If you have read Sandy's blog, and I know you have, you already know more or less what we did. But here's my take: After a very nice time in Death Valley, we arrived at the Excalibur on Friday morning, our room was in the 13th floor! Lizzie said she thought hotels didn't have floor 13 anymore, and Sandy was surprised I stayed in the 13th floor. I guess I am not as superstitious as I used to be!
The room was OK, not too fancy but good enough, we all were in the same floor just 2 rooms away from each other. Lizzie was lucky to have a pillow top bed, the rest of us had the regular coiled ones. Like Sandy said, it was funny they got to Vegas from Salt Lake and San Diego almost at the same time, and also got back home within a few minutes of each other.
As it was already a little late, we all went to eat at the Excalibur buffet, after that we gambled a little and rested a while, then we went to have a drink, gambled a little, and to bed.
Saturday morning we had Krispy Kremes for breakfast, then we all went to City Center and looked around a bit, very high class stores, beautiful surroundings and a wonderful scent inside the covered mall. After that we walked to Planet Hollywood Casino, formerly The Aladdin, and had lunch at a Mexican Restaurant. The girls paid for the lunch for Marvin's birthday :)
After that we walked back to Excalibur. As usual the sidewalks were crowded and the people rude. They always seem to be in a hurry! When we got back to our room, I had a huge blister in my left foot and it was sore, Marvin also had a few blisters, I guess we are not used to looooong walks!
At night we all went to The Tournament of Kings. We were in the Spain side, of course, and it was quite entertaining. The entrance fee, thanks Sandy, included dinner which consisted of a very tasty tomato soup, a whole Cornish game hen with potatoes and broccoli, and pastries for dessert, it also included drinks. There was no silverware so we had to eat with our hands.
After the show was over, we all drove to Fremont Street in downtown Las Vegas to see the lights and sounds street show. It was nice because it featured the music of The Doors, we all sang to it.
When we got back to Excalibur, The Thompsons went to the Faire but it closed shortly after.
Marvin, Marty and I hung around for a while playing the slot machines, but lady luck was not on our side!
In the morning we all went to have breakfast, and right after that they all left. Marvin and I stayed for an extra day. He and I went to New York New York for lunch, and later we went to Mandalay Bay for an early dinner. I wanted to go to a famous chef restaurant, so I chose the Border Grill. The owners are Top Chefs and had a TV cooking show too. Well, neither Marvin nor I were impressed with the food, and the price was way too high! oh well it was fun anyway.
We left Las Vegas Monday morning, and on the way home, we stopped in my favorite M Resort, where I went directly to the Baby Cakes Bakery and bought enough pastries to last me for a couple of days. The highlight was a chocolate eclair. Just thinking of it makes my mouth water and my tummy rumbled with happiness. You all need to taste it if you want a taste of Nirvana :)
All in all we had a great vacation time, I enjoyed seeing everything and celebrating Marvin's birthday with our daughters and grandson, and Marty.
Happy 70th Birthday Marvin!
1 comment:
hee hee. I don't think this is a long post!
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