Las Vegas day 1

Aka “lost wages”. The first time we heard it called that we found it really funny. The next ten times not so much! It probably works better with the american pronunciation as they pronounce las as los.

Time to start the tour of the hotels on the strip, heading north.

Next door is Excalibur, and a stop at Dicks for breakfast. Sitting down at the table we compared notes, yes she did say good luck, and the server said he’d be back, we are his lowest priority. Unbeknownst to us, it is a themed restaurant working on insults! Actually quite funny!

Next stop New York. Yes, that is a statue of chocolate.

The Cosmopolitan. A great chandelier!

The Belaggio chocolate fountain.

Whilst the gardens were very impressive they were heaving with tourists which made them not relaxing at all. The ceiling in the reception that cost $40m was impressive, but maybe not $40m impressive.

The fountain show lived up to my high expectations with the music to accompany subtly coming from speakers hidden in the walls. The Grand Prix is here in a month or so, therefore there is a great big temporary building along most of the length of the fountains, so you can’t see them properly from the road. You can still see them fine from the hotel.

We loved Ceasers Palace and their shopping area. Yes, that is a spiral escalator!

Likewise The Venetian, my favourite.

The Sphere. We would have loved to see a show here however the Eagles were on for about $1,000 for a decent ticket or The Wizard of Oz, aimed more for kids.

There is a LV Raiders game on today in town so we are gradually learning the team names from all the tshirts. 98 Crosby is very popular!

A few more hotels. Very interesting how much they vary from how well themed they are and how posh or the opposite!

A cab ride to Freemont Street through the dodgey area, which turned out to have so many chapels. I’d wrongly assumed there were only a few cute ones and near to the strip.

Freemont Street, a very impressive screen on the roof, lots of loud music, and a great vibe. We saw a few doing the zip line.

Weed is legal here, and whilst Nevada’s law says it is not for use in public spaces, the smell was too much here, so we headed back into town for dinner. Well, Venice actually.