This is Las Vegas - the view from our hotel balcony, the Imperial Palace. We had a lovely room and were able to get well rested from the long flight (and the pre-flight nerves!). We had a good look about, booked ourselves in for a show (The Jersey Boys) and 'fattened' ourselves up for the forthcoming weeks when access to 'full on' kite busting food won't be so easy.
Here's a typical view from 'the strip' as we 'Veganites' like to call it. That's the Eiffel Tower doing an impersonation of the leaning tower of Pisa.
From a very exclusive bar on top of the 'Mandalay Bay' you get a beautiful view of the strip, you also get your pants taken right down for a drink! Three years ago we would have asked for tap water - but we're on holiday this time so we sipped on a glass of champagne!
It was only a matter of time before the 'gluttony' picture appeared!! This is an ice cream boutique named 'Ghiradelli' (not to be mistaken for Giraldi, the minging ice cream van from ford estate). Chocolate fudge sundae and peanut butter sundae, cos you're wondering aren't you? What a breakfast eh? This was later followed by happy hour pizza and peach bellinis at the hotel, 'Luv-it' frozen custard and a stack of chicken wings! Not quite the 5 a day quota there!
After two days in the Imperial Palace, we moved into downtown Las Vegas, the old town known as Freemantle and checked into the Golden Nugget - absolutely beautiful old hotel with gorgeous rooms. This is the view of the strip from the North end of the city. The big building is the Hotel Stratosphere, where my brother-in-law (young Bob) and I did a 'daredevil' ride that 'dangled' us over the edge. Elvis wasn't up for any such boisterous stupidity (thank God)!
What do you mean who's that, it's a Star Trek machine - look at the eye brow man, it's the best Spock impression you'll ever see!!
For a free cup of tea, you have to reply in no more than 372 words, what did Spock (me) turn around to say to Jim Kirk (keep it clean, remember the aunties).
This is Freemont Street, notice the roof is made of tiny little lights which does a light show five times a night. People just stop in the street staring up at the roof.If you want to impress us, you could guess how many LED's they're are, to the nearest half a million will do!!
Ok - we're off. Look out for more blogs soon ! By the way, the Grand Canyon in our book is 1 mile deep, but I guess the 'outsourcer' will have it to the foot!!
3 comments:
Captain, permission to leave my post. Seems like a cling-on has become unclung.
WHAT?!!!!!! You want another ice cream?!!!!
hi l thought you two were wondering about following the wagon train routes so surprised to see you about.well watch out for ward bond you have to be about 60 to know who l mean so wagons ho.xx millie .
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