Tuesday, December 3, 2013

Route 66 and the famous city Las Vegas (Day 3)

Yesterday we left the Grand Canyon and made our way through the desert of Arizona to the hilly landscape of Nevada.
On our way to Las Vegas we stopped in a little old and famous town called Seligman in Arizona.
It's so famous because Route 66 goes through it, one of America's original highway systems.
We took a lot of pictures and were so amazed by the little shops and the spirit of this town.




As we made our way towards Vegas we spotted the Hoover Dam, which was actually quite beautiful.  When we arrived in Las Vegas we visited an outlet mall where there were big sales from the Black Friday weekend..
After this we were went to our hotel and changed our clothes because we were going to downtown LAS VEGAS...everyone looked so nice!
We had dinner at Boulder Station in a Casino, the buffet had all sorts of food choices and was unlimited!  The Thai students loved that there was Pad Thai, though they said it wasn't as good as back home.  We emptied the ice cream machine!
We left this place and went to Fremont Street, the original Las Vegas, before "the strip" was built.
It was so amazing and breath taking. While we were there they played a video/song on this massive ceiling screen...apparently the longest one in the world.
Our jaws were open. OHH MY GOD we were really in Vegas.
We took a lot of pictures and looked a live performance from a band.

From the Fremont Street we went to Bellagio to see the awesome water show in front of this famous hotel.  It reminded some of us of the movie Oceans 11.
The strip has all kinds of different features, from an active volcano to a sphinx and a replica Eiffel tower.
Were we really in Las Vegas or in Paris ??!!!



And of course not to forget, we visited the famous "Welcome to Las Vegas" sign.
The lights in Las Vegas are incredibly amazing, we couldn't believe that this was all real!


Thanks for checking in!
Anne Weinberg (Germany)


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