Happy 2012!

Prosit Neujahr! Happiest new year to all of you!
2011 was a really good year for me and I'm excited about what the new one is going to bring.
All the best for 2012! May your dreams come true just like one of mine is coming true at the moment with this exchange year :) 
Hugs and kisses directly from Hollywood, L.A to you!!!

San Diego & Newport Beach

San Diego is a reeeally nice city! Although it's the second largest in California, it has a rather small and clear city-center. The weather is certainly fine all around the year and the beaches seem like the cherry on the cake.

We visited among other things the US-Midway Museum which is a real naval aircraft carrier that served in the Navy for almost 50 years.

Midway museum

on deck of the aircraft carrier

Originally we didn't plan to stop in Newport Beach but on our drive from San Diego to Los Angeles we passed it so of course Klaus had to exit the highway... Why? Because I'm (still yeah!) a huge fan of the "the O.C"! For those of you who don't know that's a American teen TV soap set in Newport Beach. Although it wasn't really filmed there I still had to catch a glimpse of it ;) nice!

Grand Canyon

Las Vegas is definitely spectacular! It seems like a big colorful sea of lights in the middle of nowhere (=desert). Each hotel on the strip has his own casino, shops and attractions.

The Christmas brunch in the Bellagio on the 25. was delicious (see pictures below!) and the “Illusions”-show starring Jan Rouven on the 26. also well worth seeing!

However the gambling doesn’t appear exciting for me at all so 2 nights in Vegas were just fine!

 

After picking up our car, we headed to the Grandcanyon National Park, which is located around 5 car-hours east from Vegas. On the way we passed the Hoover dam and took some pictures.  

Hoover dam

The view in the Grandcanyon and its scenic landscape definitely takes your breath away, plain amazing! After taking a look from different viewpoints in the early morning (we even managed to be there at sunrise!) we continued our trip heading to San Diego. The ride was very typical – just like you would imagine a road trip in the US… endless vastness, miles without seeing a human being, different vegetations...We even crossed Route 66! 

What's most important, I finally made it to CALIFORNIA, ihaaaaaa!!!! :))

Vegas, Baby!!

Because I'm in a little rush, only pictures from crazy Las Vegas for today...

Christmas Holidays!!

Hey lovelies!

The semester is finally over and I passed all my exams pretty well! Tuesday, Klaus arrived in New Orleans and since then we've been exploring the city a lot. 

HAPPY CHRISTMAS TO ALL OF YOU!! Thanks for reading my blog!

Pat O'Briens Piano Bar!

christmasy Canal st.

Tulane sign with christmas lights

the Benjamin Button House

Sandra Bullock's New Orleans House

Finals

Hey everyone! The reason why i haven't been updating for some days is that I'm a little busy with studying for my final exams. I had my first one yesterday and there is another one coming up next week and then finally the last one on Dec 19th. I had my last class for this semester today. So happy that I will be back in January, it's so unbelievable how fast a semester can be over!

And we finally found a house for next semester. It's not so far away from where we live now. I'll show you pictures soon! Have a good weekend!

College Basketball

College sport plays a huge role in university-life in the US! Today we attended a Tulane Basketball game against Georgia Tech. We won 57:52, wow what a suspenseful end!