hey just remembered a few things that i forgot to mention about LA... well first, when we arrived...my luggage wasnt their...not cool, jess lent me a top to wear to dinner that night...but its still not nice to have a shower and get back into the same clothes!!! but luckily all that had happened was because it was the last day of a long weekend, EVERYONE was coming back to LA from Las Vegas so all that had happened was their were running behind, so i did get it that night at about 10/11 or something, so that was good that i had clean clothes to wear to universal studios!!!
the other thing, something that you have all probably guessed is that LA has ALOT of smog, and i mean ALOT! its really quite discusting!!! but the funniest thing is that they are in denial so they dont call it smog, its called the 'marine layer'!!!!! how funny is that?! anyway thats all that i wanted to say...at least its all that i can remember that i wanted to say!!! :D
luv you all!!!
luv lelle
Saturday, September 09, 2006
Friday, September 08, 2006
last full day in LA...and USA :(
Hola again...and for the last time!
so sad, our last fun day in LA and also in the great and wonderful US of A has ended. tomorro we head out at 1 o'clock. we have had a great experience, and just to warn you all in case you did not know, but we both come back, still jess and lelle, but not the people that left you all those long days and weeks ago. you cannot go through an experience like this, and experience the things that we have, travel around and see and experience a different culture and expect to return unchanged. i have grown up and learned alot of lessons, and even relearned some that i had forgotten, and for that i shall be eternally grateful. we also had a wonderful time, was kept safe during some difficult and trying times and met heaps of wonderful people. you wont find better people anywhere. we've both made friends for life. and i shall never, ever regret going on this great trip!!!
well today we slept in a little and recovered from our two long, and active days at universal and disney! once we were up and about we took off in the car with Jo and headed towards hollywood!!!
we went to hollywood bld and saw all the stars on the sidewalk and the chinese theatre and the footprints and handprints off the stars our side! and also kodak theatre. that was really cool to see that. you see it in sooo many movies that its great and really surreal to see it all in really life!!! got some pics of the hollywood sign from the kodak theatre. we JUST missed the last tour of the day that goes through kodak theatre. which was kind of dissapointing, as it would have been really nice to see the inside of it all!!! we did get to walk up the walkway and stairs where the red carpet is laid out for the stars. which was pretty cool! their we lots of really weird characters around that area, dressed up in all these costumes from weird movies. i dont think that i recognised any of them! and lots of stalls of people selling hats and jewelry and we also saw one that would put dimenties on your phone!!! they did look really cool though. and also people trying to get you to buy their albums and make it in the world of music.
we left hollywood and took a drive down sunset blvd and into beverly hills on our way to santa monica beach. it was really pretty, that is the fences, gates, hedges that you couldnt see over or through were really pretty!!! but what glimses that you could catch...their where some pretty big and nice houses down their!!!
santa monica beach was pretty cool. was nice and...beachy. actually was really nice to be on a beach again. we had not seen the ocean since we were in portland. and when we were in portland we only saw it twice and it was rather chilly! (yay, go the annual trips to arthurs house) so that was kind of hard seeing as both jess and i are fish and love to be in the water, an i particularly love the beach and watching the sunset!!! they had a pretty cool pier with some nice shops, so we just took a walk down the pier and had a look at some of the stuff, the coolest thing their though was buddy gumps shrimp co. a resturant that was all based around forrest gump. was all decked out with forrests saying and their was even little signs on the table that said run forrest run if you did not want the waitress, and then if you did you flipped over the green sign to the red one which said stop forrest stop. so that was really cool to see that!!!
we then spent the next, who knows how long in really bad LA traffic on the freeways starting and stopping...rather frustrating!!! before we got home and Rod took us out to a really nice buffet dinner where jess and Rod just found out how similar they are!!! in other words, i really didnt open my mouth all night!!! quite a feat for me dont you think?!! :D but trust me, with those two together....whew!!! their is no chance!!!
