Trip to Arizona - Days 7 and 8 - Live from HOME
Okay, I'm back home, and I'm bringing updates as to what I've been up to during the last few days of my trip. I'll upload photos as soon as possible!
Day 7
- Got up at 8:30 (OMG THE SUN!)
- Breakfast at the hotel.
- Left hotel at 11:30. Headed to Las Vegas now (WOO!)
- Passed the Arizona/Nevada borders about 3 minutes later, at 10:33 Nevada time.
- Arrival in Las Vegas an hour and 30 minutes later, at noon local time. Elevation: 2156 feet.
- Drove on Las Vegas Boulevard. ("Say 'I do' Drive Thru". Only in Vegas can you marry without even leaving your car.)
- 52°F. WOW! Some rain, nothing bad.
- Passed by Circus Circus at 12:17 (stayed there on my first time in Vegas, back in 2001 I believe? The second was in 2006; I stayed at the Tuscany that time.)
- 12:23 : Parked at the Wynn. Visited a bit... MY GOD THOSE BATHROOMS... with... 10 feet high doors...)
- Only in Las Vegas do you get background music as you walk on the sidewalks.
-Walked to Treasure Island, then the Mirage... Stopped by the giftshop of Madame Tussaud's museum... Took a picture of Johnny Depp's wax statue there.
- 2:15 : Bought tickets for Love at the Mirage for tomorrow.
- 2:40 : Stopped by McDonald's for a bite.
- 6:00 : Back to car after hours of walking around on the strip and getting lost twice in some hotels/casinos.
- 6:30 : Checked in at Super 8 motel.
- Went out to walk around on the strip again. (You should see the traffic... If you think New York's got it bad...) Grabbed something to eat at Subway. Went to M&M's World store (my favorite), Coca-Cola's store, and some other little boutiques.
- 10:30 : Back to room. My feet are killing me!
Day 8
- Got up at 9:30.
- Went for a drive on the strip while we still had the rental car. Drove to the "Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas" sign (which has been a historic place since 1959) for a photo.
- My father dropped my mother and I at the motel to return the rental car for 12:15. He came back by shuttle.
- Chilled at the hotel until 2:15.
- Went to walk on the strip again.
- 4:15 : stopped at Bill's Gamblin' Hall and Saloon to eat.
- 6:15 : Arrival at the Love theater at the Mirage hotel.
- The show was good, but could have been better... They focused way too much on the Beatles' psychedelic phase, as like 2/3 of the songs were from that period.Paul McCartney supervised this... and yet no Yellow Submarine for their psychedelic years? I call blasphemy. Isn't a hommage supposed to center on an artist's best hits and not their obscure music nobody remembers? Seriously, I'm not a fan of Beatles' music, but I know a lot of their songs, yet didn't recognized a lot of what they played! But anyway, the show was great visually, though there were long moments that were boring. And we were at the balcony, which costs less, and offers a great view (as Cirque du Soleil shows usually have lots of things happening in heights). The first rows got covered by a giant bedsheet at some point as a part of the show... Yeah, I bet you had a great view, folks!
There's not much to say after that... on the 12th our plane took off at 11:20 and we arrived in Montréal about 5 hours later. I'm exhausted, and have like 80 unread emails in my inbox!
Day 7
- Got up at 8:30 (OMG THE SUN!)
- Breakfast at the hotel.
- Left hotel at 11:30. Headed to Las Vegas now (WOO!)
- Passed the Arizona/Nevada borders about 3 minutes later, at 10:33 Nevada time.
- Arrival in Las Vegas an hour and 30 minutes later, at noon local time. Elevation: 2156 feet.
- Drove on Las Vegas Boulevard. ("Say 'I do' Drive Thru". Only in Vegas can you marry without even leaving your car.)
- 52°F. WOW! Some rain, nothing bad.
- Passed by Circus Circus at 12:17 (stayed there on my first time in Vegas, back in 2001 I believe? The second was in 2006; I stayed at the Tuscany that time.)
- 12:23 : Parked at the Wynn. Visited a bit... MY GOD THOSE BATHROOMS... with... 10 feet high doors...)
- Only in Las Vegas do you get background music as you walk on the sidewalks.
-Walked to Treasure Island, then the Mirage... Stopped by the giftshop of Madame Tussaud's museum... Took a picture of Johnny Depp's wax statue there.
- 2:15 : Bought tickets for Love at the Mirage for tomorrow.
- 2:40 : Stopped by McDonald's for a bite.
- 6:00 : Back to car after hours of walking around on the strip and getting lost twice in some hotels/casinos.
- 6:30 : Checked in at Super 8 motel.
- Went out to walk around on the strip again. (You should see the traffic... If you think New York's got it bad...) Grabbed something to eat at Subway. Went to M&M's World store (my favorite), Coca-Cola's store, and some other little boutiques.
- 10:30 : Back to room. My feet are killing me!
Day 8
- Got up at 9:30.
- Went for a drive on the strip while we still had the rental car. Drove to the "Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas" sign (which has been a historic place since 1959) for a photo.
- My father dropped my mother and I at the motel to return the rental car for 12:15. He came back by shuttle.
- Chilled at the hotel until 2:15.
- Went to walk on the strip again.
- 4:15 : stopped at Bill's Gamblin' Hall and Saloon to eat.
- 6:15 : Arrival at the Love theater at the Mirage hotel.
- The show was good, but could have been better... They focused way too much on the Beatles' psychedelic phase, as like 2/3 of the songs were from that period.Paul McCartney supervised this... and yet no Yellow Submarine for their psychedelic years? I call blasphemy. Isn't a hommage supposed to center on an artist's best hits and not their obscure music nobody remembers? Seriously, I'm not a fan of Beatles' music, but I know a lot of their songs, yet didn't recognized a lot of what they played! But anyway, the show was great visually, though there were long moments that were boring. And we were at the balcony, which costs less, and offers a great view (as Cirque du Soleil shows usually have lots of things happening in heights). The first rows got covered by a giant bedsheet at some point as a part of the show... Yeah, I bet you had a great view, folks!
There's not much to say after that... on the 12th our plane took off at 11:20 and we arrived in Montréal about 5 hours later. I'm exhausted, and have like 80 unread emails in my inbox!