Viva Las Vegas

I write this in memory of a dear friend who is no longer here. Melanie Goodwin, age 19, died tragically on Tuesday morning. A student at the University of North Texas, she will be missed. She will always be remembered for her kind heart and beautiful smile and amazing voice. The world has lost an angel in human form.




Las Vegas was a fun city. My host mom took us out to the strip and we went to M&M world and to the Rainforest Cafe. We had a great final U.S. show. The energy was awesome for such a small audience, and the faclity was beautiful. During the week we got to work with some awesome community organizations such as the Candlelighters Organization. The Candlelighters is a childhood cancer foundation that supports children with various cancers and their families. It was amazing to see the survivors and inspiring to see the fighters. I can not imagine the strength that it takes to battle such a monster. My mom and brother came to Las Vegas to say hi and to see the show (with me in it this time) and we went to the Hoover Dam on our free day. It was guite a sight. I would recomend it to anyone traveling through Nevada.


Now its off to Europe. First stop?? MILAN, ITALY!! Land of pasta, boys, and expresso. The one downfall??? it is going to take us 60hours to get there...yup. from Las Vegas to Seattle is a thirty hour bus ride, then Seattle to Milan is another 30ish hours with layovers etc. So as the Italians say...CHAO!!