Jo and Rod have been really nice, as have everyone else that we have stayed with over our travels! and we have had an awesome time everywhere that we have been. so a big thank you again to everyone who was generous and extented their hospitality to us!!! it was great to meet you, or to see you again!!! and we both hope to come and see you again sometime very soon!!!
so buenos noches for the last time!! im going to go and pack my bags for the last time :( i love you all!
your lella
so sad, our last fun day in LA and also in the great and wonderful US of A has ended. tomorro we head out at 1 o'clock. we have had a great experience, and just to warn you all in case you did not know, but we both come back, still jess and lelle, but not the people that left you all those long days and weeks ago. you cannot go through an experience like this, and experience the things that we have, travel around and see and experience a different culture and expect to return unchanged. i have grown up and learned alot of lessons, and even relearned some that i had forgotten, and for that i shall be eternally grateful. we also had a wonderful time, was kept safe during some difficult and trying times and met heaps of wonderful people. you wont find better people anywhere. we've both made friends for life. and i shall never, ever regret going on this great trip!!!
well today we slept in a little and recovered from our two long, and active days at universal and disney! once we were up and about we took off in the car with Jo and headed towards hollywood!!!
we went to hollywood bld and saw all the stars on the sidewalk and the chinese theatre and the footprints and handprints off the stars our side! and also kodak theatre. that was really cool to see that. you see it in sooo many movies that its great and really surreal to see it all in really life!!! got some pics of the hollywood sign from the kodak theatre. we JUST missed the last tour of the day that goes through kodak theatre. which was kind of dissapointing, as it would have been really nice to see the inside of it all!!! we did get to walk up the walkway and stairs where the red carpet is laid out for the stars. which was pretty cool! their we lots of really weird characters around that area, dressed up in all these costumes from weird movies. i dont think that i recognised any of them! and lots of stalls of people selling hats and jewelry and we also saw one that would put dimenties on your phone!!! they did look really cool though. and also people trying to get you to buy their albums and make it in the world of music.
we left hollywood and took a drive down sunset blvd and into beverly hills on our way to santa monica beach. it was really pretty, that is the fences, gates, hedges that you couldnt see over or through were really pretty!!! but what glimses that you could catch...their where some pretty big and nice houses down their!!!
santa monica beach was pretty cool. was nice and...beachy. actually was really nice to be on a beach again. we had not seen the ocean since we were in portland. and when we were in portland we only saw it twice and it was rather chilly! (yay, go the annual trips to arthurs house) so that was kind of hard seeing as both jess and i are fish and love to be in the water, an i particularly love the beach and watching the sunset!!! they had a pretty cool pier with some nice shops, so we just took a walk down the pier and had a look at some of the stuff, the coolest thing their though was buddy gumps shrimp co. a resturant that was all based around forrest gump. was all decked out with forrests saying and their was even little signs on the table that said run forrest run if you did not want the waitress, and then if you did you flipped over the green sign to the red one which said stop forrest stop. so that was really cool to see that!!!
we then spent the next, who knows how long in really bad LA traffic on the freeways starting and stopping...rather frustrating!!! before we got home and Rod took us out to a really nice buffet dinner where jess and Rod just found out how similar they are!!! in other words, i really didnt open my mouth all night!!! quite a feat for me dont you think?!! :D but trust me, with those two together....whew!!! their is no chance!!!
Jo and Rod have been really nice, as have everyone else that we have stayed with over our travels! and we have had an awesome time everywhere that we have been. so a big thank you again to everyone who was generous and extented their hospitality to us!!! it was great to meet you, or to see you again!!! and we both hope to come and see you again sometime very soon!!!
so buenos noches for the last time!! im going to go and pack my bags for the last time :( i love you all!
your lella
Thursday, September 07, 2006
wed in LA- DISNEYLAND!!!
hola again all!!!
well we have just been hitting all the theme parks...and having a WONDERFUL TIME!!!! we were all a little tired from our adventures at universal studios the day before, but we soon picked up when we went on the awesome rides!!! (this time we didnt get to all off them...kinda a bit harder!!!)
