It was at this point that i discovered that the wheel had broke on the suitcase due to the sheer weight in it (Later i fixed the wheel). We could of got a bell hop, but thought that the experience in actually finding the room would be more fun. After dragging the suitcase through one part of the casino, leaving a trail on the carpet as i went 'cause of the wheel, we managed to find our west wing area where our room was at. It's also demoralising when the put giant mirrors at the end of the corridor stretching it, when you have a stuck wheel. Anyway, we got to the room and WOW. Very nice and contemporary. All the bits you would expect from a hotel of this level and then we discovered a TV built into the mirror in the bathroom ! That completely did it for Andrea.
Food came to the fore again, so we thought we pop down and go to the Grand Buffet ! $20's each for all you can eat food, then for an extra $2.50 we could have all you can drink champagne ! At that price and with it being past 11:00 in the morning...how could we refused? ;) I meant to start off well and not overdo it. 1 hour and breakfast, brunch, roast dinner later, not to mention a few glasses of champagne, i was starting to feel the effects. Andrea actually managed to control herself this time and was fine. We went back to the room for a bit and managed to inadvertently zonk out for 3 or so hours *sigh*. Once my belly had recovered, it was finally time to explore The Strip !
We head out into the main area of the MGM Grand, the bit with the indoor Lion enclosure and the most massive sport betting viewing area I've ever seen. We head upstairs and onto the walkway to the New York New York hotel. That hotel makes me laugh and fills me with wonder at the same time. Moving up we then went to the Bellagio hotel, mainly to watch the famous fountains. Over the course of two days we watched it to Crooners, Classical, Opera, Pop, and even some Kenny G rubbish! The first three are by far the most powerful. Every performance is matched to the music and there's a different one every 15 mins. Fabulous. Moving up it was Ceasers Palace, then down the other side, taking in the Paris, Venetian, Bally's, then Stephen Speilberg's GameWorks arcade (very overrated as an arcade), M&M World, then back to MGM Grand :) After all that walking around and laughing at just how skimpy the waitresses uniforms can be at the casinos, it was time for food again!
By the way, if you want a drink in Vegas go onto the 1 cent slot machines, pop in a dollar and sooner or later a waitress will pop up offering you a free drink of what ever you like :) You can have a very cheap night that way. Besides, even if you don't gamble just sit at a machine, get a drink, and people watch. You can imagine that a place as crass and wonderful as Vegas attracts those sort of people too :) To generalise, the people fall into these categories...
- Couples with not much money
- Drunks
- Down and outs
- Tramps
- Rich blokes with trophy wives
- Utter show offs
- Families
- Families that go on the slots and leave there kids sat down out of the casino area completely unsupervised. Truly shocking.
- Enormous people
- Man eaters
Back to the food. We then went to the small, by Vegas standards, casino called "Hooters" :) Believe it or not, the waitresses were the tamest dressed of all of the casinos despite the reputation of the chain of restaurants. Our waitress today was small buxom girl that decided to take a shine to me despite the presence of Andrea. I would like to say it was my rugged good looks, but alas it was my accent. She told me it's fantastic, and then preceded to stay within earshot of Andrea and I throughout the course of the evening, coming up every five minutes to ask if the meal was OK or if we needed anything.
After the meal, we then retired back to our grand hotel.
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