Winter Vacation rocks!

Since it's just the beginning of the semester and i have just came back to school, so I think it might be a good idea to talk about what I did during the winter break.
I didn't go back to China during the break, on one hand it's because I've only been here for around 4 months i don't feel necessary to go back that soon, on the other hand is because I wanna see how Americans celebrate Christmas and new year. So, I stayed in U.S. for my winter break and I had a great time.
I spend my first few days in New York to see how Christmas is going to rock this big city. I watched a broad way show Phantom of the Opera, one of my favorites, and it was awesome, I also went to several traveling spots like the empire state building and the statue of liberty to see the symbols of New York. On Christmas Eve, I walked along the avenue to Times Square and the view on the street is amazing.

The LED screens have lighten the night and crowds of people are on the street celebrating the holiday together.Several shops are open 24 hours during Christmas and their decorations are pretty and funny.

After the new year, I went to Western coast of U.S. with several friends and I really had a great great time there.
My first stop is Las Vegas, where I really enjoyed a lot.
Las Vegas is a very energetic and modern city, and it's similar to New York in some points, and it never sleeps as well. The lights are on for all night and you cannot feel how late it is when you are on the street of Las Vegas at midnight.

The theme of Las Vegas is to gamble, to watch various shows and to relax. The hotels there are relatively cheaper than other cities, I guess it's a way to attract customers to casinos, which you can see it in every single hotel in Las Vegas. And there're various shows available in Vegas. We went to one called "the Mentalist", it's a magician who can read people's mind, it was pretty cool.
After leaving Las Vegas, we drove to Los Angeles. Even though many of my friends who went with me like San Francisco better but I still enjoy LA more. First of all, the weather is AWESOME, it's like summertime in January and the palm trees on the roadside are very beautiful. And I really like the style of the city--Modern, fashion, casual; especially because it has the famous Hollywood. We went on a tour to Hollywood to see superstar's houses and we also went to Madame Tussauds Museum to have a lot of silly but funny pictures.

My last stop for this trip is San Francisco. It's a very cozy and lovely city that's really suitable for living, We took the famous cable car to the Fishermans Whare and have great seafood by the sea.

The winter break is not short but not long either. I felt time passing so quickly that when I came back to school, I suddenly realized that the break is over and the new semester is coming. Well, it feels good to be back to school as well, so I hope I can really learn a lot and have fun during the coming semester.