Holiday in Vegas

After finalizing our adoption application, background checks, training classes, personal profile, and gathering of paperwork from the previous 5 years - we decided we needed to get-away (seriously!). And the perfect quick get-away seemed to be Vegas. Since neither of us are really gamblers, being in Vegas might seem like an odd destination - but I had never been and David thought it was time for me to go.

We left on a Thursday and stayed at the Rio which is located off-strip.

We spent the rest of our travel day checking out the Rio at the Wine Cellar and David played craps (I just helped him drink the free beer they kept delivering to the players). Then we had dinner in the hotel at the Italian restaurant: Antonio's

Friday was a day of total exploration. We started at the south end of the strip and checked out every casino's theme and atmosphere. At Mandalay Bay we went to the Shark Reef... but didn't take any pictures of sharks...

Then we went to the Luxor and experienced their interactive movie ride (I don't know what it's actually called...) it was fun... till one of the riders pulled the "get me outta here rope" and ended the ride for all of us :p Fortunately it was almost over.

We kind of quickly walked through Excalibur... it wasn't very impressive. But New York New York... now that place had the best restaurant inside! The Nine Fine Irishmen is where we had lunch, we sat next to a gentleman from Ireland who was in the US for his first time and he kept telling us how much he LOVED America... well, at least he loved Vegas. I loved the live band that was playing irish folk music :) I think if we ever go back to Vegas I'd like to stay at NY NY.

That night we saw Monty Python's "The Quest for the Holy Grail." LOVED it. They actually let you drink beer during the play out of a giant gold (plastic) grail!

(I can't seem to get any more pictures to upload - so I'm done trying for now)

Next day we finished the rest of the casinos. My favorite place to just sit and enjoy a class of wine was in front of the fountain stage/show at the Wynn. I could have sat there allllll day.