Las Vegas Day #2

Friday morning, Jason and I slept in until 9:30 (which is a big accomplishment for us! we are usually awake at the crack of dawn). We got ready, and then headed to an early lunch at In-n-Out! The one and only thing Jason requested that we do on our trip was to go In-n-Out, so we had to oblige. Thankfully we went early enough that it wasn't terribly crowded.

Mmmmmmmm!

After our early lunch, we did lots more walking around, exploring casinos.

Excalibur

Luxor

Chihuly's glass flowers inside the Bellagio

Inside the atrium of the Bellagio

Inside the atrium, there was a beautiful display of roses

Fun fountains inside

My mostest favorite thing in Las Vegas is definitely the Fountains of Bellagio. I had heard rave reviews of the fountains but did not expect to be blown away by them like I was. I seriously almost cried the first time we say them. We stopped several times to watch the show, and it never got old. I think I could watch it for hours!

We also spent some time in the M&M store. They had raspberry flavored M&M's--yummy!

My favorite--the yellow M&M

We also visited the Coke store, where I had an ice cold bottle of Coke

Back "home" after a long day of walking

On Friday evening, we had dinner at the buffet at the Planet Hollywood casino. But I was silly and didn't take a single picture of our dinner (sorry, Sandy!) or the casino. I really liked it inside. And the food was delish!

After our dinner, we walked through Paris. We planned to go up into the Eiffel Tower that night, but it had been raining and lightning, so it was closed for the night.

The fountains were even more amazing at night--pictures just can't do them justice!

Friday night, Jason and I saw KA by Cirque du Soleil at MGM. I hate to say this (especially to you Cirque du Soleil fans who plan on seeing this show), but we were a little disappointed. Severl weeks ago, I saw CdS's traveling show "Corteo" in Denver, and it was so amazing. I love all the circus acts (ie: acrobatics, tightrope, trapeze-like acts, swinging from the ceiling), but this show contained very little of that type of action. It was more like a play. The theatre was nice, and the set was awesome, but it just wasn't what I was expecting. (I have been reading reviews of the show on the internet from other people who saw KA and loved it, so don't let my one opinion change your mind if you were ever planning on going). I think both Mystere and O are more like what I would expect, but we weren't able to get tickets. Hopefully next time!

"Home" again

And what did I have to show for the day? Tired, blistered feet! I thought I was taking comfy shoes, but they just weren't cut out for that amount of walking. I sure will know better next time!

And for those of you who are curious, we won nothing. Zip, zero, zilch. We didn't do any hard-core gambling, but we did play slot machines. And they took all our money. Thank goodness it wasn't much.