USA Trip

I caught the blog fever! Can’t wait until I could actually write about something interesting and relevant issues but I’m gonna tell a bit about our plans in the States. We’re flying with Air Berlin from Helsinki via Berlin to JFK and from there it’s time to search our almost five star penthouse suite. We booked a double king size bedroom from Howard Johnson Express Inn Hotel in Queens. The only criteria we had when booking the accommodation were cheap price and a decent location near the subway. 

As you can see, it’s not the best possible hotel but it fits to our needs pretty well. We also bought the New York City Passes in beforehand, as they were $25 cheaper when buying those via Internet in November. With those passes we have free entries to most of the must see sightseeing places for tourists and what’s even better is that we don’t have to stand in the queues that long as without the passes.

As already mentioned from NYC our journey will move on to the West Coast. We have rent a car for the 14 days we’re going to travel there. If we get what we were promised when making the reservation, we should get a fancy Chevrolet Impala which hopefully is big enough for us 4 and our luggage. Besides the car, we booked a hotel for the first 3 nights in LA and also tickets to the Ducks vs. Coyotes NHL game in Honda Center. I’m really hoping that the Ducks will improve their game compared to what they’ve presented so far during the season and of course we’re counting on our countrymen Selänne, Koivu, Lydman and Hagman! After 3 or 4 days in LA we’re driving down to S.D. for a couple of days to hang around and after that it’s gambling time! Off to Las Vegas :D It might be a wise decision to skip the casinos but hey, once we get there we have to give a shot and experience the casino lifestyle! Since our accommodations in other cities aren’t any 5 star hotels, we allowed us to book a little bit better and more luxurious hotel in Vegas. We ended up with booking a room from the Stratosphere Hotel with a hopefully awesome view to downtown Vegas! 

Nevertheless, compared to the prices in LA or S.F. the hotels in Vegas were pretty cheap, so we’re paying only around $25 each for one night despite the pretty decent hotel.. But we’re not gonna hang the whole time in the casinos cause we all want to see the Canyons and we’ve got one day booked completely for that.. After Vegas we don’t have that many plans, most certainly we’re going to drive to San Francisco with a one stop strategy and spend a night somewhere between these cities, maybe in Reno, the little brother of Vegas.. But I will definitely keep you informed about our adventures and hopefully with some cool pictures too..