Friday, February 29, 2008

CAMeRA goes Vegas


Well we're at the hotel, at last.
Actually it was a smooth ride, but a long one.
At Schiphol we didn't have to wait for check-in or customs, so we had plenty of time to buy some magazines and have a drink.
The plane even departed on time and the flight was as smooth as they get. 11 Hours for the first leg to Houston. After what seems like miles we had to wait about half an hour for immigration and pick-up / drop-off our bags. Then through security to our connecting flight. That went pretty smoothly as well, no wait!
We had some dinner at Ruby's (burger and salad) where the staff was a bit too eager to get us moving again (no it wasn't busy).
The connecting flight to Las Vegas departed on time too. It did take another 3 hours to get to Vegas, so by the end we were pretty tired.
After a small wait to pick up the bags we had to wait in an enormous queue for a cab. Disney World isn't worse, really. To be fair, it moved fast and we had to wait about 10 minutes before we had a cab.
At the Sahara Hotel we got suites instead of the normal rooms. Nice. Although the average American taste for interior decoration isn't mine. Large room, drop-down bed. Two couches, a small kitchenette. Very nice and on the 27th floor, all the way to the top. So very nice views over night time Vegas. My room doesn't look over the famous Strip, perhaps Johan's does (then I want his room! :-).
Now try to sleep and we'll see what we'll do tomorrow. Some sight seeing.

Take care all.

Marco