Overlook Hotel

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I took the elevator down to the lobby to get breakfast then go back up to my room and watch TV. The food choices are lame considering this is a star hotel in Los Angeles and in the hills overlooking the city. I was watching TV then, this advertisement and came across the screen and said come out to Venice Beach to watch the 25 annual weightlifting competition. I was very curious about this competition and gave them a call. “ Good morning this is mike hosting the 25th annual weightlifting…

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and we decided to drive to Las Vegas. I know, driving to Las Vegas from Cupertino! We rented a big van and drove a long 10 hour drive to Las Vegas. When we arrived there we were all very exhausted and tired after the long drive. We went to our hotel and chilled out for a bit. After a couple of hours it was starting to get dark. My whole family met in one room and decided to see the nightlife of Las Vegas and find a place to eat. I put on my jacket and we headed out. We were walking and…

When I went on the Disney Cruise, the ship was called the Disney Wonder. This ship is 964 feet in length which is longer than Main Street U.S.A. in Magic Kingdom. I think when the builders planned this ship, they thought the bigger, the better. The cruise ship traveled from Los Angeles to Puerto Vallarta to Cabo San Lucas and then back to Los Angeles. We were passengers on the ship for seven days. It was the best seven days of my life! From the first time I stepped on the Disney cruise ship…

The moon hid scared of the sudden darkness that had taken the sky hostage, as the pink and yellow volleyball flew back and forth. My cousins, Julia, and Samantha had come from Florida for a visit that summer and we were all once again together just like we were before they moved off to West Palm Beach, Florida. Samantha, Gabriella, Julia, Alexa, Adam, and Aaron. While playing our favorite game in the living room, the front door swung open and closed harshly. Uncle Peter obviously did not have…

The official definition of a steam boat is as follows, “A boat that is propelled by a steam engine, especially a paddle-wheel craft of a type used widely on rivers in the 18th and 19th century.” To expand on the previous statement, the steamboat was a device made to revolutionize river travel. The first successfully tested steamboat was made by Robert Fulton, with the help and support of Robert Livingston in 1807. Clermont, the steamboat, made its first triumphant debut on a voyage through the…

This summer was one of my favorite summer vacations ever. I went to Sanibel Island in Florida with one of my mom’s friends and her family. I also spent lots of time with my family. Swimming was also a highlight of my summer. Sanibel Island is an island off of the coast of Florida on the Gulf of Mexico side. It took my family and I two and a half day to get there. Since we drove we spent almost twenty five hours in the car! My baby sister was either crying or sleeping during all twenty five…

Boulevard and Fremont Street. Because of the nature of the artefacts, entry is only permitted with guided tours. That’s where one hears stories of how aviation baron Howard Hughes bought the hotel Desert Inn because he and his entourage were asked to vacate after a long stay in the hotel. Then, one day he bought another hotel across the street. There’s the sign with cocktails which hastily popped up after the end of prohibition in the US. The signs also depict the changes and trends in design…

The Burg Eltz castle began construction between the 9th and the 13th century between Koblenz and Trier, Germany, and took more than 500 years to finally complete construction. The Eltz castle is one of two Medieval castles in Germany to have never been destroyed. Actually, the Burg Eltz castle has never seen battle action in it’s whole 800 years of existence. The castle was built over the Moselle river in a strategically important position, and the foundation itself is 70 meters high. In German…