. The Old Ferry Boat Inn is another English pub claiming to be the country’s oldest, with the pub’s history reportedly going back to 560 CE.
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─── THE INNKEEPERS. ( 2011 )
MY REQUESTS ARE CURRENTLY OPEN.
You know what really warms my heart about the innkeepers idea - the softness, the talking, I mean imagine these men finally getting to talk for hours about themselves and their pasts and figure things out together and just lay under the stars next to each other speaking earnestly because they can finally be vulnerable knowing they'll be loved just as they are, and making love softly and without all the despair of the first time, and Ed gets to be all domestic as he always wanted to, and Stede gets to see a face of married life he hasn't seen before, and yes I know if we get a S3 they won't stay innkeepers forever and it's surely gonna be really fun and they'll probably mess up at some point but just for a moment they get to slow down and allow themselves to be soft without having to fight for their lives every other day and I just find this so heartwarming :') they deserve it so much
*at the inn*
Ed: I can’t open this; shake it
Stede: *shimmies*
Ed: The BOTTLE babe
This play, The Princess Bride, was captivating. The flyer promised ‘fencing, fighting, torture, revenge, giants, monsters, chases, escapes, true love, miracles’ and it delivered on every promise. After sitting mostly still and pretty quiet for so so long, Ed was now rambling on excitedly as they began their walk home. Well, Stede was walking and Ed was skipping and hopping and walking backwards at times, too excited to simply walk.
“Shrieking eels, Stede! Can you imagine? Throw some dick overboard during a raid and the sea starts shrieking?”
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What do our favorite innkeepers think of The Princess Bride?
Ed loves it.
Stede … isn’t quite there.
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