LAS VEGAS!!!

Well guys it's been a while! but it's not 100% my fault/Laziness that i didn't post! It's because my computer doesn't like the Internet here :P no REALLY! But nevermind get to the point I have to write something this time so i can't waste my time to talk about crap... ;)
Good this post is mainly about my trip to Las Vegas last week already (jap that's how long  you didn't hear from me! First of all: it was an amazing experience and Las Vegas is such a cool and pretty city! but more later.
Well it all started on a Sunday and we got a very late flight (in the afternoon). I was so excited just waiting for the plane to Las Vegas! Well it actually came :D and then we got in and I had been even more excited! The flight to Las Vegas was pretty awesome the weather was perfect and so you could see the ground all the time.. we pased Colorado and I could see the snowy mountains (looked kind of like Austria) and we also passed Utah and i saw the red ground with many grand Canyon like rivers it was pretty cool and I couldn't take enough pictures... :) the flight was about 2 hours long and it was soo cool when we finally came near Las Vegas. It's really in the desert... it's like you see desert and a few mountains and NOTHING and then you get more mountains and then BÄÄÄM you get Las Vegas in that cool Valley between the mountains and it's really HUUUUGE! So many houses and stuff and we weren't even in the city! After a few minutes I could see all the tall buildings in Downtown and the Palmtrees and I was like OMG IM REALLY HERE!!
Jap then when we landed and got into the airport it was still cool the first sign I saw was:

and of course a mini casino right in the airport. Weird. Well then when we got to the baggage claim it was more Las vegas because there were signs everywhere for magician shows and other shows  and it was pretty amazing. 

Well then after we got our baggage and all that things we went outside the airport looking for a ride to the hotel. And there was this awesome Limousine right when you came out. It was long, black, elegant and looked really cool and I was hoping secretly “PLEEEEASE let us not go with a cab go with that!”  And we actually did! I was freaking out a little bit when I noticed that we were about to drive with that thing that was soo awesome! And the inside looked even cooler than the outside, there were black comfy leader seats on two sides of the Limo and a Minibar on the other side, it was also dark in there but there were little light s in there and you could change the color of them  and it looked beautiful and the ride to the hotel was too short for me L and it was an amazing ride! I was so overwhelmed with how everything looked! I really saw Las Vegas and all the famous  things you always see on TV and stuff And I couldn’t look enough to see everything. So high buildings, so many palmtrees, everything was so green AND  I SAW WHAT EVERYBODY MENT  WHEN THEY SAY THAT EVERY HOTEL HAS ITS OWN DESIGN!!  When we then left the Limo and got into the hotel and into our hotel room I  was like “AAAH THAT’S SO COOL!!” in every new room we came. The elevators were very cool they said in which floor you are everythime in stopped and said going u and stuff  it was pretty cool and I felt like a weirdo because I was freaking out about every little thing. When we came out of the elevator I didn’t think that I could be surprised by something else that makes me freak out even MORE but I was so wrong because the best things were supposed to be ahead! Right after we  left the elevator there was this wall and it was all glass so you could see outside and I was so close to let my bags fall on the floor because it was such an amazing view. Imagine you are on the 23th floor of a hotel and it’s dark outside and you are in Las Vegas and you have a window in front of you which shows you everything. I felt like I was dreaming there was Las Vegas at night right in front of me and it was so beautiful! Really not compare able to anything I’ve seen in my life. But we had to go ahead because I couldn’t stand the whole night here looking at this amazing view, so we went to our room and everything was so pretty, really it seems to me that hotels n Las Vegas are prettier than anything else… they just have so much details!  

Good then we finally came into our room and now I thought that I’ve really seen everything but I was wrong again! When we opened the hotel room and I first stepped in I carried my stuff inside looked at the room….. and it took my breath away how that looked like (in a good sense ;) ) it was this really huge room, with a little kitchen a bug red leather couch, mirrors everywhere (yep in Las Vegas you really have Mirrors everywhere!) and this white curtain thingy on which you could watch TV over a projector that it’s a really HUGE picture, the very modern and bright bathroom, and then the highlight the bedroom with a double bed, a kind of bed or chair on front of another big glass wall which shows outside (aaah so awesome) and a Jacuzzi!!  (that’s a really big and deep bathtub where you can get massages and stuff with water-splash thingies it was so awesome).

