Cattala (AIN)

[Charlie_Zane 963]

Such a great update!

[ThomasSimpson 466]

Welcome to Cattala, and today we're doing a special update which was actually the brainchild of a random comment about Cattala's shops by a commenter in the forum section. See, you guys really do influence what I do.

Welcome back to Rene, in Jennai. This neglected wasteland has benefited of late from upgrades in its railway services - although it isn't connected to the Jennai Metro, it now has more regular InterCity rail services, along the Southport branch line. This has fuelled some new development in the area.

Rene's role as a transport intersection mean it has attracted commercial interest too. One of Cattala's largest supermarket stores, Tesco Rene, can be found in the borough. Tesco once dominated the Cattalian urban market, after it was granted a trading licence in the 1990s to operate in the three metropolitan areas of Celeste, Jennai and Calora. However, it has seen its market share slide sharply after a series of ethical scandals and price disputes with local suppliers.

In efforts to shore up its business in Cattala, against rising local competition, they began building new homes and businesses on adjacent land to their stores, claiming to provide low cost housing for Jennai's poorest. This backfired when it emerged that Tesco's was making tidy profits off every sale.

Local rivals, such as Cooperativa, have taken over the market from Tesco. Multinational rivals such as Carrefour and Auchan have made efforts to muscle in on Tesco's downwards spiral, but failed to gain licenses after public campaigns to stop the multinationals forcing out local suppliers and shops became mainstream. This small convenience store in Rene is an example of their efforts; it is a joint venture between Carrefour and Cattalian chain Rammoza. These ventures are highly restricted and limited only to Jennai and Calora.

The general public have been suspicious of supermarkets since the Tesco scandal began in 2004. Efforts by regional governments to loosen the laws have been met with fierce opposition, even in cities. Rene is an example used by the anti-supermarket campaigners. Since the Tesco opened, six local shops have closed and fifteen other stores have seen profits fall by at least 33%.

The last of our series of my most favourite updates is Elloria, in northern Jennai. This was one of my first opportunities to explore the woodland of rural Amosseri/Monte Calida/Jennai's borderlands, and also where I experimented with truly rural, undeveloped territory. I really like the result of this update and hope you did too. So, all ten pre-100 images are now done. That means one thing only - the next update, is the big one.

I hope you all enjoyed that insight into the reasoning behind the lack of supermarket chains in Cattala. As you've seen in past updates, there's a lot of local shops and Cooperativa alone has around 400 partner shops throughout the country. Tesco's now has just six stores in Cattala, down from a peak of 32, after losing its trading licenses in Amosseri, Lessito, Roumeli and Monte Calida. Monte Calida and Lessito provincial governments were scathing of Tesco after it attempted to create 50 local shops across the provinces, and were the first to revoke its licenses in 2003 after public protests in major towns and cities throughout the country.

Apologies about the lack of updates in this forum since January. I think we're about three behind now - so I'll try and catch you up as soon as possible!

[Schulmanator 5,787]

I always enjoy coming by, You have well designed and detailed spaces for us to explore.

[Fox 1,444]

Welcome to page 11!!

 

They look the same as the pictures on the previous page..

[ThomasSimpson 466]

Clearly I'm blind since I thought I hadn't posted that update. Oh well - you're only two updates behind here then!

 

 

 

Schulmanator: Thank you very much - that's very kind!

 

Fox: Oops - thanks for letting me know!

 

 

Welcome back to Cattala. It's been a long, long time coming - and I've been very excited about making this update for quite a while now. Triple digits. Just... wow.

 

To start, a mosaic from Celeste, a city that has made up 25% of the Cattala updates so far, if you include Vittoria. Please do open it in a new tab to see the full size version.

 

 

99 updates ago, we were introduced to Cattala. A small island in the Mediterranean sea, that probably ruins the boot concept of Italy. Now not so long ago I did show you that first update overview, so I won't show that to you again, but here's Calora. The original.

