The Venetian... one of the most beautiful hotels on the strip (in my opinion)
The Bellagio... also very nice ;-)
will see it tonight (20.11.08)
the lobby of the Bellagio...
... and the entrance...
Caesars Palace...
looks familiar to me ;-)
he is well known here as California isn't far... here in front of Madame Tussauds (visited the original in London therefore skipped this one;-)
The Venetian... it's just beautiful!
the most amazing show I've ever seen!!! Very impressive!!!
doesn't it look real?!?!
only saw it from the opposite side... the show in front of Treasure Island
I found this ad in the middle of a Casino very strange!
the fontain show in front of the Bellagio
inside of those Miracle Mile Shops
I think why I like my hotel too is because it only got 3 entrances ;-)
CityCenter 2009... and this is just the front of this huge construction site!!
a street magician
the rollercoaster in front of the New York New York hotel
MGM Grand... very nice too!
hard to guess which hotel this is ;-)
almost every hotel got a car to win...
hopefully I'll see it today... as I missed it when it was in Vienna!
I think that was at the NYC NYC...
at the MGM Grand
the attraction at the MGM grand... lions in a cage inside the hotel!
you have to be multi-talented as a bartender at the MGM Grand
I will be always reminded that x-mas is very close...
one the restaurants/bars at the Monte Carlo...
one of the many walkways that either leads to an hotel entrance or connects one hotel with the other
once again the fontain show in front of the Bellagio
sunshine all day long... the same weather as during my whole stay in Las Vegas!
at the MGM Grand... Austrian's not only in California ;-)
Monorail from MGM Grand to the Stratosphere Tower and Hotel
the view from the Stratosphere Tower
Sahara Hotel
inside the Theatre at the Bellagio... shortly before the show "O" Cirque du Soleil started... a very amazing show!!!
this is where I'm gonna check out tomorrow :-/
a wonderful view of Lake Mead...
Hoover Dam
he was sweet ;-)
my favourite pic of today!
on my way to Kingman, AZ...
it's just an awesome landscape!!!
breakfast at Mr. D'z diner ;-)
WOW! $3,50 a concert ticket for Sonny and Cher... in 1966 ;-)
part 1...
... and part 2 on the back ;-)
entering the mountain pass to the black mountains...
it is an amazing feeling in there!
the highest point of Route 66!
it was a very narrow, deep and winding road...
... but the view was spectacular!!!
and even up there Route 66 signes ;-)
there was somebody obviously too fast...
the pic doesn't really show but it was very steep!
the goldmine was operating until 1998... and after that there used to be tours... but now it is closed!
amazing cactus!
in the mittle of the mountains: Oatman, AZ
in this Hotel Clark Gable and Carole Lombard spent their wedding night... back in ?
lot's of bushes have been decorated like that! ;-)
I waited for John Wayne but he didn't show up ;-)
the scenery was just amazing...
taking a break...
I just don't understand how people can dump their sofa there??
those were the friendly bikers!! ;-) I was too slow with my camera...
I just got it!!! Entering my last state... California!!!
Needles, CA... Sabine I was thinking of you when I was there!!!! ;-))
the Wagon Wheele Restaurant
not only that there were lots of trains mostly close to Route 66...
... they were als very loooooooooooooooong!!!
looks like somebody is moving ;-)
the road in the Mojave Desert was sometimes really bad...
... but the landscape was great!
this tree only got one pair of shoes...
lots of those signes in California!
voila... here my first tarantula crossing Route 66 ;-)
and she made it to the other side!
that was so unreal because there aren't any palms there... they have been planted there!
more shoes on this tree ;-)
in the middle of the desert... Roys Cafe in Amboy, CA... with a population of 20!
the Amboy Crater... it must have been an active vulcano as you can see lava flows...
yep, Eva on Route 66 ;-) unfortunately my arms are not long enough to get the whole Route 66 sign in the picture ;-)
another Crater
fascinating how those bushes grow on both side of the street!
the lava flow...
somebody didn't need his sofa any more and obviously didn't find another place to dump it!?
I had to sign the guest book ;-)
somewhere between Newberry Springs and Daggett in the middle of the desert
already in Barstow getting a coffee at Starbucks drive through facing this funny McDonald restaurant ;-)
first Route 66 sign in California ;-)
El Rancho Restaurant... with cinese food ;-))
and in the back the El Rancho Motel...
at the Route 66 Museum in Barstow... this is something for REAL REAL Route 66 fans ;-)
Dani, doesn't this look like your car???
maybe next time on a Harley ;-)...
... or in one of those ;-)...
no, I don't want to do Route 66 in this one!!
can you find me? ;-)
I found YOU ;-)
I have to see this movie!
I finally met John Wayne!!! ;-)...
... and I had a chat with Humphrey Bogart ;-)
on my way to "ghost town" Calico...
it was nice walking around... but very touristy!
it had about 70°F and there was x-mas decoration everywhere!
