I absolutely adore this article, @erh.germany. Great travel stories always inspire me. I think travel to distinctive places broadens our horizons, and makes us reflect on who we are at our core. "Does this place speak to me? Can I find any part of myself here in this culture?"

When traveling to Las Vegas, I have found myself google-eyed and mesmerized. You captured that so beautifully. The glitz, the harsh glamor, the one-armed bandits. Isn't it funny how it repulses one at first, and then you somehow come to appreciate it, in all its showy outlandishness? It's like that odd friend who gets piercings and tattoos everywhere, and you're drawn to it by the sheer audacity of it all. Maybe not the best analogy.

At any rate, this spoke to me. I loved the wild romp. And the mischievous caper at the end. You were young and wild and crazy!