We stayed a while in the room exploring it’s features ( you could put the white shade for the TV up and behind that was another window with view of the city) and then we left getting something to eat. We decided to go to the rainforest Café but we had to walk for a while but I was really happy about that so I could take lots of pictures. And so we walked out of the hotel (it  wasn’t that you just walk out of the lobby, no you have to pass the Hotel Mall first which was pretty big in my case and had so many stores in it, there I saw my first American H&M :D ) and then we got outside I  couldn’t believe it at first because you didn’t really notice! It was so warm out and no wind it was kinda like in summer, and I saw Palm trees again in front of building highlighted with many lights and there I could see “Prada”, “Gucci”,”Tiffany”, “The Cosmopolitan”,” Caesar’s Palace”  and so much more but I didn’t even know that. As we made our way through the city to the Rainforest Café, which was in another hotel, I really had an imagine of Las Vegas what it’s like at night. People were drinking they were many weird people, musicians, artists, weird people dressing up their pets for a photo, Luigi, Garfield and M&M’s were running around on the sidewalk and there were so many people. It was a bit scary but also great to see that but honestly I don’t want  to walk ALONE there at night. Too many weird people. But there were also so many great buildings and stores  to see!  I saw the Coca Cola store, M&M’s world, Hard Rock Café (OMG I think they have to need a lot of Electricity when you passes that you could feel the heat from the lights when they blinked every few seconds it’s crazy! ), Harley Davidson Café, the New York part of Las Vegas (they have the Statue of Liberty there and the Empire state building and a few other very high buildings really impressive) and passed so many Casinos! You really notice that the gambling law is not that extreme there . 

When we then came to the Rainforest café I was like WOW that’s really cool! Where you have to wait they have 2 very big round aquariums, the fish very so big, and a bench with a gorilla and you can take photos there. And of course the whole Restaurant it designed like a rainforest, with fake trees, leaves animals and there were also some water running around but that was real. The animals moved every 15 minutes u guess it got pretty loud then and they had a “thunderstorm” once. I really enjoyed being there and the food was pretty god but MAN THAT’S EXPENSIVE!! It seems to me that Las Vegas is more expensive than the rest of the USA. When we went back we crossed the Casino in that hotel (you can go through the casinos any time and anybody but you can’t play when you’re under 21 and not even stay to close to the games) and it’s really like in the movies, blinking and loud and YOU CAN  SMOKE IN THE BUILDING that’s kinda weird, and another law  which is not that strict in Las Vegas.   

When we went back to the hotel we quickly watched a water show in front of the Caesars palace it was so cool there were water fountains coming out of the lake and they got so high sometimes and there was music playing to it, a really good show for FREE! ;) and we saw the Paris part of Las Vegas with the Eiffel tower which is another Casino/restaurant. We then returned to the room and I was so dead that I quickly called the couch to sleep (it was so comfy and I always fell asleep and woke up seeing Las Vegas).
The next few days I spent with:

·         -Walking through Las Vegas during the day it loses not very much of its magic during the day

·         -Going to Secret garden to see the dolphins , but walked back because it was so expensive but at least I saw really cool things when going there plus I had very good frozen yogurt

·         -Being super annoyed because it was so hot the next day and I had no shorts no Flip-Flops, and absolutely no clothes for warm weather with me so I was like dying

·         -Taking lots of pictures of everything

·         -Going to the wedding, which was about 7 minutes but I drove in a Limo 2 times (there and back)

·         -Checking out every cool mall in Las Vegas but being super frustrated because the shops there are so expensive

·         -Going to a go-cart course but I lost the race I got Last place :P what would you expect from my first time? The go-cart course there was so modern they used ipads there at the register thing :O

·         -Watching a show called “Le Reve” a half water half land and a little bit of magic show at another   hotel           where they had real trees and flowers in the lobby, the show was so cool and so spectacular really Las  Vegas! ;D

·         -My plans being destroyed buying summer things because it got really windy the next days

·         -Seeing the boats in the hotel  lobby of another hotel where they made everything up like in Venetia and you can get shipped around there,