we did do some of the classics! such as alice in wonderland, its a small world rides, which were pretty cool, but seeing as they were little kiddies rides...VERY tame! we also went and had a peak around toontown. which was pretty cool!
we spent pretty much the whole entire day on the rides other than a little peak in the pirates of the carribean store where we all tried on pirates hats and hooks and swords etc etc etc and took lots of pics of us doing so! (was so much fun!) and also we watched the parade of course!!! they was no fireworks, but it still bought back many memories of disney world in florida with my family 9 yrs ago!!!
as you can imagine, we went on quite a few rides...and disney was also really really good to us...i think the longest we spent in a line was 15 mins...which is practically unheard of!!! most of the time them being a few hours long!! some of the fun ones were indiana jones, which was a fun cart ride through an underground lair. was rather fast and bouncy and just generally fun. through the haunted house. had really cool effects but wasnt scary at all!!! an a river cruise thing where the animal robots where really rather sad but the tour guides make up for it with their really silly but hilarious jokes! the star wars ride was a simulator, but was really bad compared to the back to the future one at universal studios. also went on the pirates of the carribean ride, which was pretty cool. just sat in a little boat and drifted through different scenes. it was this ride that the movie originated from. that was pretty cool. though they have done some of it up to resemble the movies, but still really good. we...all being competative, and just looking for something different, went on the buzz lightyear ride where you sit in a little cart and go slowly through these different rooms while you shot at targest with a laser gun. pretty fun, but none of us got past level 3!!!
and now the time has come to tell you all of the coolest, funnest, wildest, bestest and any other est word that you can come up with ridests!!! :D in a list ranging from my fave to my other favourites are...
...comming in at the top in a very close competion is the ride that we rode on the most, and always made sure that we were up the front (the ride that katie and jess went on 5 time and erin and i 4 times- i was feeling sick so erin sat out with me while i recovered) is (drum roll!!!!)
#1....SPACE MOUNTAIN!!!! the COOLEST roller coaster ride EVER!!! (not that ive been on many, but its cool trust me!) it does not go upside down, or backwards BUT it does go at high speeds in circles in a dome shaped building that is completely black apart from the little star like lights that are everywhere!!! so while your flying along, all you can see is these little pin pricks and so you dont know where you are going....VERY exciting!!!
coming in in a close second is the most popular ride at disney which often has a 2 1/2 hour wait in line to ride it is....(drum roll again please!!!)
#2!!! SPLASH MOUNTAIN!!!! splash mountain is similar in some respects to jurassic park...it has a 50 foot drop...among others. and took you through a decepfully peaceful ride throuhg the mountain playing zipee dee do da. was SOO MUCH FUN!!! :D the last time that we did it, it was practically dark and i was in the front and got soaked (again)!
coming in at 3rd place, is suprise suprise another roller coaster ride!!!! THUNDER MOUNTAIN!!!! (yes i know we like our mountains dont we?! :D) was in frontierland and so was set as in the old old west with a train as the roller coaster. was really lots an lots of fun!
and that pretty much concludes our so-cal extrodonair time with erin and katie (other than the having a little peak in the shops with all the funny and cute gifts at extreme prices!!! was really really sad to have to say good bye to erin and katie...was hard enough saying goodbye the first time!!! but it was sooo good to catch up with them both again! (we love you guys! and were sooo glad that you made the lonnnngggg trip to come down and spend some time with us!!! was the best two days!!!)
and so our second last full day in america has ended...but if you want some laughs, refer to jess' blog for all the cool pics!!! http://jess-usa.blogspot.com just in case you dont know it! but go and have a looky at the piccys!!! :D
luv you all! buenos noches!
luv lelle
well we have just been hitting all the theme parks...and having a WONDERFUL TIME!!!! we were all a little tired from our adventures at universal studios the day before, but we soon picked up when we went on the awesome rides!!! (this time we didnt get to all off them...kinda a bit harder!!!)
