Jo’s Trip through the states
It was really nice weather so I strolled through the neighborhood and placed some christmas-calls: everybody in Germany just finished their Diner and went on to the gift-ceremony whilst I lowered my sunglasses, sat myself on the bench and let the sun do it’s work. Nice.
“Let’s meet at the main entrance of the MGM Casino”, I suggested. Johnny (the guy I met in Bryce’s Queens Garden) called as he just arrived from the Grand Canyon. We arranged for Dinner and a photo-tour through Las Vegas. “Sounds good to me, I stay just across the Strip at the ‘New York, New York’”, he returned. We agreed on 5:30 and I head back to the room to get ready.
In a way Las Vegas reminded me of the Sinai where I usually spent Christmas time. Sunny, but a desert all around.
Las Vegas, NV - part 1: day
Monday, December 24, 2007
Las Vegas - just the name already sounds. And so did the city when I viewed down on from the balcony in my 23rd floor suite. Buzzing.
The first challenge today would be returning the rental car. But this one has to go to the car wash first. “Jo, it’s a rental!”, I can hear you. But as Avis stated on the rental contract they will charge me with a 150$+ if the car get returned in a very dirty condition. And I came from Utah. Not like this is apriori a dirty thing, but all the weather and the dust left it’s marks. I found one not too far away from the Hotel and gave it to the service-men - which handwashed it. Well then...
Las Vegas
Sin City
Down to the Strip: in the foreground you can see Las Vegas’ Monorail.
After returning the car I explored the Hotel and went around a bit. There were a lot of construction areas all around the Strip, in between the classic casinos as someone knows them form the movies.
The MGM Grand
