10 Things I Learned About Vegas in 2,5 Days

Even though I spent only 2,5 days in Vegas I had plenty of time to notice a couple of things. There probably is more, but here are my "rookie" observations.

1. Everything is expensive. I bought an orange juice that cost me $6. So, in short: do not go to Vegas if you're not prepared to spend money. Somehow the city lures you into doing that.

2. They will ask you for your ID anywhere and anytime you use your card to pay even the smallest of sums. So keep that with you at all times!

3. You pretty much have to pay for Wi-Fi at the hotels too; even after paying resort fees, taxes and some other "hidden costs". Nothing is for free..

4. There's always a party going on and you can see drunk people any time of the day.

5. The Strip looks like any other big city with high buildings during the day, but at night it almost seems magical with all the lights.

6. That said 2,5-3 days is enough before you get caught up in the madness.

7. You will meet the most random and most amazing people if you're up for it.

8. More people than I thought travel to Vegas alone just for fun.

9. The casinos/hotels are bigger than malls and have everything you can imagine inside them. You don't even need to leave your hotel if you don't feel like it.

10. "What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas" was not coined in vain. Some stories might be better left untold when getting back to the real world. But then again, why not share the fun and crazy stories with your friends?

Oh and as a tip! If you want to go on a show, which usually are pretty expensive, buy your ticket for about half the price from Tix4Tonight. You can find their stands in a couple of places on the strip and also in the Showcase Mall (plus online).

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BUCKET LIST: 105 Things I want to do

Since studying doesn't sound that fun in my ears right now, I thought I could make up a bucket list. I want to have clear goals in life since it's much easier to actually achieve something and also if they're written down it's easier to keep track of them. Some of these things I have done already, but will just crux them off, since parts of this bucket list is taken from a past one I made for myself (not published). They are in no order what so ever by the way.

Note to self: when you during the night have to read for the two exams tomorrow, blame your past self.

My bucket list; 105 things I want to do before I die:

1. Visit all the continents; Europe, North America, South America, Australia, Asia and Africa (excluding Antarctica, even though that would be cool) 4/6
2. Road trip in North-America (I guess my trip on Christmas break has to count, even though it's not really a road trip per say)
3. Travel around Europe in the summertime
4. Travel in Italy for a month all the way from Milan to Sicily
5. Own my own apartment/house
6. Get a dog
7. Find a soulmate, a person that I can trust 100% and that will be there for me no matter what
8. Work and travel in Australia & New Zealand
9. Bungyjump in Queenstown, New Zealand
10. Skydive

11. Travel around in South East Asia
12. Travel on the West Coast of the states. December 2013
13. Travel on the East Coast of the states
14. Walk on the strip in Las Vegas
15. Visit Grand Canyon
16. Hike in Yosemite National Park, California
17. Work abroad. Once so far; in Disneyland Paris in 2010.
18. Move abroad. Partially I've done this already, but now I mean really move.
19. Get wed on a beach or a nice garden
20. Visit Lebanon.
21. Visit Paris. First time in 2006, then moved there in 2010 and visited in 2011 & 2012 a couple of times.
22. Dip my toes in all the oceans (again excluding the Antarctic Ocean) 4/5
23. Visit Petra in Jordania
24. Visit the pyramids of Gizeh in Egypt
25. Visit Machu Picchu
26. Learn to scuba dive
27. Snorkel/scuba dive in the Great Barrier Reef
28. Visit New York City
29. Island hop in the Caribbean
30. Visit Cuba

31. Party in Ibiza
32. Visit Gotland, Sweden
33. Take a holiday in Spain.Visited Mallorca (2009) & Barcelona (2012)
34. Study abroad. Just what I am doing at this moment! Somewhere more exotic would be fun though.
35. Work in Asia, maybe Hong Kong, Shanghai or in Thailand.
36. Visit Auschwitz in Poland. Done in January 2013.
37. Visit Venedig and ride on a gondola.
38. Visit Rome. Done in April 2013.
39. Float in the Dead Sea
40. Eat key lime pie in Key West, Florida
41. Travel around in South America
42. Visit New Orleans, Louisiana
43. Go to Mardi Gras in New Orleans
44. Go to the Rio Festival
45. Ride in a helicopter
46. Learn to surf (Thank you Macao Surf Camp!)
47. Learn to snowboard (properly)
48. Be "unplugged" for 24 hours (no phone, no computer, no new technology)
49. Visit the White House