we did do some of the classics! such as alice in wonderland, its a small world rides, which were pretty cool, but seeing as they were little kiddies rides...VERY tame! we also went and had a peak around toontown. which was pretty cool!
we spent pretty much the whole entire day on the rides other than a little peak in the pirates of the carribean store where we all tried on pirates hats and hooks and swords etc etc etc and took lots of pics of us doing so! (was so much fun!) and also we watched the parade of course!!! they was no fireworks, but it still bought back many memories of disney world in florida with my family 9 yrs ago!!!
as you can imagine, we went on quite a few rides...and disney was also really really good to us...i think the longest we spent in a line was 15 mins...which is practically unheard of!!! most of the time them being a few hours long!! some of the fun ones were indiana jones, which was a fun cart ride through an underground lair. was rather fast and bouncy and just generally fun. through the haunted house. had really cool effects but wasnt scary at all!!! an a river cruise thing where the animal robots where really rather sad but the tour guides make up for it with their really silly but hilarious jokes! the star wars ride was a simulator, but was really bad compared to the back to the future one at universal studios. also went on the pirates of the carribean ride, which was pretty cool. just sat in a little boat and drifted through different scenes. it was this ride that the movie originated from. that was pretty cool. though they have done some of it up to resemble the movies, but still really good. we...all being competative, and just looking for something different, went on the buzz lightyear ride where you sit in a little cart and go slowly through these different rooms while you shot at targest with a laser gun. pretty fun, but none of us got past level 3!!!
and now the time has come to tell you all of the coolest, funnest, wildest, bestest and any other est word that you can come up with ridests!!! :D in a list ranging from my fave to my other favourites are...
...comming in at the top in a very close competion is the ride that we rode on the most, and always made sure that we were up the front (the ride that katie and jess went on 5 time and erin and i 4 times- i was feeling sick so erin sat out with me while i recovered) is (drum roll!!!!)
#1....SPACE MOUNTAIN!!!! the COOLEST roller coaster ride EVER!!! (not that ive been on many, but its cool trust me!) it does not go upside down, or backwards BUT it does go at high speeds in circles in a dome shaped building that is completely black apart from the little star like lights that are everywhere!!! so while your flying along, all you can see is these little pin pricks and so you dont know where you are going....VERY exciting!!!
coming in in a close second is the most popular ride at disney which often has a 2 1/2 hour wait in line to ride it is....(drum roll again please!!!)
#2!!! SPLASH MOUNTAIN!!!! splash mountain is similar in some respects to jurassic park...it has a 50 foot drop...among others. and took you through a decepfully peaceful ride throuhg the mountain playing zipee dee do da. was SOO MUCH FUN!!! :D the last time that we did it, it was practically dark and i was in the front and got soaked (again)!
coming in at 3rd place, is suprise suprise another roller coaster ride!!!! THUNDER MOUNTAIN!!!! (yes i know we like our mountains dont we?! :D) was in frontierland and so was set as in the old old west with a train as the roller coaster. was really lots an lots of fun!
and that pretty much concludes our so-cal extrodonair time with erin and katie (other than the having a little peak in the shops with all the funny and cute gifts at extreme prices!!! was really really sad to have to say good bye to erin and katie...was hard enough saying goodbye the first time!!! but it was sooo good to catch up with them both again! (we love you guys! and were sooo glad that you made the lonnnngggg trip to come down and spend some time with us!!! was the best two days!!!)
and so our second last full day in america has ended...but if you want some laughs, refer to jess' blog for all the cool pics!!! http://jess-usa.blogspot.com just in case you dont know it! but go and have a looky at the piccys!!! :D
luv you all! buenos noches!
luv lelle
tues in LA- UNIVERSAL STUDIOS!!!!
