Today we left the "City of Angles" for the "City of Sin" - Las Vegas - with high expectations as Vegas was the reason for this whole trip - Stu's 40th, occurring in a couple of days time...
After getting through the hassle of LA airport (though not as bad as was expected), the flight across was relatively smooth & we landed about 45 minutes after takeoff. A beautiful Black Stretch Limo was waiting for us & soon had us @ our Hotel - The incredible "Bellagio" - Renowned as the most opulent & elegant hotel on The Strip.
Built to dazzle, its Tuscan architecture & 8-acre`artificial lake, complete with choreographed dancing fountains was mesmerizing & truly spectacular(Go to the Video to see what I am talking about). Our room offered magnificent views of this wonder, as well as down the famous "Strip" (Las Vegas Boulevard), where you find most of the gargantuan Hotel-Casinos.
The rest of the day was spent catching up with the others (Liz, Donnie, Adam, Stu & Simone), firstly @ "Cafe Ballagio" & then onto "Caesar's Palace" - a Greco-Roman fantasy-land featuring marble reproductions of classical statuary, including a 4-ton Brahma Shrine near the front entrance - This amazing "experience" bombards you with numerous towering fountains (loved the Trevi Fountain - throw some coins in...), Goddess-costumed cocktail waitresses & of course the swanky, haute-couture "Forum-Shops".
Drinks were consumed @ a little bar called "Fat Tuesdays", where they made one of the best Margaritas we had tried today!!! They came in a huge 100 Litre Barrel - We probably all had 1, maybe 2 barrels too many...From there we walked (or maybe staggered is a more appropriate word) up the Strip to "New York - New York" Casino, a mini-megalopolis featuring scaled-down replicas of the Empire State Building (47 stories), Statue of Liberty and even the famous Brooklyn Bridge. A late dinner was consumed in 1 of their numerous restaurants & by 12.30 were back @ our hotel trying to stop the room spinning.
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