gf = girlfriend. I went from Paris to Birmingham to meet a Polish girl. Why be simple when you can be complicated?

Now it's around 840 and I am finishing the Northumbrians. I've also eaten the beginning nearby neutrals plus the Man Island. I am 4 years from building my first coastal trading post - and I have the fleet for that. Though I have lost my best heir and a cool army due to an unforecasted meeting with some Vikings(damn they're tough ). Ah, and I'm playing hard, not expert(I'm not THAT good). I backstabbed the northumbrians though, as they were not allied & suffered more than myself from a Viking wave. I've lost some alliances then, but Now I have some powerbase.