HOLA ALL!!!
well as you may have already guessed from the title, monday was a very fun filled day!!! :D
Erin and Katie (savage- both from camp) came and picked us up an took us to universal studios for one of the best and most exciting days that ive had since our touring started. it was sooo sooo soooo!!! good to see both katie and erin again, and made the whole experience just soooo much more fun for both me and jess having those to around, they are both soo much fun! (i luv you both! hope you got home safely!). Just so everyone knows, katie and erin drove around 10 hrs to come and spend 2 days with us...they're so rad!! :D
well anyways, as ive already said we went to universal studios which was heaps awesome, we went on all the rides (jurassic park was my fave with the drop at the end!!! and yes just so you all know and can be very proud of me-ris- i did go on all the rides, and the didnt even have to push me at all...found out that i am quite a ride fanatic...especially if its a roller coaster or involves a big drop down a water fall thingy! :D
but the highlights of universal was cinnabon- really good cinnamon rolls!!! hehe, but seriously the best two things were waterworld and the behind the scenes tour!!! the behind the scenes tour was really cool, taking us past the set and studios that they use to film so many movies, eg, war of the worlds, pirates of the carribian, desrerate housewives, csi etc etc etc. so that was awesome!!! (got lots of pics, ill have to upload them when i get home.) and they also showed us some special effects, like flash flooding and how they make cars do almost anything they want... eg flying and spining throught the air after and explosion, and dancing together to gasolina!!! (a song incase you didnt guess!!! :D) which was really really cool!!!)
we also went on the mummy ride(rollercoaster, which did almost everything except upside down...but it did go backwards at flying speeds!!! throught backdraft- which was really interesting walk through showing us the effects and how they made the movie, back to the future ride (totally awesome and SOO cheesy!!!)was a simulator ride. Van helsing which was a walk through the dark while people jumped out at you and made you scream...which was hilarious....especially me being me- who gets scared at ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING got terrified everytime someone jumped out. even thought you are expecting them to...you dont no exactly WHEN they are so you still get scared!!! the two funniest things happened was that one guy jumped out while we were walking over a bridge in a particularly dark area and scared us and then as we were walking by he grabbed me...so off course i ran off screaming and as i was running i saw one of the workers (who were all dressed in black) and so screamed again and kept running before i realized that it wasnt one of the scary people!!! lol i think she got rather offended. and we also had a midgit jump out and scare us, that was hilarious!!!
we saw a few famous people (actors) marilon munro...shrek, spider man and the main characters from X-men...so that was pretty cool! we also spent an hour or so in the kiddy play area which was a water play area....(it was really hot) we were the only people in their above the age of say 12!!! that weren't parents! but that was heaps of fun! just playing in the water, squirting each other with the water guns and getting COMPLETELY saturated! so as you can imagine it was heaps of fun!!! but we got so wet that jess top streached so much that it was practically around her knees, so we had to go and do alittle shopping!!!
and lastly there was water world (it wasnt last...im just talking bout it last...but anyways!) water world is a movie that they made a show out of! was really really cool...and very cheesy! but still one of the highlights! its about these pirates who live on the water because they cant find dry land or something, and this one explorer (the only girl) finds dry land and brings some back to show her people so they can all move their etc, but OF COURSE their has to be the bad guy who doesnt want them to find it and so chases them and starts this big fight. was really cool because it was such a small area, but they still managed to do heaps of tricks!
as the people were sitting down, some of the pirates had buckets and water guns and were wetting everyone as their went passed and before the show began. was really funny as those people who didnt want to get wet...and were stupid enough to show it!...got soaked!!! you could tell the actors had fun!!! well we almost didnt make it to the show...so glad we did! we had to run for it up log flights of stairs etc and just as we got in they closed it! but we of course ended up in the "soak zone" and we thought, yeh we may get alittle wet from the jet skis or skiers or something, but not that much, we had just dried from our little play time in the kiddies area, but whats a few more splashes right?! well as you have probably guessed...we were terribly wrong!!! few splashes...we were just as soaked as before...i think the guy on the jet ski (he was hot though!) had great pleasure in sending a wave of water our way!!! but it was heaps cool!
