So we made our way from Dallas to Las Vegas and checked into Ballies hotel and casino. Amazingly enough it looked exactly as you would expect a Vegas hotel to look. Slot machines everywhere and restaurants and bars a plenty. There where people everywhere when we checked in and we soon found out it was because of March madness.
It took us a while to figure out what exactly March madness was but apparently it’s because of all the basketball games going on at the moment. It’s the college finals and their are hundreds of games happening over a few weeks and this past weekend was pretty much the busiest of the lot. So there were thousands of people throwing money at every game it seemed, the betting bars were packed full of people. It made Vegas seem even more insane than I’m sure it really is.
We walked up and down the strip and went to all of the famous hotels and got to see a lot of the typically Vegas TV attractions. We also got stopped at every street corner by people trying to get us to hire strippers and hookers. It was kinda crazy. They hand out these little business cards with the girls on and then you can call them, but they are sneaky sneaky and you don’t realize what they are giving you half the time so you end up throwing it on the floor. So this means that half and hour after they come out the floor around them is covered in naked girl business cards. It’s quite odd.
We went to see The Celine Dion show which was pretty keel actually. The show is really well done even if you aren’t a big fan. I think Claire appreciated it more than me though and she can tell you all about it. We also went to see a Mentalist show which was very well done. He did some really keel tricks and freaked out a lot of people.
All in all Vegas was probably my favorite place to visit so far. We are now sitting in our hotel room in LA and watching some cable before we hit the sack. Will give you guys another update before we leave for Mexico.
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Dad and Mum says:
March 22, 2011 at 12:07 pm (UTC 2)
So awesome you had fun in Vegas. The business card thing is quite funny after a while. I wondered if they went and picked them up and then re used them!
Have an wonderful time in LA.
Lots of love
Jen says:
March 22, 2011 at 1:33 pm (UTC 2)
No midgets?!?
Claire says:
March 22, 2011 at 5:36 pm (UTC 2)
Haha, we saw two in fact!
Jen says:
March 25, 2011 at 8:28 am (UTC 2)
Lol, of course, where else?
Craig says:
March 22, 2011 at 3:39 pm (UTC 2)
Gosh I wish i was there! Vegas sounds so cool!
Missing you guys!
Craig
Zascha says:
March 22, 2011 at 4:43 pm (UTC 2)
Vegas always seems to me on a TV like a place that’s stranger than fiction hehe
Glad you guys had fun, enjoy LA!
NorMom says:
March 23, 2011 at 7:01 am (UTC 2)
Yeh but what about midget polar bears??
When are you going to see Fritz?
Love to both of you.