50. Visit Santorini in Greece
51. See Coldplay live

52. Visit Mont Saint-Michel

53. Visit Bora Bora and Tahiti
54. Go to a huge music festival in Europe; Tomorrowland, White Party, Exit, Roskilde, Hideout…

55. Go to a summer festival in Finland. Ruisrock 2013

56. See Imagine Dragons live

57. See The Killers live

58. See Lana Del Rey live
59. See MGMT live
60. See Avicii live

61. Visit Florida
62. Learn how to make my own clothes
63. Have my own business
64. Create something awesome (very diffuse I know)
65. Participate in NaNoWriMo at least once
66. Lie on a beach on the French Riviera
67. Go to Coachella in California
68. Visit the Galapagos Island
69. Visit Easter Island
70. Walk on the Great Wall of China
71. Visit Japan
72. Visit the catacombs of Kom el Shoqafa in Alexandria, Egypt
73. Visit Dubai
74. Visit Taj Mahal in India

75. Be an extra in a movie
76. Visit Chichen Itza in Mexico
77. See the Northern Lights. Seen in Lapland, Finland
78. Visit Niagara Falls, Victoria Falls and Angel Falls. 1/3
79. Visit Sugarloaf Mountain in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
80. Climb on Kilimanjaro
81. See lions, giraffes, elephants etc., on a safari in Maasai Mara National Reserve in Kenya.

82. Party at the Full Moon Party in Koh Phangan, Thailand

83. Ride a segway

84. Arrange a big party with Gossip Girl/masquerade ball as the theme
85. Wander around in the American Museum of Natural History in New York

86. Visit Brazil
87. Visit Norway
88. Visit Iceland
89. Visit Preikestolen (Preacher's Pulpit) and Trolltunga (Troll's Tongue) in Norway
90. Visit a volcano
91. Visit the ruins of Pompeii in Italy
92. Go on a holiday to Hawaii
93. See a Cirque du Soleil show and a burlesque dance show in Moulin Rouge
94. Experience zero gravity
95. Learn to do a French braid
96. Volunteer work abroad
97. Sleep under the stars
98. Ride an elephant
99. Visit Oktoberfest in Munich, Germany
100. Learn to play an instrument
101. Graduate
102. Learn a language fluently
103. Go sailing
104. Visit a wine yard
105. Write a novel

All pictures are taken from weheartit.

Keep checking this list now and then because I will be updating it as I go. You'll find it under the tag Bucket List.

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30 DAY MUSIC CHALLENGE - DAY 30

DAY 30: Your favorite song at this time last year

Då var det dags att avsluta denna challenge! Den var kul, även om lite tidskrävande. Så mitt sista 30 Day Music Challenge inlägg:

Min absolut favoritlåt hela förra sommaren var utan tvekan Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros - Home. Älskade den då, älskar den nu.

EN: And then it was time to end this challenge! It was fun, even though a bit time consuming. So my last entry for the 30 Day Music Challenge:

My absolute favorite song last summer was without doubt Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros - Home. I loved it then, I love it now.

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30 DAY MUSIC CHALLENGE - DAY 29

DAY 29: A song from your childhood

Den här var relativt enkel! Jag minns en hel del artister som spelat på repeat hemma hos oss då jag var barn, där bland annat Guns N' Roses (men eftersom jag redan abused bandet i denna challenge valde jag en annan), Black Sabbath, U2, Alanis Morisette och Sinéad O'Connor. Valde Sinéad O'Connor - Nothing Compares 2 U (Prince cover, 1990) för den är så fin.