well that was all from our day at universal studios...tomorro...DISNEYLAND!!! :D only a few more days to go till we're home too...
luv ya all!
well as you may have already guessed from the title, monday was a very fun filled day!!! :D
Erin and Katie (savage- both from camp) came and picked us up an took us to universal studios for one of the best and most exciting days that ive had since our touring started. it was sooo sooo soooo!!! good to see both katie and erin again, and made the whole experience just soooo much more fun for both me and jess having those to around, they are both soo much fun! (i luv you both! hope you got home safely!). Just so everyone knows, katie and erin drove around 10 hrs to come and spend 2 days with us...they're so rad!! :D
well anyways, as ive already said we went to universal studios which was heaps awesome, we went on all the rides (jurassic park was my fave with the drop at the end!!! and yes just so you all know and can be very proud of me-ris- i did go on all the rides, and the didnt even have to push me at all...found out that i am quite a ride fanatic...especially if its a roller coaster or involves a big drop down a water fall thingy! :D
but the highlights of universal was cinnabon- really good cinnamon rolls!!! hehe, but seriously the best two things were waterworld and the behind the scenes tour!!! the behind the scenes tour was really cool, taking us past the set and studios that they use to film so many movies, eg, war of the worlds, pirates of the carribian, desrerate housewives, csi etc etc etc. so that was awesome!!! (got lots of pics, ill have to upload them when i get home.) and they also showed us some special effects, like flash flooding and how they make cars do almost anything they want... eg flying and spining throught the air after and explosion, and dancing together to gasolina!!! (a song incase you didnt guess!!! :D) which was really really cool!!!)
we also went on the mummy ride(rollercoaster, which did almost everything except upside down...but it did go backwards at flying speeds!!! throught backdraft- which was really interesting walk through showing us the effects and how they made the movie, back to the future ride (totally awesome and SOO cheesy!!!)was a simulator ride. Van helsing which was a walk through the dark while people jumped out at you and made you scream...which was hilarious....especially me being me- who gets scared at ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING got terrified everytime someone jumped out. even thought you are expecting them to...you dont no exactly WHEN they are so you still get scared!!! the two funniest things happened was that one guy jumped out while we were walking over a bridge in a particularly dark area and scared us and then as we were walking by he grabbed me...so off course i ran off screaming and as i was running i saw one of the workers (who were all dressed in black) and so screamed again and kept running before i realized that it wasnt one of the scary people!!! lol i think she got rather offended. and we also had a midgit jump out and scare us, that was hilarious!!!
we saw a few famous people (actors) marilon munro...shrek, spider man and the main characters from X-men...so that was pretty cool! we also spent an hour or so in the kiddy play area which was a water play area....(it was really hot) we were the only people in their above the age of say 12!!! that weren't parents! but that was heaps of fun! just playing in the water, squirting each other with the water guns and getting COMPLETELY saturated! so as you can imagine it was heaps of fun!!! but we got so wet that jess top streached so much that it was practically around her knees, so we had to go and do alittle shopping!!!
and lastly there was water world (it wasnt last...im just talking bout it last...but anyways!) water world is a movie that they made a show out of! was really really cool...and very cheesy! but still one of the highlights! its about these pirates who live on the water because they cant find dry land or something, and this one explorer (the only girl) finds dry land and brings some back to show her people so they can all move their etc, but OF COURSE their has to be the bad guy who doesnt want them to find it and so chases them and starts this big fight. was really cool because it was such a small area, but they still managed to do heaps of tricks!
as the people were sitting down, some of the pirates had buckets and water guns and were wetting everyone as their went passed and before the show began. was really funny as those people who didnt want to get wet...and were stupid enough to show it!...got soaked!!! you could tell the actors had fun!!! well we almost didnt make it to the show...so glad we did! we had to run for it up log flights of stairs etc and just as we got in they closed it! but we of course ended up in the "soak zone" and we thought, yeh we may get alittle wet from the jet skis or skiers or something, but not that much, we had just dried from our little play time in the kiddies area, but whats a few more splashes right?! well as you have probably guessed...we were terribly wrong!!! few splashes...we were just as soaked as before...i think the guy on the jet ski (he was hot though!) had great pleasure in sending a wave of water our way!!! but it was heaps cool!
well that was all from our day at universal studios...tomorro...DISNEYLAND!!! :D only a few more days to go till we're home too...
luv ya all!