I know at least 2 of you who would love to join them ;-)
the Summit Inn... another typical Route 66 diner in Hesperia
I hope I'll see some of those tomorrow... on my last day on Route 66!!!
my wigwam for tonight ;-)
my neighborhood ;-)
and my cozy inside...
the Sycamore Inn in Rancho Cucamonga... on the beginning of my last day on Route 66...
I am not quite sure but I think this was in Upland...
the last Route 66 signes...
I think this is the Colorado Street Bridge in Pasadena which I ment to see and accidently found ;-)
no, I didn't meet Brad Pitt nor George Clooney ;-)
driving a little bit through Beverly Hills...
I arrived at the end of Route 66... the Santa Monica Pier...
the Will Roger's bronze plaque in Palisades Park
on my way to the beach... tired but happy ;-)
look to the right...
look to the left...
and look to my feet in the Pacific Ocean ;-)
left my marks in the sand ;-)
the end...
I just love the ocean! It's great to drive right next to it... althoug it's already cloudy right from the beginning...
Hwy 1... that's where I am driving most of the time...
one of the beaches along Hwy 1...
and even so the weather isn't great - there are surfers on almost every beach!
looks like this is a very popular beach for surfers ;-)... shortly before it started to rain...
the clouds are already very close...
due to heavy rain I stoped in Lompoc for the night...
Avila Beach
Avila Pier
Morro Bay with Morro Rock
;-)
Morro Rock
Glassworks in Harmony
with a population of only 18 they even got their own post office ;-)
somewhere in between San Simeon and Hearst Castle
Hearst Castle
the sun just didn't want to come out...
great views from up there!
they tried to put up the same x-mas decoration as it used to be done when Mr. Hearst was living there...
the dining room where dinner was served and all the guests needed to attend!
own tennis courts...
and even an indoor swimming pool...
seals... I don't know if all of them are elephant seals...
I think this one is an elephant seal!
taking a bath ;-)
today's drive between San Simeon and Monterey was just beautiful...
luckily I saw a blue sky again!
Piedras Blancas Lighthouse on the left which unfurtunately wasn't open... even the gate was closed to get there...
at the Ragged Point Inn...
a very nice place with great views indeed... but too expensive and not on the beach ;-)
a beautiful beach... but unfortunatley no house ;-)
I just love the Ocean!! ;-)
I was reading Ghost Gallery... but it sayed Coast Gallery ;-) It was closed...
more beautiful beaches...
the cloudes are coming further down...
at Carmel-by-the Sea...
at the Wharf in Monterey
maybe I should rent one of those? ;-)
I liked this area as I felt beeing somewhere in Italy...
one surfer coming out of the water...
... and the next one is going in ;-)
one of the many beaches along hwy 1...
he never made it ON a wave!
The sun comes out!!! Finally! But not for too long...
I can't believe it! The first X-mas-tree on a car!
Fort Mason with the Golden Gate Bridge in the back
on my way to Fisherman's Wharf...
;-)))
the first cable car I saw ;-)
the famous bushman at Fisherman's Wharf... he makes his living by scaring the tourists...
world famous cable cars... there are only 3 lines left...
I am already on my little sightseeng tour bus...
this is Lombard Street... at the end you see the winding narrow part of it...
reminds me that I should do some laundry too ;-)
the financial district...
entering China Town...
I would have liked a ride on that boat ;-)
the Coit Tower
already in the Italian Quarter of SFO...
the X-mas tree at famous Pier 39...
thousands of people... it's Thanksgiving weekend...
hundrets of sea lions...
Alcatraz... haven't been there yet...
lot's of street artists at and around the piers...
not as famous as our "Fiakers" ;-)
I found Santa Claus ;-)
lots of crabs... and I didn't even have one!!! Too many people around those stands...
the end of the day... at a winebar I found right around the corner of my Motel ;-)...
the Golden Gate Bridge... with blue sky and no fog ;-)
an amazing bridge!
a gorgeous golf course... although I am not playing golf... I would have liked it there on top of the hill ;-)
the bridal couple with the photographers ;-)
at the Legion of Honor...
isn't it awesome to have a view like this right next to your hometown!?
the Dutch Windmill at the Golden Gate Park
at Stow Lake...
the awesome view from Twin Peaks...
WOW! You cannot really see it on that pic but this is a very steep hill!!
didn't get on it but was behind it ;-)
I think this the most incredible pic of the day!!!
atop Telegraph Hill...
not Golden Gate Bridge... but Oakland Bay Bridge
again... Alcatraz...
the most wonderful views from the Coit Tower...
the best Sushi I've ever had at the "Naked Fish" right around the corner of my Motel...
Oysters... I tried them again and I still don't like them...
back to the Motel...
this is the Golden Gate Bridge how it looked like this morning when I was driving on it...
it was foggy most of the time...
after fog in the morning the sun comes out...
not as famous as Hoover Dam but not less impressive... Bradbury Dam with Lake Chauma...
not the best pic but very originally ;-) they must have been from Vienna! who else would pic that license plate? ;-)
the view to the right...
... and to the left...
... and above...
... to the condo I had a look today... it's the third one from left...
that would be it... but it's not the place I wanna stay for the next 2 month...
