Vivaaaaa Las Vegas!
Yet another exhausting but awesome weekend... I was in Vegas with some friends, most of them from Aleks. Mike , Arnaud, Thomas and I arrived at the Riviera around 12:30am. Mathieu, Heleni, Arnaud, and Dot had arrived an hour before and were already playing slots downtown. Time to check in and drop our bags in the rooms, we were heading to Slots-A-Fun, right across the street, to play blackjack and wait for Gregoire, who was coming from San Francisco, to arrive. David and Sophie joined us a little later in the night.
The one thing I will never get used to is how fast time goes in Vegas. You sit at a blackjack table around 1am, play a little (or at least you think so), take a look outside and it is already dawn. It happened to me every single time I went there. Mathieu, Heleni and I were hungry so we decided to have breakfast at 6:30am, before going to bed.
I woke up at 1pm, took a shower real quick and we went to The Palm for lunch. Then we visited a few casinos: the Bellagio and the Paris LV. I had already seen them before but Gregoire and Thomas were Vegas newbies. Heleni, Mathieu and I went gambling a little and then we went to the Treasure Island to watch Mystere, a show by Cirque du Soleil. It was amazing! Then we walked back to Slots-A-Fun. It was much cooler than during the day (~110°F, dry heat, dry wind). I gambled till 4am and went to bed exhausted.
On Sunday, I woke up at 11:55am (check-out time, 12pm...), jumped into the shower and went to the Wynn. We had the Champagne Brunch at The Buffet, one of the best buffets on the strip. We ate a lot. The food was really good. The spanish sparkling wine they served was alright.
Finally, we ended up at Casino Royale and played blackjack switch. Interesting but it goes really fast since you play two hands at a time.
We finally left Vegas around 6pm and arrived in Irvine at 11:20pm. I still had to drive all the way down to San Diego before passing out on my bed.
Update: It looks like I also passed out in the car, on the way back to Irvine.
The one thing I will never get used to is how fast time goes in Vegas. You sit at a blackjack table around 1am, play a little (or at least you think so), take a look outside and it is already dawn. It happened to me every single time I went there. Mathieu, Heleni and I were hungry so we decided to have breakfast at 6:30am, before going to bed.
I woke up at 1pm, took a shower real quick and we went to The Palm for lunch. Then we visited a few casinos: the Bellagio and the Paris LV. I had already seen them before but Gregoire and Thomas were Vegas newbies. Heleni, Mathieu and I went gambling a little and then we went to the Treasure Island to watch Mystere, a show by Cirque du Soleil. It was amazing! Then we walked back to Slots-A-Fun. It was much cooler than during the day (~110°F, dry heat, dry wind). I gambled till 4am and went to bed exhausted.
On Sunday, I woke up at 11:55am (check-out time, 12pm...), jumped into the shower and went to the Wynn. We had the Champagne Brunch at The Buffet, one of the best buffets on the strip. We ate a lot. The food was really good. The spanish sparkling wine they served was alright.
Finally, we ended up at Casino Royale and played blackjack switch. Interesting but it goes really fast since you play two hands at a time.
We finally left Vegas around 6pm and arrived in Irvine at 11:20pm. I still had to drive all the way down to San Diego before passing out on my bed.
Update: It looks like I also passed out in the car, on the way back to Irvine.
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Sounds like a great trip. The Wynn is amazing. I have yet to eat at The Buffet though.