Sunday, September 03, 2006
LAS VEGAS!!
hola ya'll!!
well it is less than a week until we will be leaving the US of A and be back home in the land down under. it is a strange thought after america being my home sweet home for the past 3 months. but we are still going, and in our second last stop of our travels...the place of dreams and hopes lost in the harsh beauty of the desert and mountains!!! LAS VEGAS!!!
well we arrived on friday evening, after our flight from colorado springs to denver and also our flight from denver to las vegas had been delayed, 30 mins and an hour respectively!!! so we arrived to the extremely hot (but thank God! not humid!!!!) which of course made the heat bearable!!! our first impression of las vegas was a rather strange sight, not something that you would see here. slot machines and posters advertising all kinds of things from girls to shows. i think that it is very safe to say that las vegas is a place like no other!!!
our fist day here, we got up to the lovely smell of blueberry pancakes cooking!!! (they were really nice, considering that i hate blueberries!!! but i didnt have the heart to tell julie that!!!) and then took rocco the beautiful chocolate lab retriever and went for a hike up a mountain that is a ski resort in the winter. also saw some wild horses in the distance! we had a lovely picnic up the top of this mountain, no one else around over looking the beautiful desert and mountains (an no im not being sarcastic!! it really was beautiful. the best sabbath experience you could ask for!!)
and so just to see how much of a contrast we could get! we spent a couple of hours on the stip that night, having a look around, and just generally being amazed at the splendor of some of these places!!! their are soo soooo soooo many of them, all of them 1000 times bigger than burswood (an im NOT kidding!) most of them with their little themes and such! was soo amazing, just another world in its self! i have to say that cesars def has the best interior. made out like a huge roman town, with the forum shops made to feel like it is out side with the fountains, and the roof painting like a nice summer day sky, and the coblestone street, and the roman soldiers posted on the walls of the courtyard! was awesome!!! and the outside of the venitan was terrific, with walls like ancient europe, and the venice cannals where you can go on a gondala ride!!! was terrific!!!
i have to say though that the most enjoyable time we had ALL night was when we took a tour of Madame Tuassades!!!! (the wax works of people that look real!) was soo cool!! so we took our picture with woopi goldberg, brad pitt, frank sinatra, got married to GEORGE CLOONEY!!! and had my picture taken with (guess who mum, beacky and ris?! just to make you jealous!!!) BONO! (my hero!) as well as elvis an lots an lots of others of course!!! was sooo much fun! oh and we also told bush that he was an idiot!! :) was lots of fun!
unfortuantely we JUST missed the belagio show (water feature...oceans 11 if you cant remember!) and was not going to wait around at treasure island (miss congeniality!) for 30 mins in a jam packed area where we couldnt see anything, as we had better things to do! so we are going back again tonight to see those two! :) after we finish a beautiful meal of homemade pizza!
today we spent the afternoon (after a sleep in recovery of last night!!!) driving around red rock, where their are some beautiful mountains of rock, with different colours streaking all the way through them. was really beautiful!!! we may take a walk again their tomorro before we leave, their is a little spring with ponds and palm tree and such with is supposed to be really beautiful, right bang smake in the middle of the desert! so that will be cool!
well im going to run and get ready for another night on the town!! ;P just joking!!! (kinda...i am going into town and it is at night, just not in that context! :D) so i shall say adios! and i love you all!!!
