Our American adventure culminated with a new road-trip with The Cats, a weekend full of friendship, love, casinos, country music and stunning sceneries between California and Nevada!

We reached Reno late at night and checked-in at a casino-hotel. We did not play, but just walked around. I actually found it sad: mostly older people, alone, drinking alcohol and smoking, spending their savings with a small hope of any joy the slot machines, the cards or the roulette could give them…they looked empty!

Luckily, the hotel had a pub as well and that was the place where I finally found that kind of ambiance that you see in old American movies: country music, people dancing, cowboy-like dressed man, big guys trying to ride a bull machine, beer, burgers, fun! We loved it!!!

As for the road trip back, with several stops in different parts of Lake Tahoe and in the Northern part of Yosemite, it was absolutely gorgeous and the scenery left us speechless: just have a look on the photos!