Vegas Vacation 2012

For the first time in many years, Rob and I had a chance to go on vacation together. What better place to celebrate his birthday than Las Vegas!! It is one of our favorite places. Since I have so many Delta miles from travel last year, we booked through Delta Vacations. We got upgraded seats on direct round-trip flights to Vegas and due to my medallion status, we were able to skip the lines for airport security and boarding. We got a great deal for the Paris Hotel, which is directly across from the Bellagio fountains in the center of the strip. Since the booking was only for a standard room, we tried the "complementary upgrade" trick (in which you pass a $20 or $50 in between your licence and credit card to the check-in person) and it worked!! We got a "complementary upgrade" to the 21st floor facing the Paris tower and the Bellagio fountains. It ended up being one of the coolest parts of the vacation - we could watch the fountains from our room any time we wanted!

We did a TON of walking as usual. We strolled through the Bellagio conservatory to see the 2012 Chinese new year "Year of the Dragon" display. We did a Venetian gondola ride and we were serenaded - I highly recommend it! We watched the Mirage volcano, the Sirens of Ti show (which is admittedly not as good in the cooler months than the summer) and we went to Fremont street to watch the light show. Fremont street is so full of lights it is like DAY in the middle of the night. And there's great people-watching there. It was just plain awesome. Rob has always wanted to see David Copperfield and I have never been to a magic show, so we got tickets and that was fun too - he's very entertaining. He made a car appear on the stage right before our eyes! A big highlight for me was learning how to play Craps. I watched Rob the first day then decided to try it on the night of the show. I was there for 3 hours and was up $150, then we cashed out and went to the show. It was so much fun that we went back to the Craps table after the show - and ended up losing it all!! I'm not disappointed though, it was all money from our change bin we've collected for this very purpose. It was fun to learn and I'll definitely play next time.

Here is a link to our 2012 Vegas photo album! http://www.flickr.com/photos/jamers818/sets/72157629177315376/