 

 

Celeste was a focal point of early updates. The capital was a melting pot of many of my ideas - a Mediterranean vista, modern architecture and historic imperial citadels all in one. Today, the city is a bit less diverse as I've spread those styles out across the rest of the country. However, many features that originated in early Celeste are being explored and improved today, 100 updates on.

 

 

As the first summer came around, the journal moved focus. South-east Lessito is the breadbasket of Cattala and was my first opportunity to explore the rural fringes of the journal. Each summer since then, I have continued to add to Lessito and now more than 14 settlements in the province. 

 

 

Seina was part of the triumvirate of original areas for Cattala. Alongside Calora and Jennai, it was supposed to stand out as the natural growth element of the journal. From this stage, it grew into quite a reasonable sized town over the course of 13 updates. It played a very important role in the background development of Cattala, especially the way I build my cities and the functionality of them.

 

 

As well as the updates from major areas like Calora, Celeste, Seina and Lessito, numerous other places have also added up to the landmark we reach today. Jennai, the largest city, has featured seven times, whilst smaller provinces like Hellas (3) and Roumeli (1) have contributed as well.

 

 

Each settlement, each community, has built up to the Cattala you see today. The Cattala of diversity; unity; individuality; similarity; history; modernism; and ultimately, contrast. This city journal has been built not just by me, but by its readers, its supporters and its partner journals. Without the inspiration I have received from dozens of other Simcity creators, there is no way that this journal would have reached where it is today.

 

So I'd like to thank everyone who has supported, criticised, loved, loathed, commented and lurked on Cattala for the past 100 updates. For the one hundredth time, thanks for viewing Cattala and I hope to see you again very soon.

 

[Fox 1,444]

Great showcase once again of Cattala..

 

Love the canals .. very pretty, and the herringbone streets certainly look good in your towns.

[Charlie_Zane 963]

What a great showcase! 

 

Love that bridge!

[ThomasSimpson 466]

 

Fox: Thank you! That's my favourite canal set, and it will be featuring in future Jennai updates as well.

 

City_Master: Thanks!

 

I am still behind both here and at Sim Mania on updates, but will continue to try and catch up during this easter break. In the meantime, a slice of Jennai for you!

 

 

Welcome back to Cattala. After quite a while without updates we're back in Jennai, the financial hub of the nation. Now, I keep telling you that it's a super-big city, more than a million people, and the only place you'll see proper towers. But I haven't shown you any...

 

Until now! Welcome to Jennai Harbour, the city's central business district. Enjoy.

 

 

Over the past few weeks I have been doing some work on what is arguably the most audacious building project I've ever done. Jennai Harbour is the heartland of banking, trading, money as a whole, in the country. The biggest companies in Cattala are all based in this part of the city. So, let's have a look at the busy port by night.

 

 

Thank you for returning to Cattala. It's unfortunate that I may have two weeks off for Easter break, but actually my exams are just around the corner in May so I won't be able to do too many updates during this period. But rest assured Cattala will be back, sooner or later!

 

Thomas

[Benedict 3,119]

Stunning mosaic of the harbor.

[ThomasSimpson 466]

 

Benedict: Thank you, I'm glad you liked it.

 

 

Welcome back to Jennai, a harbour city in an eponymous bay in southern Cattala. The heartland of Cattalian high economy, its rise as a regional economic hub is the defining highlight of the country's post-war revival and economic boom. Its parliament is devolved and controls provincial matters, led by the regional government.

 

 

Jennai Harbour is the second-busiest station in the city, serving the north, the south coast and the east. Built in the early 20th century, it includes an extensive park area known as Harbour Park that still remains today, despite encroaching development.

 

 

But obviously Jennai, as we have seen previously, extends far beyond the business centre. Porthis is a suburb to the north-west of the harbour and I'm currently developing it as a commuter town. In the past I've shown you the imperial suburbs of Celeste and the traditional sprawl of Calora. This preview may give you an idea of the style I'm hoping to create in Porthis.

