Good evening everyone, I hope you are well. I didn't realise that I have not written my blog for well over a month, but with everything going on, things just seem to have gone manic. As there is so much to talk about, I've decided that today's blog will focus on phase one of our recent holiday to the States and Canada (god we've back over a week and I feel like I need another holiday lol).
Anyway, just over 3 weeks ago, hubby and I started out on our recent journey to Las Vegas via Los Angeles. I would like to say the flight was pretty good (Emirates flights usually are), however for some reason I was ill most of the way. God only knows what caused it, but I actually think I had travel sickness, which is not good (especially when you're having to kick little kids out of the queue for the loo to make sure there were no embarrassing moments), and 16 hrs on a flight is not great in that situation. However, hubby and I did manage to play just a few games of backgammon (I know how geeky are we?) but as usual I thrashed him, even in my half ill state.
Unfortunately, our stay in Los Angeles was short and sweet with a quick stop over before catching the flight to Las Vegas (I did manage to take a photo of a LA cab though as evidence of being there). When we flew over the Nevada desert it seemed to go on forever, and then suddenly hundreds and thousands of lights appeared and we had our first glimpse of Las Vegas. I was even more gobsmacked when I saw all the slot machines in the baggage claim lol. We were conned straight away by a 'gentleman' offering us a taxi service from the airport to the hotel. It turned out to be a limousine jeep which cost $45 dollars for about a 15 minute ride.
We stayed at the Planet Hollywood Hotel which is right in the middle of the Strip. Our room what the John Travolta room which was based on his 1996 film, 'Broken Arrow' (not something I've actually seen).
I think I walked around Las Vegas with my mouth open wide for 3 days. There is so much glitz about its unbelievable, and the hotels are MASSIVE! However, we both agreed that although there is a lot of glamour, it doesn't have the sophistication of Dubai. And of course the casinos are also amazing, obviously its very additive but I didn't realise that some people gamble at any time of the day. This photograph is of the 'Flamingo' casino at 7 am!
Needless to say I had hoped that we would see 'Elvis' during our stay and we were not disappointed (see pic). We also saw lots of other street entertainers, went in all the famous hotels, the Bellagio, Caesars Palace, The Venetian (the one with gondolas inside), The Mirage, Treasure Island, Cosmopolitan, Paris and The Palazzo to name but a few. All of which had massive casinos, wedding chapels and very expensive shopping.
But our main event of the stay was seeing Celine Dion at Caesar's Palace, which was fantastic. We had a great evening, but I was amazed to see that not many people dressed up for the occasion. I was gutted, I dressed in my best sequined dress and Christain Louboutin shoes (fake obviously can't afford real ones lol). Anyway, about half a dozen other people were dressed up and the remainder of the audience were quite casual, which I thought was a bit strange. Am sure Celine noticed me in the audience as one of her outfits was very similar lol. She was fabulous, classy, sophisticated and an all round great entertainer and having been fans of hers for many years we both felt privileged that we could see her perform live.
Before the concert we ate in one of the 3 'Gordon Ramsey' restaurants in LV, but afterwards when we walked back to the hotel, I was trying to act sophisticated in my very high shoes walking past the Bellagio hotel and its famous fountains, when I suddenly fell flat on my face (that's just typical of me). Needless to say I got up very fast and mended my bruised knee back at the hotel. Another night hubby and I went to see the 'Las Vegas Show' in Planet Hollywood which was really good actually quite interesting to learn about the history of LV.
Hubby and I did spend a few hours in the casinos but not been gamblers and also because we had no idea what to do, we spent most of the time on the slot machines. But needless to say we found the cheapest ones to play on so it felt like our money lasted longer (lol). We did eventually move onto the 'Wheel of fortune' and it didn't help when we realised that 'free drinks' were served continuously whilst you gambled. OMG that is lethal and after a few hours all I can say is we were lucky we only had a certain amount to spend (otherwise we would be bankrupt now lol). When we woke the next morning it was like a scene from the 'Hangover' (well may be not that bad).
So, overall a great time was had by all in Las Vegas, highly recommended for a few days and if you have lots of spare cash to spend. Our next stage of the holiday was 'Banff' in Canada.
We stayed at the Planet Hollywood Hotel which is right in the middle of the Strip. Our room what the John Travolta room which was based on his 1996 film, 'Broken Arrow' (not something I've actually seen).
I think I walked around Las Vegas with my mouth open wide for 3 days. There is so much glitz about its unbelievable, and the hotels are MASSIVE! However, we both agreed that although there is a lot of glamour, it doesn't have the sophistication of Dubai. And of course the casinos are also amazing, obviously its very additive but I didn't realise that some people gamble at any time of the day. This photograph is of the 'Flamingo' casino at 7 am!Needless to say I had hoped that we would see 'Elvis' during our stay and we were not disappointed (see pic). We also saw lots of other street entertainers, went in all the famous hotels, the Bellagio, Caesars Palace, The Venetian (the one with gondolas inside), The Mirage, Treasure Island, Cosmopolitan, Paris and The Palazzo to name but a few. All of which had massive casinos, wedding chapels and very expensive shopping.But our main event of the stay was seeing Celine Dion at Caesar's Palace, which was fantastic. We had a great evening, but I was amazed to see that not many people dressed up for the occasion. I was gutted, I dressed in my best sequined dress and Christain Louboutin shoes (fake obviously can't afford real ones lol). Anyway, about half a dozen other people were dressed up and the remainder of the audience were quite casual, which I thought was a bit strange. Am sure Celine noticed me in the audience as one of her outfits was very similar lol. She was fabulous, classy, sophisticated and an all round great entertainer and having been fans of hers for many years we both felt privileged that we could see her perform live.
Before the concert we ate in one of the 3 'Gordon Ramsey' restaurants in LV, but afterwards when we walked back to the hotel, I was trying to act sophisticated in my very high shoes walking past the Bellagio hotel and its famous fountains, when I suddenly fell flat on my face (that's just typical of me). Needless to say I got up very fast and mended my bruised knee back at the hotel. Another night hubby and I went to see the 'Las Vegas Show' in Planet Hollywood which was really good actually quite interesting to learn about the history of LV.
Hubby and I did spend a few hours in the casinos but not been gamblers and also because we had no idea what to do, we spent most of the time on the slot machines. But needless to say we found the cheapest ones to play on so it felt like our money lasted longer (lol). We did eventually move onto the 'Wheel of fortune' and it didn't help when we realised that 'free drinks' were served continuously whilst you gambled. OMG that is lethal and after a few hours all I can say is we were lucky we only had a certain amount to spend (otherwise we would be bankrupt now lol). When we woke the next morning it was like a scene from the 'Hangover' (well may be not that bad).So, overall a great time was had by all in Las Vegas, highly recommended for a few days and if you have lots of spare cash to spend. Our next stage of the holiday was 'Banff' in Canada.
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