A couple of weekends ago I was in Las Vegas, vary much a crazy place. I mean, everything is allowed. If you want anything, you can get it in Las Vegas, then they'll tell you the price...!
Now, it started quite soft, a,direct flight from Lubbock, TX to Las Vegas. We flew Southwest, and the flight crew was actually quite entertaining. Coming there, I was very excited to see that it all was just like what I had seen in movies and on pictures; Very flashy, not really tasteful, but huge fun and very entertaining. Which is basically what las Vegas is about, entertainment, it's not a pure gambler's city. After having looked around a bit with my friends, we went to Paris, and got up in their mock Eiffel Tower. From there we got a good view of the fountains at Bellagio, very nice to watch. After getting back from there, we got changed, and went out to the Hard Rock to meet up with the rest of our friends. We originally planned to go out to LAX, but we got a Hummer Limousine (yes, extraordinarily tasteless, I know...) and our driver said that some of us wouldn't get in there wearing slacks and t-shirts. So he suggested that we went to Sapphire, where ha could get us in free, and we got a free drink card each (there was ten of us). Well, turned out it was a gentleman's club, but still, we had some fun there.
The next day we just walked around to see a lot of places. We went in to Caesars Palace and the Bellagio; Those are really amazing (and expensive). I bought a deck of cards from Caesars, used for playing poker in the casino, was only $3, a nice souvenir. Then, we went to New York, which looks like a piece of Manhattan and took the roller coaster they have, it's not that impressive, but still quite fun. Before going out that day, some of us took the bus over to The Stratosphere and got up in the tower there (highest building in Las Vegas) together with one of my friends we took all of the three thrill rides they have; the "Big Shot", "X-scream" and "Insanity", all of which were three different flavors of terrifying. Basically, the on the first one you get shot up in the sky to 1100-something feet (yes, nice view). The second one is like a sled that goes off the edge of the building, the the third one is like a normal carousel it's just that it's spinning off the side of the tower, giving you a nice scary view. After that, expectedly, we went out drinking. This time we were prepared, and went across the street from our Hotel (Imperial Palace) to Pure at Caesars. There was a long line, but we did the "Vegas thing" and gave one of the bouncers $100, which awarded us VIP-passes and some free-drink-coupons. After this, we went to get some after-party-bites and I went to bed (some spent too much money in the casino)
On the last day, most were too tired from the day before to do anything else but gambling. I went to The Mirage and got to see the white tigers at the Siegfried & Roy Secret Garden and Dolphin Habitat. I think it was quite exciting to see these so close. After that I went across the street to the Venetian for a quick look before going home. All in all, I think Las Vegas is more of an entertainment city than anything else, an I'll strongly recommend everyone to go there...
Right now I'm in San Francisco for the holidays, having a good time here...
This is despite the fact we have scored 11-1 (7-1 in conference) this season.
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