 

 

Please do comment and let me know what you think about Jennai and Cattala as a whole. Your input is very important to me. I hope you have all had a lovely Easter and we'll be back soon!

 

Thomas

[vivapanda 422]

I love your last few updates 

Catalla is beautiful <3

[Fox 1,444]

I agree with Vivapanda.. the last few updates have been beautiful and highlight Cattala perfectly.

[SimCoug 5,973]

Beautiful work on that harbor - I really like how you placed the rocks in the water near the edge of the deep water dropoff.  

[ThomasSimpson 466]

 

Vivapanda: Thank you, that's very kind.

 

Fox: Thanks! Jennai is really different to the rest of Cattala and once we go back to rural Lessito in the summer I think it will show off the vast differences across the country.

 

SimCoug: Thanks! I don't like doing coastal work because it means I have to use MMPs, which I'm not very good at, but I think that harbour worked really well.

 

 

Welcome to Porthis, in the north of the city of Jennai. West of the harbour that we've been visiting recently, Porthis is on the edge of the city's gritty urban zone, and is the start of numerous, flowing, sprawling suburbs. 

 

 

The town centre is small but dense, focused in a narrow strip between the railway station and dual carriageway. Coca-Cola has its Cattalian headquarters in the city, as does Barclays Bank. Outside of this core of business, most of Porthis is residential.

 

 

Rapidly developed after the Second World War, it benefits from the railway link to Jennai Harbour and two Metro stations. Sprawling suburbs begin in Porthis, and it has actually grown more urban in recent years with several of the 1950s housing estates ripped up for plush new apartment complexes.

 

 

Porthis has a considerable shopping district, stretching between the office towers around the railway station. They've now begun spreading out towards the town's main schools, which have both been under pressure to sell off land since the value has sky-rocketed.

 

 

The metropolitan borough council has invested heavily in making Porthis bicycle-friendly. It has the most extensive cycle network in the city, extending out from the station to the hospital, business centres, suburbs and the park and ride facility.

 

 

It is continuously being expanded, with a new stretch currently under construction east of the station, heading past the court and down into Histablanc Court.

 

 

Most of the town's residents are either commuters to Jennai Harbour, or office workers in the port. Historically, the working class used to dominate in much of Porthis, but in recent decades they have left because of spiralling house prices. Now, the middle classes rule over the suburbs and a modern urban class has succeeded the factory staff in the town centre.

 

 

To the east, Histablanc Court is an example of the transformation that has occurred across Jennai since the war. The traditional piazza has been preserved, but instead of casas for la famiglia, luxury apartments and European townhouses have been built and now crowd around the square. Bankers, office drones and managers wind their way around in suits and ties, instead of labourers and dockers wearing his tascu.

 

 

To end today's update, a bit of news on AINVision! As many of you will know, Cattala won the 2012 competition and will be hosting this year's contest. A bidding competition was held between Celeste and Jennai and the Harbour Arena was announced as the host venue for the 2013 AINVision Song Contest, which I hope to simulcast here as well as at the AIN.

 

 

Thank you for viewing Cattala today.

 

Thomas

[Benedict 3,119]

Fabulous as always.

 

Not sure if I congratulated you on your trixie nominations, and for being the runner up for Unique Region in a CJ. Hopefully next year!

[ThomasSimpson 466]

 

Benedict: Thank you, it was an honour to be nominated for any award. I was delighted when I got to Number 1 on your Top Ten for the first time earlier this year so I wasn't even dreaming about winning a Trixie. I would love to win one next year, in what will probably be my last year of journalling because of school commitments.

 

 

It's been a while but welcome back to Cattala, and to Jennai, for the sixth update from this city. I've made a few improvements since we last visited whilst I slowly expand the city out from the core of Jennai Harbour. Part of Cattala's tallest building is featured here, the Sky Tower complex.

 

 

Jennai's harbourside district was built in the 1970s and 1980s during the boom of the 30-Year Revolution, a period of rapid industrialisation and modernisation of Cattala's post-war economy. The harbour is the pinnacle of this boom - a crowning symbol of the shift from agriculture and light industry to intensive, mechanised manufacturing and financial services.