EN: This one was relatively easy! I remember lots of artists that have played on repeat in our house when I was a child, among others for example Guns N' Roses (but because I've already abused this band in this challenge I chose another one), Black Sabbath, U2, Alanis Morisette and Sinéad O'Connor. I chose Sinéad O'Connor - Nothing Compares 2 U (Prince cover, 1990) because it is so beautiful.

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30 DAY MUSIC CHALLENGE - DAY 28

DAY 28: A song that makes you feel guilty

Svårt att komma på en låt jag skulle få skuldkänslor av. Närmaste jag kan komma är Matisyahu ft. Akon - One Day för att världen aldrig kommer bli krigsfri, alla kommer inte bli accepterade i vårt samhälle och hat kommer alltid existera i olika former. Låten är fin och tycker om dess positiva budskap, men den får mig att skämmas över den "moderna människan" och den värld vi lever i idag.

EN: Hard to come up with a song that makesd me feel guilty. The closest I can come is Matisyahu ft. Akon - One Day, because the world will never be free from war and cruelty, everyone is not going to be ever accepted in our society and hate in all kinds of forms will always exist. The song is beautiful and I like its positive message, but it makes me feel ashamed of the "modern human" and the world we live in today.

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30 DAY MUSIC CHALLENGE - DAY 27

DAY 27: A song that you wish you could play

Med tanke på att jag inte kan spela en endaste sång på något instrument alls har jag en hel del låtar jag önskar jag kunde spela. Den här var mellan Coldplay - Fix You eller Guns N' Roses - November Rain, men laddade upp den senare, då Slash's gitarrsolo i låten är helt awesome. Rankad till en av världens bästa gitarrsolon och en av världens bästa gitarrister någonsin är han nog värd denna.

EN: Considering I can't play any song on any kind of instrument, I have lots of songs I wish I could play. This one was between Coldplay - Fix You and Guns N' Roses - November Rain, but I uploaded the latter one since Slash's guitar solo is just simply amazing. Ranked as one of the best guitar solos and the best guitar player of all time he deserves this one.

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30 DAY MUSIC CHALLENGE - DAY 26

DAY 26: A song that you can play with an instrument

Hmm. Det här var ju pinsamt. Jag kan inte spela ett endaste instrument. Jag önskar jag kunde spela piano, gitarr eller saxofon, men icke. Närmaste jag någonsin har kommit att spela ett instrument är gitarr på Guitar Hero, hehe. Franz Ferdinand - Take Me Out var en låt jag gillade att spela för den var relativt enkel, med lite byten mellan knapparna i långsammare takt. Jag önskar jag skulle ha klarat av Muse - Knights Of Cydonia dock... :D

EN: Well. This is awkward. I can't play any instruments, not even one. I wish I could play piano, guitar or saxophone, but no. The closest I've ever gotten to play an instrument is guitar on Guitar Hero, hehe. Franz Ferdinand - Take Me Out was a song I liked to play, because it was fairly easy, with little changes between the buttons in a slower tempo. I wish I could have played Muse - Knights of Cydonia though...

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30 DAY MUSIC CHALLENGE - DAY 25

DAY 25: A song that makes you laugh

Det finns nog inte så många låtar som man skulle skratta till, men The Lonely Island ft. Michael Bolton - Jack Sparrow är nog en rolig sång (i alla fall sista delarna av den).

EN: There isn't that many songs that you could really laugh to, but The Lonely Island ft. Michael Bolton - Jack Sparrow is a funny song (at least the last parts).

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30 DAY MUSIC CHALLENGE - DAY 24

DAY 24: A song that you want to play at your funeral

Den har jag inte faktiskt tänkt så mycket på, men vill nog inte ha en vanlig tråkigt "dödssång" utan någon som gjort mig glad och kanske reflekterar mig på något sätt. Counting Crows - Holiday In Spain är en låt jag blir lite glad av att lyssna på och den har varit en favorit i flera år. För mig berättar låten om att flyga iväg till ett nytt ställe, prova sina egna vingar, upptäcka kärlek och sorg, lämna gamla saker bakom dig, om rastlöshet och sånt. Låtens mening är ju en annan för artisten själv, men jag antar att man tolkar den på vilket sätt man själv vill.

