Vacation ~ Part 3 ~ Hoover Dam + Grand Canyon

After spending 3 days in Las Vegas we moved on to our next stop: The Grand Canyon. We drove a looooong time first over the Hoover Dam then through mhm .... how to explain... Well just take a look:

A new bridge parallel to the Hoover Dam

After Utah and Nevada there comes Arizona!!!

The Hoover Dam :)



Maybe this is a better picture... As you can see it is BIG!!!

Ya and that how it looked like where we drove through after the Hoover Dam and before the Grand Canyon...

In the middle you can see the sign for the historical route 66 ... 

First impression of the Grand Canyon... yeah just awesome, amazing, great

I don't know how to explain. It was just great!!! This is really one of the places you have to see because there is no way to bring everything on the pictures, there is just to much of everything!!!

One of my favourite things about the Grand Canyon are the shadows which make the Canyon kind of alive :D

Well ya my little sister... she kind of enjoyed sitting there :)

Me in front of the Grand Canyon, I think this picture turned out pretty good :D

The somehow different family picture :D

My feet ya they definitely had to be in this album ...

My little sister and me :D

Look they have aliens at the Grand Canyon :P

The next day and we visited some other spots at the Grand Canyon, whichever spot you are visiting, the Grand Canyon looks never the same ... always different... just AMAZING!!!

oh that little squirrel thingy was sooo cute :D

My family :D

Vacation ~ Part 2 ~ Las Vegas

My 18th Birthday!!!,  and I am in Las Vegas and I've got a really awesome present. We went to the Lion King Musical at Mandalay Bay. It was such a great show. Definitely one of the most amazing musicals I've ever seen!

Ya Scar is (well just in the musical) one of my favourite roles! And yeah that is an awesome quote :D

I took this picture while drinking my milk shake and I thought it is kind of cool :)

When I saw the entrence I thought "What a small theater." But when we went through those doors ... man... that theater was huge!!!!

South Point. The hotel were we stayed while we were in Las Vegas.

Even after three times I've been in Las Vegas this was the first time I saw the vulcano! And it was good ... really good ... but not as good as Lion King :D

The main entrence of the hotel.

~Vacation~ Part 1 ~ Highland + Bryce Canyon

Summer Break!!! Roadtrip around Utah and vacation in Florida with my family. I was sooo happy to see everybody again :)

Ýou can see the Y from BYU :D:D:D

Alpine.. we were invited to the musical where my hostdad Jared and my little hostsister Rachel took part in (The Wizard of Oz)

My little sister and me doing weird things (Micheal's)

A swedish furnishing store :D:D:D:D  (English: Aikia :D)

1. Stop on our road trip: Bryce Canyon

Me with still some "America pounts"

That... mhm... animal was soooo cute!!!

My little sister :D

Our rental car!!! It was soo great.. I really liked it!!

Saying Goodbye again

One of my best friends Marlene got a scholarship for an exchange year. Another friend (Pie) and I thought we could go to a restaurant with her. Ok we were a little overdressed but it was a lot of fun to walk with dresses and high heels through our little neighbour town :D 

We couldn't really decide which dresses we should take.

Marlene and Pie. The left one is the one who got the scholarship and is already a half year in Rhode Island by now.

~Soccer Worldcup~

Ok well, for those who don't know it: Soccer is the No1 sport to watch on TV in Germany. So maybe you can imagine what a big party the Soccer World Cup was. You can't?? Well just take a look at those pictures :)

So getting all your flags and stuff together for the first Soccer World Cup Game :)



Flag hanging outside the window? CHECK!



Ya for those who are to lazy :P (It's make up :))

And ready for the first game :D



Frankfurt main train station. My friend and I went to a public viewing in a stadium a little outside of Frankfurt.



A little bit Frankfurt :)

Finally at the Sadium.

The Stadium (The new name is Commerzbank Arena but in earlier days it was called the Forest Stadium).



The big screen, so everybody could watch the game Germany vs. England



5.000 Germany fans and those 3 english fans who where probably already missing on an other fan mile :D

I went to this event with one of my best friends Lene.



The stadium got really full!!!

Ya there had to be a crazy picture :D

We went to the stadium again when Germany played against Spain and ya I think you can see it in our faces who won :(