 

 

For a bit of context, here's a wider shot of the whole Harbour business district, clustered around the railway terminus and the Bay of Jennai.

 

 

At night, the city comes alive. Jennai drains more than 40% of the country's electricity, which is very large considering it is home to only 25% of the population. Heavy industry in the south of the city is the main cause, but the amount of light pollution from the city's business areas is staggering.

 

 

As well as banking and corporate headquarters for the likes of media company RMI, energy giant NEG and telecoms group CT, the Harbour is also home to numerous hotels, including OMNI, Marriott and Tormon-Bonne.

 

 

Slightly further along the bay is the most recent addition to the Harbour regeneration project - White Point. Built between 1993 and 1999, it included the extension of a crucial rock groyne, which was turned into the Jennai Arena. Behind it, luxury apartments and a hotel complex were built. A brand new building is currently under construction in White Point, which will become the new flagship hotel in the Asgard International Hotel Group's European expansion, which begins in Cattala this summer. 

 

 

To end today's update, here's a brief teaser of the next area of Jennai that I'm working on. As we move inland, we'll see the suburban sprawl increase as the highrise offices give way to towering taxpayer-funded edifices to public service. Like Jennai Hospital, for example.

 

 

Thanks for visiting Cattala today, and I look forward to seeing you next time when we focus on White Point and the Jennai Arena for AINVision 2013!

 

Thomas

[simlink 1,098]

These past few harbour updates have been awesome, Thomas! Everything is so realistic and ...well... beautiful!

[ThomasSimpson 466]

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Good evening and welcome, to the AINVision Song Contest 2013, live here tonight from Jennai, Cattala. I’m Teresa Demalla and tonight we will be seeing 22 AIN Member States battle it out for the title of AINVision winners and all the glory that comes with this accolade. The fate of these contestants is entirely in your hands – behind me are dignatories from all AIN countries but this year they have no power over the voting. That, lies entirely with you at home.

 

 

Teresa: It’s time now, just before the acts begin, to speak to the independent judiciary tonight. Our four executive supervisors from across the AIN and the Ministry of Culture, Arts and Sport will be working tonight to ensure voting is free and fair. Jon Allenburg, chief supervisor, what are you looking for in tonight’s contest?

 

Jon: We’re looking to ensure that the most popular contestant wins. Over the past five years its been our duty to account for all the votes from every country alongside our local officers with the broadcasters in each country and make sure that every single vote counts.

 

Teresa: Darcey Borune, how does this year’s contest compare to previous ones?

 

Darcey: Well, Teresa, this has been the most challenging and exciting contest so far, and it hasn’t even begun yet! We’ve got officers across the union working hard to accumulate what we believe will be a record number of votes, from a record number of countries. We’re looking forward to the Contest and all the voting once it begins.

 

Teresa: The executive supervisors will be back at the end of tonight’s process to inform you about the voting process when it opens after all of the competitors have performed. Until then, thank you to all four of you and good luck tonight.

 

 

Tonight, these 22 countries will fight for the crown of AINVision and the chance to host the contest this winter. The first act tonight will be Asgard, followed by Kamchatka, and we will end with Hong Kong and Takyoto. At the end of the show, voting will open and each of our voting states will be given time to select their top 10 acts, and in our Grand Final we will declare the winner of this years contest! But first… They actually have to perform!

 

 

So, may the best song win, and let the competition begin!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We're now halfway through the acts, so it's time to visit some of our commercial sponsors.

 

 

 

 

 

Welcome back to AINVision 2013 here in Cattala! On with the show - next up is Corraile.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Now, all of our 21 finalists have performed and voting is open. In just under a week’s time I’ll be back with Victoria Cabello for the grand final of the AINVision Song Contest 2013. To see us out today, an exclusive performance from last year’s winner, Celeste Buckingham! Good night Jennai!

