So much to do, so little time!

We drove from Las vegas to Los Angeles a few days ago and it took about 4 hours, and I just want to say that Las vegas was awesome the best thing that we have done in our roadtrip. Now i'm sitting in an internet cafe and writting the things we have done and will do here in Los Angeles. The first day we came to Los Angeles we where very tired because we had drived for over 4 hours so we just got something to eat at subway then we went to sleep in our car because we will not spend our money for a hotel because we are going to spend a lot of money here in Los Angeles.

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The next morning we went up early and the wether was awesome the sun was shining and we decided to go to venicebeach. We walked along the beach and it was very beautiful and the wather was clear blue so we decided to take a swim, it was really nice and refreshing.

The next day we wanted to do something fun and craze so we visit univesal studios and that was extremely fun, it feelt like you where a kid again. But it was very expensive and it was totally worth it. We where there for several hours we could not get enough, so when we got back to our sleeping spot (our car) we sleept like babys for hours. When we woke up that afternoon we decided to go to a bar and just get something to drink and talk about our trip so far and that was fun to talk about everything we have done, this trip will be a memory for life. Now i'm sitting in this internet cafe and planing what we are going to do this last few days and I have come up with some ideas. Think that we must go and see the the walk of  it seems interesting and a thing we just must  do.                                                       
Then I think we must visit the third street promenade because we both love go and shopping and we need a little bit of exercise because we drive everywhere and the last night here we are going to dance hard, we will explore the nightlife here in Los Angeles and it is going to be magnificent. But now i'm running out of time, write to you soon. Bye my friends ;) // Michelle

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Las vegas baby :D

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We came to Las Vegas in the morning. The first thing we did was to go to hoover dam that took 45 minutes by car. We stayed there to two o'clock. It was really awesome to see because you've never seen something like that before. After that we went back to the city but we took a stop to eat something at mcdonalds because it was fast and easy. Then we went to our hotel to check in, where we would stay for four nights. Once we had checked in we went up and put our stuff in the room then we went down and looked around in the hotel. Then we went swimming in one of hotelets pools. It was a very large hotel and I dont think I have ever lived in such a nice and great hotel for as cheap as it was. But the only reason that you get to stay there so cheap is because they want people to spend their money on the casino instead.

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The other three nights we slept at the hotel, we did nothing special, we just lay by the pool. Then we were in town and checked out the city. I must say that it was very cool to be out in the city of Las Vegas at night, it is truly a city that never sleeps. It was big flashing signs everywhere and it was light on almost every building. After we had checked out on the fifth day, we went around town during the day and it was not the same atmosphere at night but it was still okay. We did nothing special this day except we went to check out the Paris, Las Vegas hotel and a casino at day and night time. In the center of the place where the hotel/casino was, it was a half-scale replica of the Eiffel Tower, two thirds copy of the Arc de Triomphe, the hotel that recall architecture interfere Paris Opera House and the Louvre. It was so cool and amazing, I love it.

The last two days we went out to Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area. Where we were biking the first day and it was very hard because there were many uphills and very rocky. But it was fun and we exercise at the same time so it was good, especially after all meals at mcdonalds. The next day we went out and walked instead so we could see a bit more of the countryside and take stops to take pictures. We slept in the car these two days and then continue on to Los Angeles. There have been seven very fun days here in Las Vegas and we got a very mixed environment.

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/Anna

San Francisco here we come :D

The last few days we have been in a camp near Fortuna, we haven't had so much money so we have sleept in the car, the night here have been very cold but we are used to it because it's cold in Sweden. We haven't done so much just listened to music in the car and we took a swim in the ocean but it was very cold in the water but it was fun. Then our last day in Fortuna we went in to the town and got something to eat at a restaurang called Aztec Grill. We went back to the camp early because we drove to San Francisco early in the morning.

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Now we are in San Francisco and we are happy to finally be here, it's a little bit warmer here so it's nice compeard to sweden. In our days here in San Francisco we have droved on the golden gate bridge and it was awesome, it's a very big bridge if you compeared to the bridges in Sweden our biggest bridge is öresundbron. After that we vissed ChinaTown and it is the biggest chinatown outside Asia also the oldest chinatown in North America. When we where there we learne more about attractions, culture, history and events. We learned a lot about chinese things and it was interesting a lot to take in but it was fun.

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Now when i'm writtning these i'm sitting in our hotell room in San Francisco, we have stayed here for a few days and it's nice it is not so expensive so it's okej. We live in a hotell called The Amsterdam Hostel. Now i'm going to bed godnight folks.

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Hello dear friends :)

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We have not had access to the internet so I will tell you a little about what we have done in recent days. We have been in both Portland and Six Rivers National Forest. Day two we went early in the morning to Portland, where we visited a very nice zoo with many different species of animals. It reminds me of Borås Zoo in Sweden when you see how the park is built, but Oregon Zoo was much larger and they also had more animals, it was better in every way. The next day we just went around and checked out the town. We ate at MacDonald's and slept in the car these days because we do not want to waste too much money here, we'd rather save to Las Vegas.

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When we were in the National Forest, we walked and camped there. We walked around all day but took several stops where we had food and just took a brake. We brought our lunch that we had bought the day before in Portland there we also bought a small tent so that we could camp in the woods. We did not do very much these days we were in the forest. It's a pretty big difference in the forest here and in Sweden because in Sweden we have more flat land and here we have more hills and mountains. It was very fun to be in a different environment than we usually are in.


/Anna

The arrival :D

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We arrived to the Tacoma International Airport in Seattle today, and there we picked up our are pickup truck. We have chosen this car because it is not very common in Sweden and we need a pickup truck because we are going to sleep in the back of the car. The first thing we did was to drive in the city and find a restaurant.



We find a restaurant called Metropolitan Grill on Marion st & 2nd Ave, it was a little bit expensive but it was our first day in the U.S. The weather was very cold but we are used to that because it's often cold in Sweden. We decided to stay at The College Inn hotell because it seems to be a good place to stay at and it dosent need to be very expensive because we are only gonna stay there one night. So after we had eat at the Metropolitan Grill we went to go shopping. Then we drived to the hotell because we were supposed to get up early the day after and continue our trip to Portland.



Se you later alligator :D / Anna & Michelle