In February, I had the chance to go to Las Vegas for the international Las Vegas Rugby 7's Tournament. I've pretty much only been on the East Coast except once before (San Francisco in 2009 to play in a Nationals 7's Tournament) so I was excited to go West again! Las Vegas ended up being pretty awesome and affordable... granted, the only gambling I did was at the airport on my way back home when I realized that after a long weekend in Vegas, I hadn't actually gambled.
I'm always awesomed-out (not a real phrase) by how cool being part of the rugby community is. I met a lot of people who I will probably never see again but while we knew each other it was like we were good friends! On my flight to Vegas, I ran into a group of three guys, 2 originally from South Africa. I never saw them again (I guess it's a little unreasonable to think you might run into a random acquaintance twice when there are so many people there... although that DID happen with the Peruvian national team) but we enjoyed a beer at our layover and one of them happened to be assigned to the seat next to me for the second flight. On the first flight from DC, I sat next to a nice man from Omaha with a prosthetic foot... I was studying for nursing school and I guess he felt like I might be interested... which I was because it was awesome, though I tried not to keep saying how cool it was that he felt neuropathic pain because he probably does not think it is that cool. He was headed back home and was planning on going to a speed dating event at his local library since he hasn't dated since the motorcycle accident that gave him the prosthetic foot... I wonder how that worked out for him.
Quickly what I did in Vegas:
Watched Samoa beat New Zealand in the finals, got a few autographs from some All Blacks, went to Tao and LMFAO was there too, went to PBR and rode a mechanical bull, became friends with the most french-y french men ever, hung out with the Peruvian national rugby team, watched the USA women's team make it to the finals, ate at a really good buffet 2 times, and met the number 1 sign-spinner in the world?
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While in Vegas, I basically just ate a lot of food and watched a lot of rugby. I couldn't play in the amateur tournament due to my recent partial-tear in my MCL but that was okay. I also contacted a club promoter and was able to get all 20+ of us into Tao one night with a free open bar. LMFAO showed up later to host the party but by then we were all pretty exhausted and our feet were dying.
On Saturday, we ended up sitting pretty far back in the stands. Luckily, so did this group of the most frenchy french men you have ever seen. A le le bleu! That's what we were chanting, or at least that's what I was saying... I don't speak French.
Later, we met the Peruvian national rugby team who were in the same hotel/casino, a few rooms down. We became friends and hung out that night at PBR where some of us rode the mechanical bull! Pretty difficult by the way and it made my knee hurt but it was fun. On Sunday, we literally happened to sit next to each other in the stands for the last day.
The final match was Samoa vs. the All Blacks... honestly, I didn't care who won, it was just awesome to be there! After the game we went down to the field and got some pictures/autographs with some of the All Blacks! I got a few signatures on my hat.
That evening it was time for me to catch my flight and, of course, the supposed No. 1 Sign-spinner in the world was on my flight and obvs, I'm his biggest fan so we took a photo. Pretty sure I made his day.
I got in Monday morning and went to class to take an exam... awesome!
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