Sunday, October 14, 2007

Fall Break #7: Las Vegas

We came to Las Vegas through the north end of the strip, which is not the same as coming from the south. Besides the obvious reason of being a different direction, it was as if everything was faced a little bit to the south. We stayed at Travelodge again, they are always located good, good price, and the rooms are prefect for us.
We went to the Cesar Palace buffet. It was once again perfect; however, some of the atmosphere was missing. I assume it was due to the fact that we were there on a Monday, and there were a lot less people compared to when Elin and I was there the last time.

After dinner we went to the Stratosphere, which is bye far the tallest building in Las Vegas – on top of it there are 3 rollercoasters! I tried the Insanity-ride, which is a very fitting name for it. It spins around so fast that the arms that are holding the seats are close to horizontal, and you can look directly down!!!!
After getting settle down after our tour to the top and a beer in the bar we hit the Casino. Elin won some money on the slot machines, while I introduced Manuel to roulette. He quickly got the hang of it, and made some good bets. He started out with 20 dollars, which he made into 40, but some unlucky outcomes took his winning away and he ended up breaking even, which is good for a first time. I took over after him, and started ok, but what had taken Manuel’s winning away took away $40 from me. I have never seen a series of 6 plays where 0 and 00 came up every second time! $40 is a lot for me, so I stopped and we went home to our hotel to get a nice long sleep.

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