 

[SAVAGExPHOENIX 955]

Since I'm ridiculously addicted to Lindsey Stirling, I gotta vote Asgard on this one.

[ThomasSimpson 466]

 

daTS: Well you can vote because you're an AIN member - just head over to the forums and register in the Domestic Representatives thread and Illium can vote using the links on the AIN version of the contest. You have to do it by Saturday though, which is when voting closes and the final results are counted!

 

 

Welcome back to Jennai. After the glitz and glamour of AINVision, hopefully we'll have a more serene and calm update this time. I hope you all enjoyed our musical extravaganza, by the way. Today I'm teasing you with some glimpses further in from the coast, and a few different views of the coast.

 

 

White Point was the pinnacle of the coastal redevelopment in the 1980s and is a favourite venue of global artists when they visit Cattala. And it's seemingly popular with you too! As you can see in this image, it is acting as the main breakwater for the harbour and a huge rock groyne defending the bay from erosion.

 

 

Here's a night shot of the harbour, looking out from the CBD rather than inland. At night, the harbour is one of the most beautiful places in Jennai, with moonlight walks along the boardwalk being very popular amongst locals and tourists alike.

 

 

As I continue to expand Jennai outwards from the CBD core, I'll keep trying to relate it in context with what we've already visited. So today, let's see how the Harbour Hospital is connected to where it all began for us, in the railway station. Alongside the modern hospital building is the older, but still in use, original building for Jennai Harbour Hospital.

 

 

This will be our last visit to Jennai for a while. I will be continuing to develop the city behind the scenes, but to end our time in the Harbour area here's a closer look at some of the developments ongoing along the waterfront.

 

 

To end this tour of Jennai, a long view over the suburb of Porthis, before we return to one of my other suburban areas, Vittoria.

 

 

Thank you for watching. Before we head back to Amosseri, this weekend will be the grand final of the AINVision Song Contest, in which we will discover who the winner is and where the contest will head to in November. Who do you think will win?

 

Thomas

[TheSimsFreakx 2]

You should really put this region, and your plugins file on for download at the end of this, these maps are amazing!!

[basty_goofy 24]

Unfortunately no one ever does!

[ThomasSimpson 466]

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Teresa: Good evening and welcome to the Grand Final of the AINVision Song Contest 2013, here in Cattala. I’m Teresa Demalla…

Victoria: …And I’m Victoria Cabello. By the end of tonight, a new winner of AINVision will be announced and we will know where we’ll be this winter for the next Song Contest. But before we get down to business, we’ve got a few special guests in tonight.

 

 

Victoria: Her Grace, Queen Alexandra is attending tonight’s grand final. Here she is arriving just a few minutes ago.

 

 

Announcer: Please stand for the national anthem of the United Kingdom of Cattala.

 

 

Teresa: Thank you to Katherine Salessito for that moving performance of our national anthem. This is of course the Seventh AINVision Song Contest, and over the past few years there’s been winners from across the globe. Tonight we’re doing what no song contest has done before, and bringing them together. We’ve got every past winner in the audience tonight, but a few of them are also about to perform. From Petrova, to Illu’a, Corraile, Ascadylea and Cattala, these, are the winners of AINVision.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Teresa: Some great performances there! But now the real action starts. Over to you, Victoria.

 

 

Victoria: We’ve seen these 22 countries perform, now 24 will vote to decide who will join that esteemed list as the winner of AINVision 2013. 

 

 

Let’s begin with Asgard. Good evening Triton City!

 

 

Alecia: Hello Jennai, and thank you for the beautiful show tonight. Here is the vote from Asgard.

 

 

Victoria: Now over to the Atlantic Federation. Boa tarde, Luke!

 

 

Luke: Thank you Victoria and Teresa for a fantastic AINVision. Here’s the results of the Veratlantian votes.

 

 

Victoria: Assalamu' alikum, Masel. This is Jennai calling. May we have the Atlantsian vote, please.

 

 

Kalin: Hello Cattala! The show has been great! Here is the vote from the Emirate of Atlantsia.

