Off to Las Vegas!

Well today Mom & I are off to Las Vegas! I heard that Donny & Marie were only playing until the end of the year and wanted to go see them. So about 2 weeks ago we made reservations to fly down and catch the concert on Friday. I also did some research and found a quilt tour of various shops around Las Vegas. The tour is on Saturday and it will be a whole day including lunch. I can’t wait!

We got to the airport 3 hours early as per normal, but then to find out that we can’t go through customs to the US until 2 hours before the flight. It was sure nice for them to give us notice on these things. So we sat around people watching until we could check in.

We had to remove almost EVERYTHING to get through customs - shoes, jackets, sweaters, etc. Finally we made it just to sit around for another 2 hours. Oh the fun!

Landed in Vegas and waiting for our luggage. We took the shuttle to our hotel – Monte Carlo – got checked in and then went to get something to eat. We thought we’d try the buffet in the hotel and it was a disappointment. We paid $20 each and filled out plates. The desserts were OK, but nothing really to write home about. I thought the food was supposed to be good.

I suggested to mom that we try to walk down to the Flamingo so we could pick up our tickets for the concert tomorrow night. I said we could try to go but if we didn’t make it, we still had all day tomorrow to pick them up. We’d walk to see how far we got.

It was a cool night but it was an enjoyable walk…. Until we hit the guys handing out the porno cards. These guys are on every street corner flicking their cards and trying to hand them out to people. They have no respect and hand it out to everyone – old, young, male, female. Plus the cards are lying all over the sidewalk and street.

I was playing Japanese tourist and taking pictures of everything. We saw the fountains at the Bellagio and decided to walk on the other side of the street on the way back. We did eventually make it to pick up our tickets that evening. We watched the fountain show a couple of times.

We walked through the new shopping plaza on the strip and went into Tiffany’s. The jewelry was not very nice but the diamonds sure did sparkle!

We made it back to our hotel and went up to our room. The casino wasn’t all that busy but it was not as smoky as the casino in the Flamingo. I forgot about that – smoking allowed in the casinos…… I hope I last.

Distance from our hotel – Monte Carlo – to the Flamingo and back – 2 miles total.