this past weekend we were able to check off another item on our to do list :)
we celebrated our one year anniversary in the city with my 5 favorite numbers. which happen to be the zip code of the hotel we stayed at. im tricky i know. our hotel was one block from the strip. which turns out to be A LOT bigger/longer of block than im used to. turns out vegas was a lot more walking than i had anticipated. and we all know how much i love walking. especially in the heat. a mere 100+ degrees each day.
friday we walked the strip and headed over to freemont street. which is the old strip. it had souvenir stores and some older casinos. friday night they put on an awesome light/music show on the ceiling. the show we saw was a little tribute to queen. these pictures dont do it justice but its an attempt.
did you know that the hubs loves coupons and anything free? (i know, surprising) well...at pretty much each casino if you signed up for their players club they would give you $5 reel rewards to use on the slot machines. and then each casino had daily free options too. you could pull a slot or something like that and win a million dollars, more reel rewards or a bunch of other things. well one day i won $10 reel rewards. being the awesome wife i am, i split the money with the hubs. he lost his. however, i decided to turn my $5 into something a bit bigger.
i know that cashout amount is a bit blurry...in case you can't read it it says $109.35 :) turns out a little fish slot machine was my lucky game. who knew?!?!
on saturday we walked the strip a bit more and even found time to visit m&m world & the world of coca cola. we were able to taste test 16 different coke products from around the world. some of them were pretty good. others not so much. one tasted exactly like mouth wash. but a bit sweeter. i can't imagine drinking that instead of my typical mt dew. eew! it was called sunfill mint from djibouti.
and of course we had to check out M&M world. this wall of all the different colors of m&ms was by far my favorite.
we also were able to take a peek around the bellagio (and many of the other hotels---but we liked this one the best) we saw their fountain show and their indoor conservatory. we were amazed by all their flowers...especially the ones in this "canvas" on the easel.
later that night we saw another show. we saw this cirque du soleil show:
this is the only picture we have. not only because they didnt allow cameras in there, but there wouldnt have been any time to look away and find a camera---it was that mesmerizing. i dont even know what my favorite part was. there were people climbing up poles, trampoline acts, bungee/high bar routines, and two brothers who were simply amazing, balancing one brothers weight on one arm while moving and changing positions. seriously words cannot even begin to explain how amazing these people are. they definitely have crazy talent. if you wanna see pictures, check out the website here. Seriously if you ever get to see a cirque du soleil show. GO. its expensive. but definitely worth it.
so overall, we had fun in vegas. but i think the hubs said it best when he said "i think we are too cheap for vegas" we dont like spending tons and tons of money. and in vegas its easy to spend tons of money quickly. like $25 for a lunch buffet. um no thanks. but we are glad that we went there and experienced the vegas strip. will we go back? probably not. but thats ok.