 

 

And now, all the way to Celeste for the vote from Cattala and my good friend Anna – hello!

 

 

Anna: Good evening Jennai! We’ve really enjoyed the show here in Amadeus on the big screen, live outside Vittoria Palace. The Cattalian people have voted.

 

 

Victoria: Good afternoon Dan, may we have the Corrailite vote please.

 

 

Dan: Thanks Victoria, and here is the vote from the people of Corraile!

 

 

Victoria: Hola Natalia, from Costa Palma! May we please have the vote from your nation.

 

 

Natalia: Good day Jennai, what a fabulous show you have. Here is the vote, from the Costa Palma.

 

 

Victoria: Hello Hiigara. May we have your votes please.

 

 

Ulia: Yes you may. Here it is.

 

 

Victoria: Good evening Histalpol! May we have your votes please.

 

 

Christian: Yes, of course! Thank you for a wonderful show, we have all really enjoyed it here in Bastilia. Here is the result of the Histalian vote.

 

 

Victoria: Over now to Hong Kong, and Allyson Hau. This is Jennai calling.

 

 

Allyson: Hello Vittoria! Thank you for such a great spectacle. Here is the vote of Hong Kong.

 

 

Victoria: Zdravstvujtye Anita Choi, may we please have the Kamchatkian vote.

 

 

Anita Choi: Zdravstvujtye Victoria, and thank you for such a superb night. Kamchatka votes… now!

 

 

Victoria: Good evening Karasem, this is Jennai calling. May we have your vote please.

 

 

Delima Rizky: Hai Jennai! Thanks for such an awesome show. Here’s our vote!

 

 

Teresa: Thank you Karasem. We’re now about halfway through the voting, so it’s time for some advertisements. When you come back, we’ve got some special guests for you!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Teresa: Izzy Azalea, K Kole, Rita Ora and Nina Zilli everyone! Now it’s time to get back to the voting. Victoria?

 

 

Victoria: Thank you Teresa. Kingston and Boyce, the current leaders, are up next.

 

 

Manjeet: Hello Jennai, Victoria and Teresa, you have been wonderful hosts. Here is the vote from Kingston and Boyce.

 

 

Victoria: Just across the Alouette Channel now, to Kendall and Lower Columbia. 

 

 

Tor: Thank you Cattala for such a great contest. A big thanks to RMI for organising this. Here is the Federal Kingdom’s vote.

 

 

Victoria: Thank you Tor. Staying in North America, it’s over to Marquette now.

 

 

George: Bonjour, hello, to all in Jennai. Thank you for such a fascinating contest; I hope that next year we will be able to field a candidate. Here’s the vote from Marquette.

 

 

Victoria: Melanesia, this is Jennai calling. May we have your vote please.

 

 

Celina: Here is the vote from the people of Melanesia. Thank you Cattala!

 

 

Victoria: South we go, to Mirani. Hello, Emma Rawa.

 

 

Emma: Hi! Here’s our vote from Crestview and all the people of Mirani! Go Pieter T!

 

 

Victoria: Right next door, it’s New Holland, and Mark Sewell!

 

 

Mark: Good evening, and thank you to Cattala and RMI for hosting such a great event. Here is the vote from New Holland.

 

 

Victoria: Guten abend Caprica City! This is Jennai calling. May we have the vote from your nation please.

 

 

Lina: Guten abend Victoria, here is the vote from Neu Westfalen.

 

 

Victoria: We now move on to Okatabawashi. May we have your vote please.

 

 

Dj JamJam: Hallo! Here is the vote from the wonderful country of Okatabawashi! We loved your show so much Victoria and Teresa! This is so good!

 

 

Victoria: Some interesting voting there from Okatabawashi, thank you. Now over to Queensland!

 

 

Kate: Thank you Jennai for such a brilliant show, it has been a joy to watch. I have the privilege to present the vote from Queensland to you, now.

 

 

Victoria: Thank you Kate! Zdravstvujtye Soviyya! May we have your vote now.