your lella
oh and dad...just wanted to say HAPPY FATHERS DAY!!! for....yesterday...although it is sunday here so you could say that i wasnt late!!! :D but i luv ya lots an lots an lots daddy boy, and im sorry that neither of our little girls where their to make you something! but we do love you and were thinking of you, and ill make you somthing when i get home!! (in less than a week!)
your darling little girl :D
well it is less than a week until we will be leaving the US of A and be back home in the land down under. it is a strange thought after america being my home sweet home for the past 3 months. but we are still going, and in our second last stop of our travels...the place of dreams and hopes lost in the harsh beauty of the desert and mountains!!! LAS VEGAS!!!
well we arrived on friday evening, after our flight from colorado springs to denver and also our flight from denver to las vegas had been delayed, 30 mins and an hour respectively!!! so we arrived to the extremely hot (but thank God! not humid!!!!) which of course made the heat bearable!!! our first impression of las vegas was a rather strange sight, not something that you would see here. slot machines and posters advertising all kinds of things from girls to shows. i think that it is very safe to say that las vegas is a place like no other!!!
our fist day here, we got up to the lovely smell of blueberry pancakes cooking!!! (they were really nice, considering that i hate blueberries!!! but i didnt have the heart to tell julie that!!!) and then took rocco the beautiful chocolate lab retriever and went for a hike up a mountain that is a ski resort in the winter. also saw some wild horses in the distance! we had a lovely picnic up the top of this mountain, no one else around over looking the beautiful desert and mountains (an no im not being sarcastic!! it really was beautiful. the best sabbath experience you could ask for!!)
and so just to see how much of a contrast we could get! we spent a couple of hours on the stip that night, having a look around, and just generally being amazed at the splendor of some of these places!!! their are soo soooo soooo many of them, all of them 1000 times bigger than burswood (an im NOT kidding!) most of them with their little themes and such! was soo amazing, just another world in its self! i have to say that cesars def has the best interior. made out like a huge roman town, with the forum shops made to feel like it is out side with the fountains, and the roof painting like a nice summer day sky, and the coblestone street, and the roman soldiers posted on the walls of the courtyard! was awesome!!! and the outside of the venitan was terrific, with walls like ancient europe, and the venice cannals where you can go on a gondala ride!!! was terrific!!!
i have to say though that the most enjoyable time we had ALL night was when we took a tour of Madame Tuassades!!!! (the wax works of people that look real!) was soo cool!! so we took our picture with woopi goldberg, brad pitt, frank sinatra, got married to GEORGE CLOONEY!!! and had my picture taken with (guess who mum, beacky and ris?! just to make you jealous!!!) BONO! (my hero!) as well as elvis an lots an lots of others of course!!! was sooo much fun! oh and we also told bush that he was an idiot!! :) was lots of fun!
unfortuantely we JUST missed the belagio show (water feature...oceans 11 if you cant remember!) and was not going to wait around at treasure island (miss congeniality!) for 30 mins in a jam packed area where we couldnt see anything, as we had better things to do! so we are going back again tonight to see those two! :) after we finish a beautiful meal of homemade pizza!
today we spent the afternoon (after a sleep in recovery of last night!!!) driving around red rock, where their are some beautiful mountains of rock, with different colours streaking all the way through them. was really beautiful!!! we may take a walk again their tomorro before we leave, their is a little spring with ponds and palm tree and such with is supposed to be really beautiful, right bang smake in the middle of the desert! so that will be cool!
well im going to run and get ready for another night on the town!! ;P just joking!!! (kinda...i am going into town and it is at night, just not in that context! :D) so i shall say adios! and i love you all!!!
your lella
oh and dad...just wanted to say HAPPY FATHERS DAY!!! for....yesterday...although it is sunday here so you could say that i wasnt late!!! :D but i luv ya lots an lots an lots daddy boy, and im sorry that neither of our little girls where their to make you something! but we do love you and were thinking of you, and ill make you somthing when i get home!! (in less than a week!)
your darling little girl :D
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