·         -Walking A LOT  there

·         -Riding in Taxi cabs and deciding not to use them if it’s possible because they’re so expensive

·         -Seing many rip-off expensive  shops (for example one shop sold an iPhone CASE, just the case for 600$)

·         -Seing people getting handcuffed there

·         -Seeing so many police people

·         -Seeing so many ambulances speeding around

·         -Seeing the news in Las Vegas about Las Vegas and thinking “hey I’ve been there” when they show parts of the city

·         -Being ready to leave on the last day but also knowing that I will probably never come back again

Well I guess that’s it now it’s really long I’m sorry I hope you liked it though and that you will visit that city too it’s SO worth visiting it! I think I forgot to write something important but I don’t care at least I WROTE  a post about Las Vegas! J   

Here we go!

So guys here I am and I think it's been a while since my last post but I have multiple reasons for that:

1. I've been pretty busy the last week(s) because the teacher seem to make all the tests now, because the 3rd quarter soon. I had 5 tests last Friday and 4 tests yesterday and although I don't really have to learn it's still that i read through all of it and 4 classes are a lot! In Austria when I have a test I have to start to study a week before to memorize all the stuff i need to know and here I can use a notecard, in health for thelast tests i could use the book during the tests because I'm foreign), and it's just that you have soo little to study and before every test you get a few minutes to read through all again :P. For me it's enough when I study a bit on the day of the test when i don't get everything entirely (which is really rare because most of the stuff i do here I already did in my school years ago, or the new stuff is just so easy to get. And I still get the best results...
   
2. AND the main reason why I'm so busy is that the tennis practice started this week. I underestimated that  bit, to be honest! I thought "Ohh tennis practice that will be un paseo for me just a practice per week or so BUT I WAS SO TOTALLY WRONG!! i have Tennis practice 5 times a week right after school for about 2 hours. When i come home then we  usually eat supper and then I have to do my homework and stuff and then I have to go to bed already. And Tennis practice is often so tough for me that I'm not really able to write anything on the computer because I'm so shaky. It's still fun I like Tennis but in the first 10 minutes (or the first one, when we're outside) we're always doing some Fitness stuff and that's  SO EXHAUSTING!!  Everytime I think that I'm about to die and it gets even harder with the time  :O 

Yeah but today is a free day for me and Tennis practice starts in about 2 hours so I have some time to tell you what's going on here :)
OK i think it wasn't so much exciting going on in the last few days because i was that busy but I'll just start with general things: Tomorrow it's 2 months since I got here. It's absolutely unbelievable for me it doesn't seem that long! I mean the first few days were much longer for me i don't know why, because i wasn't really homesick at all so far. But now the time really flies! And on 2 weeks is the deadline for sending my return flight papers... kinda scary I don't want to leave! I don't miss Austria at all! I don't know how it will be when I'm back there.. on the one hand it will possibly be really awesome to see what changed but I have to speak in German and I really can't do that anymore! It's so strange!
And i really love my school! Everybody is so nice and I LOVE the students here! Everybody is so friendly and helpful!!  I really don't wanna go back to my old one! I mean my class is awesome but I'm not sure if it will be the same going back to them next year (or maybe this year). I mean I notice that my sight of things and relationships and people already changed and I just don't know of things I could stand earlier or didn't really notice will be different...... and of course will be different that nobody greets you on the Hallway like here.. everybody does and it has the spirit of a little family here <3 But i shouldn't start NOW with  worrying about such things I still have some time here and when i think about ow it will be later it will just ruin everything.
So what else happened? I've been to the mall very often! Because I needed some tops we went to the mall and i couldn't find anything! we went to soo much stores and I couldn't decide which one to take! in the last shop then I found something! I'm really bad at making decisions I guess and especially when i need some stuff  I really don't find anything! And then one the same day when I was done with my clothing I needed we went to another shoe and then there I saw so much things i wanted to buy! I can't work with pressure ;)
Jap I think that's all fr the beginning but in a few days you will get a super amazing posting because I'm going to LAS VEGAS!!  Will be super exciting and i guess i will have something to write! ;)

Good I will end now have to prepare myself for Tennis practice- mentally and physically ;)
Oki see you then in Las Vegas! :)