 

 

Pavlo: Zdravstvujtye Victoria! Here is the Soviyyan vote.

 

 

Victoria: The final Asian country to vote is Takyoto. Shojiro Takasu, may we have your vote please.

 

 

Shojiro: Hallo, and thank you for a wonderful contest. Here’s the vote from Takyoto.

 

 

Victoria: Our penultimate voting country is Calare. 

 

 

Susanah: Thank you for this opportunity, Victoria. Here is the vote from Calare.

 

 

Victoria: And last but not least, Exaletas! May we have your vote please.

 

 

Alexos: Thank you. And finally, here is the vote from Exaletas for you all.

 

 

Victoria: You, the public, have had your say. All 24 countries have now voted, and our winner has been decided. 

 

 

Teresa: The winner of the AINVision Song Contest 2013 is Kingston and Boyce, with the highest score in the history of AINVision. Congratulations to Kingston and Boyce!

 

 

Teresa: Thank you to all the team here in Jennai and across the world, thank you to our contestants and representatives and most of all thank you to you for celebrating this fantastic evening with us. 

 

Victoria: Congratulations to Kingston and Boyce and we look forward to seeing your festival of music this winter. This is your winning song, BOY, with Little Numbers.

 

[Benedict 3,119]

Very nice graphics. Dix points!

[ThomasSimpson 466]

 

Benedict: Thank you!

 

 

This update has taken a lot longer than I expected to finalise, but I have been doing a lot of preparations for some events and other things I have planned for future updates so it should all be worth it. Anyway, today we've left Jennai and returned to the capital.

 

 

Since we last visited Celeste, there's been a few changes. After more than 20 years of court battles and petitions, the businesses that had been trading along what was once Aziens high street, now a motorway, have been defeated. Within weeks of the final appeal being rejected, the developers were eagerly demolishing the shops and pub that had been standing for almost a century. 

 

 

Aziens is now a centre for finance and commerce that some believe will rival Jennai within a few years. Development has rebounded since the recession and  investment from multinationals is increasing again.

 

 

Just under a week ago, Andy Murray won the Wimbledon Championships, becoming the first British man to do so in 77 years. To commemorate this, we return to Alder Court Park, the home of Cattalian tennis.

 

 

This summer, I'll be showcasing Celeste, Jennai and returning once again to Lessito for the now-traditional summer tour. I'm away for two weeks in early August but I hope to restart regular updates after a busy few months. For some context, I've spent the last three weekends building up parts of Celeste and Vittoria that you may have caught a glimpse of today, but will do in the next fortnight or so.

 

Thanks for visiting Cattala today, and I hope you're enjoy your summer! Unless you're in Australia... In which case, enjoy some British weather for once!

 

Thomas

[Dazzyls 576]

Another great update, love this topic!

[ThomasSimpson 466]

 

Ultimate727: Thanks! It's the comments I receive that keep this going over in this section of Simtropolis so I hope you will keep following Cattala.

 

 

I've been incredibly busy of late, and I'm not sure whether I will be able to return to regular updates again for quite some time. However, it's time now to leave Celeste, the capital, and head off to the rural east for the first time this year. As I do every summer, this journal will be relocating to the countryside and the vineyards of Lessito. 

 

Before we do I wanted to give you at least a glimpse of Vittoria and the improvements I have made to it since we last visited. I hope you like it.

 

 

The last time we were in Alberto, there was a large construction site next to the station. Now, it's home to a complex of offices and IT companies.

 

 

And to close this brief return to Vittoria, a wide view of the suburb at night.

 

 

Comment, rate and let me know what you think!

 

Thomas

[Dazzyls 576]

I will keep following Cattala! This is awesome!

[vinlabsc3k 127]

Awesome neighbourhoods Thomas!!
 
Don't worry for "regularity", we wait yor updates of this incredible CJ.

[Huston 5,798]

I haven't seen Cattala in a while and I'm glad to say that the quality is as great as ever! Some very lovely farms/vineyards mixed into the city. :_)