EN: This one I haven't thought of that much, but I definitely don't want a boring "death song" playing at my funeral, but something that have made me happy and something that reflects myself a bit. Counting Crows - Holiday In Spain is a song I've always been happy to listen to and it has been a favorite for years. For me the song is about flying away somewhere new, trying your own wings out, discover love and sorrow, leave old stuff behind you, about restlessness and so on. The meaning of the song is probably something else for the artist, but I guess you can interpret it however you like.

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30 DAY MUSIC CHALLENGE - DAY 23

DAY 23: A song that you want to play at your wedding

Jag har i år och dagar vetat vilken låt jag vill spela på mitt bröllop om den dagen någonsin kommer och det är nog ortoligt vackra Etta James - At Last.

EN: I have known for years already what I want to play at my wedding if that day ever comes and it's the amazingly beautiful Etta James - At Last.

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30 DAY MUSIC CHALLENGE - DAY 22

DAY 22: A song you listen to when you're sad

Senaste gångerna jag har varit riktigt ledsen har jag lyssnat på Snow Patrol - New York av någon anledning. Fin låt är det i alla fall från ett bra band!

EN: The last times I've been really sad I've listened to Snow Patrol - New York for some reason. It is a good song anyways from a great band!

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30 DAY MUSIC CHALLENGE - DAY 21

DAY 21: A song you listen to when you're happy

Jag har nog ingen happy låt heller. Största delen av tiden är det något som råkar finnas på spellistan som jag får fiilis av. Men kan nog säga att jag av någon anledning får ännu bättre fiilis av Kings Of Leon - Sex On Fire.

EN: I do not have a happy song either. Most of the time it's something that is on my playlist that I get a good feeling about. But I can say that for some reason I get a good feeling when listening to Kings Of Leon - Sex On Fire.

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30 DAY MUSIC CHALLENGE - DAY 20

DAY 20: A song that you listen to when you're angry

Jag är nog så sällan arg, men jag minns en gång jag var arg och lyssnade på musik och då Peter, Bjorn & John - Young Folks kom på blev jag direkt på lite bättre humör.

EN: I'm like never angry, but I remember this one time when I was and I listen to music and when Peter, Bjorn & John - Young Folks came on I instantly felt a little better.

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30 DAY MUSIC CHALLENGE - DAY 19

DAY 19: A song from your favorite album

Favoritalbum? Det finns väl en hel del, men Guns N' Roses debutalbum Appetite for Destruction som kom ut år 1987 är min favorit. Det finns många bra låtar på den och utan detta album skulle inte bandet ha blivit en av de bästa rockbanden genom tiderna. Listat som ett av världens bästa album (62/500, Rolling Stone Music) och mest försäljande debutalbum of all time säger nog något. Här en av låtarna från albumet, Guns N' Roses - Sweet Child O' Mine.

EN: Favorite album? There's lots of them, but Guns N' Roses debut album Appetite for Destruction that came out in 1987 is my favorite. There's lots of good songs on it and without this album the band wouldn't have become one of the greatest rock bands ever. Listed as one of the best albums in the world (62/500, Rolling Stone Music) and that it is the biggest-selling debutalbum of all time says a lot. Here's one of the songs from the album, Guns N' Roses - Sweet Child O' Mine.

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30 DAY MUSIC CHALLENGE - DAY 18

DAY 18: A song that you wish you heard on the radio

Allt spelar väl på radio någon gång, men tror nog inte jag har hört Bloc Party - Sunday spelas.

EN: Well, everything plays on the radio at some point maybe, but I don't think I've ever heard Bloc Party - Sunday on the radio.

