Viva Las Vegas!

Our last, blissful days of the holiday were, of course, spent in the sweltering desert heat of Las Vegas. 

The first night we arrived was, once again, a family night. This time, we met up with Joyce and Hanna at the Paris. A busy, hot and neon infused walk down The Las Vegas Strip lead us to the famous American landmark, The Eiffel Tower. We knew we'd got the right place! We enjoyed a lovely Italian dinner at one of the restaurants in the hotel and then had to say our final goodbyes to the family. :(

After we'd left the Paris, we stayed around outside to watch the Bellagio fountain show, which was just across the street. It's insane how high the water is jetted, some of the spurts reach over the top of the hotel, which is 36 floors tall! 

 After the show finished, we wandered back down The Strip towards Treasure Island, our hotel. We were again waylaid by one of the many shows, this time, it was the volcano at  Caesar's Palace. This was another cool fountain, but this time a lava fountain! Well, not really, but the water was lighted so convincingly it looked amazing.

After both of those awesome shows, we went back to the hotel and enjoyed the Sirens of Treasure Island show. Again, we watched it from the room, so, it wasn't the best view, but it was easy to see the fireworks!

The day after our Grand Canyon tour, we had a lie in before heading through the casino area to the nearby Fashion Show Mall. We spent the morning browsing and buying, and, by some miracle I found a few shops I actually liked. My favourite: Hot Topic. It was like some kind of weird fan-girl/nerd paradise. Juliet also got to go into one of her favourite shops, Hollister, and make good use of the offers and lower exchange rate price of clothing. Wins all round!

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After our shopping excursion, we returned to the hotel to freshen up and pack up our spoils. It didn't take long,  and soon enough we were stepping out into the oven-like heat again. Our first stop was Caesar's Palace, in the hope that we could see the moving statues and changing ceiling the hotel/casino are so famous for. Unfortunately, the statues were broken... :( and, we couldn't find the ceiling. But, we still had a great time just soaking up the atmosphere.

We then wandered down the Strip, heading towards the Palazzo which is across from Treasure Island. The heat was very intense, and I didn't feel very well (I was kind of in a weird dehydrated trance) but the others enjoyed looking at the Palazzo's famous gondolas and general Italian themed awesomeness. We got an excellent look at only a tiny portion of the city, but it was enough.

We returned to the room and got changed, preparing for the last hurrah of the holiday - the Treasure Island buffet... Our mouths-watering, eyes feasting, we waited in line with anticipation. The spread of food was amazing  the choice included Japanese, Chinese, American, French, Italian and so much more... and that's not even mentioning the desserts! We really enjoyed the very varied meal and stuffed ourselves completely. After that, it appeared it was over... We'd enjoyed our 'last supper' in the land of dreams

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Desserts! Picci from here

We weren't fully prepared to face the reality that it was over... However, it was, and we were up the next morning to catch a flight. Watch the next (and possibly ultimate) post for our return home and, hopefully, some kind of mash-up-compilation video I'm hoping to make

Caroline :)