After our show, Mike and I went up to our room to change and then we went out to explore the Strip at night. It was probably 10-15 degrees cooler out and there was no sun to burn our skin. Much more comfortable….but still extremely hot. (Did I happen to mention that Vegas was experiencing record high temperatures while we were in town?!?!)
Please forgive me for the disorganized-ness of these pictures…this is pretty much how I took them. As we walked by…with no rhyme or reason. Just whatever looked cool and caught my eye.
Caesar’s Palace
The view down the Strip while waiting to cross the street
The crowd watching the fountain at the Bellagio
At this point, we waited for the show to end and the crowd to move on….we wanted to get a standing position along the fence for the next show.
While we were waiting, I took a picture of…
The Strip…
Caesar’s Palace…
…and the Bellagio.
Then the show started!
It was damn cool!
I made Mike take video of the fountain. We got a pretty good kick out of people clapping at the end of the show. 🙂
After that, we did a TON of walking. All the way down to the New York-New York and back again to the Mirage. Here are some shots from that walk….
Next up: Hoover Dam!
…we decided to wander our hotel. Since we were just staying in the building, I didn’t put sunscreen on. Of course, about 10.5 seconds after we got to the casino floor we changed our mind and promptly went out on the strip wearing flip flops and no sunscreen. Needless to say, our first visit to the strip was short and sweet in order to avoid blisters, sun stroke and sun burn.
Our main purpose in going out was to find food. It was roughly 10am Vegas time but it felt like 1pm NY time. We were STARVING. We walked over to the Venetian to check out their food court and took a few pictures along the way.
Our hotel – The Mirage
The canal winding through the shops at the Venetian
The walk-way into the Palazzo from the Venetian- There were clear glass “things” hanging down between the umbrellas and a light would run down them from top to bottom. From a distance it looked like rain. It was really cool and unfortunately, the pictures don’t do it justice.
The view of Treasure Island while standing outside the Palazzo
Mike patiently waiting for me to finish taking pictures
Exterior of the Venetian and canal
After this, we headed back to the hotel. It was really hot out and the lack of sunscreen was starting to be an issue. We went back to the hotel for a short nap…please remember that we were up at 4:30am NY time and had sat through a 5 hour flight. We were very tired!
After our naps, we had dinner at a fabulous Mexican restaurant inside Treasure Island and then went to see our show back at the Mirage. After the show, we wandered the strip at night….but that’s another post for another day. 🙂
To say that we enjoyed the Cirque du Soliel show “LOVE” is an understatement. We were absolutely blown away by the show. We would have seen it again while we were in Vegas if the tickets were a bit cheaper.
Waiting in line to pick up the tickets…
The hallway down to the gift shop and theater was pretty cool: glass floor with lights that changed colors, silver balls on the ceiling that reflected the light, Union Jack design in the ceiling near the box office area. To the immediate right was a gift shop with LOVE/Beatles merchandise. To the left was the theater and concession area.
Mike watching TVs in the gift shop window that were advertising for the new Beatles Rock Band game that is coming out next week!
In the lobby area of the actual theater, they had the official show sign and pictures of the Beatles. Mike posed next to the sign and it was reflecting the colors from the floor/wall that are shown in the pictures above.
The first of many Las Vegas self-portraits!
I just had to share these quickly….I only took a few pictures so it’s much easier to decide which pictures to share.
Mid-flight from my seat on the plane:
I suspect we were starting to fly over Lake Erie as we only had about an hour and a half to go at this point and Cleveland is only an hour flight away from Buffalo.
I might get arrested for these last shots…we were definitely in the “please stow all carry-on items and turn off all portable electronic devices” portion of the flight. 🙂 We flew into Buffalo a way I’ve never flown in before and I was able to see a lot of familiar landmarks. I couldn’t resist snapping a few pictures. Besides, the camera was stowed waaaay before we landed. 😉
Niagara Falls from the air (white fuzzy area to the right of the white arrow):
Can anyone recognize the items I’ve marked here?!?!
(top: Niagara Falls, middle: Mom and Dad’s house, bottom: our house)
It’s hard to explain, to people that have never been to Vegas, just how CLOSE the airport is to the Strip.
It’s literally right next to the Strip. Literally.
You can actually see planes “parked” at the airport when you walk down Las Vegas Blvd (the Strip).
I took these pictures yesterday. I was sitting in my seat on our plane, waiting for the rest of the people to finish boarding.