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30 DAY MUSIC CHALLENGE - DAY 17

DAY 17: A song that you hear often on the radio

Jag lyssnar inte så mycket på radio nuförtiden, men senaste gångerna jag gjort det har jag varje gång hört Macklemore & Ryan Lewis - Can't hold us. Gillar sången mycket och såg ju dem live på söndagen på Ruisrock. Mycket sympatisk kille han Macklemore och lika bra live som på radio. Älskar nog dem lite mer nu efter att ha sett dem.

EN: I don't actually listen to radio that much anymore, but all the times I have during the past months I've always heard Macklemore & Ryan Lewis - Can't hold us. I like the song and I saw them live on Sunday at Ruisrock. He's a real sympathetic guy, Macklemore, and as good live as on radio. I do love them more now after seen them.

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30 DAY MUSIC CHALLENGE - DAY 16

DAY 16: A song that you used to love but now hate

Denna etapp var kanske ännu svårare än någon annan. Jag kan inte säga att jag har någon låt jag verkligen älskat som jag nu hatar. James Blunt - Goodbye My Lover älskade jag förut, men eftersom jag lyssnade mycket på den under en jobbig period i mitt liv, kan jag inget annat än att ha en love-hate relationship med den. Fortfarande lika vacker och känslosam, men inte en låt jag lyssnar på så mycket mera.

EN: This one was even harder to come up with than any of the others. I can't say I have a song that I've really loved but now hate, but I think James Blunt - Goodbye My Lover is the closest I can come. I listened to it a lot at a sadder point in my life, so I can't anything else than have a love-hate relationship with it. Still as beautiful and emotional as before, but not a song I listen to at a regular basis.

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30 DAY MUSIC CHALLENGE - DAY 15

DAY 15: A song that describes you

En låt som beskriver mig. Jag vet inte. Fun ft. Janelle Monáe - We Are Young är en som kunde vara lite beskrivande kanske.

EN: A song that describes me. I don't know. Fun ft. Janelle Monáe - We Are Young could be one that descibers a bit.

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30 DAY MUSIC CHALLENGE - DAY 14

DAY 14: A song that no one would expect you to love

Den här var också ganska svår då jag inte vet hur jag skulle kunna förvåna någon med en låt jag gillar då jag tycker min musiksmak generellt är ganska mainstream: en blandning av rock, pop, indie, trance, dance, svenskt osv. Det där generella alltså. Men så kom jag på det! Ni gissade knappast att jag gillar Marilyn Manson till en viss mån? Jag är kanske inte största fanet och lyssnar inte jämt på honom, men ibland är det ett skönt avbrott från allt annat jag lyssnar på. Så här en av mina favoriter: Marilyn Manson - Heart Shaped Glasses.

EN: This one was pretty hard too since I don't know how to surprise you with a song I like, because I think my taste in music is pretty mainstream: a mix of rock, pop, indie, trance, dance, Swedish music and so on. The general.  But then I got it! You never could have guessed that I like Marilyn Manson to some extent? I may not be the biggest fan and I don't listen to him daily, not even monthly, but sometimes it's a nice break from all the other music I listen to. So here one of my favorites: Marilyn Manson - Heart Shaped Glasses.

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30 DAY MUSIC CHALLENGE - DAY 13

DAY 13: A song that is a guilty pleasure

Jag kunde verkligen inte komma på en enda annan låt än Nine Inch Nails - Closer som skulle kunna vara en guilty pleasure. Låten är inte precis den man börjar spela på en fest och sjunger till, förutom jag då. Närmaste vännerna vet att detta är min s.k. "stripplåt" (låååång story bakom denna insidegrej) och jag gillar låten av någon anledning. Verkligen snuskig, men den bjuder jag på!

EN: I couldn't think of any other song than Nine Inch Nails - Closer that could be a guilty pleasure. The song isn't precisely the one you put on at a party and sing to, besides me then. My closest friends know this is my "strip song" (loooong story behind this inside thing) and I like the song for some reason. It is really dirty, but I'll give you that one!

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