Viva Las Vegas

Not even 10 meters into the airport terminal and already there they are: the first slot machines. One of the first posters (and we are still in the airport terminal!, not even at the baggage carrousel) invites you officially to some sort of gun-testing place.



Well, this can only mean one thing: Welcome to Vegas! Welcome to the Wild West!



Somewhat tired (after an almost 5 hour flight and 3 additional hours of time difference to Washington DC), we arrived late last night here in Las Vegas. This whole time difference thing has its merits, too (at least for the writer of this blog), as it means I’m awake in the early hours of the morning when the World Cup games are on TV here. For example, coverage of the next Germany game (against Serbia on Friday) starts at 4.30 am (local time)...

Today, at our first day here in Las Vegas we took things rather slowly. To be honest, you can only really be outside until about 11.00am anyways and then it just gets too hot.

Also one obviously wants to save energy and get ready for “Vegas by Night”...