Friday 25th December
Despite what the guide book says "Star Trek: The Experience" is not on here. You can imagine my disappointment.
I did consider going on "CSI: The Experience" instead, on the theory that it would at least be an experience. Instead I went back to the hotel and had "Sleep: The Experience"
I have still not done any gambling yet. I am not sure I will. I have nothing against the idea and if I squint I can see myself winning at roulette (but only because I do not have to work out what other people are holding in thei hands).
It is just every one seems so serious on the gambling tables, and the slot machine don't have the same kind of green-baize seriousness.
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Friday, 25 December 2009
Christmas in Vegas
Friday 25th December
The truth is that in Vegas, Christmas Day sounds and looks like any other day in Vegas: flashing lights, bells, overweight white men dressed in red carrying bags full of presents and over-consumption of food.
I haven't decided if that makes Christmas here easier or not?
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There are at least two free, hotel displays which everyone goes to see: the fountains at Bellagio's and the volcano eruption at Mirage.
While they are both technically amazing they are also very funny, or at least they had me laughing out loud.
The fountains are fantastic. They are choreographed to dance and twirl to either opera or pop tunes.
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The truth is that in Vegas, Christmas Day sounds and looks like any other day in Vegas: flashing lights, bells, overweight white men dressed in red carrying bags full of presents and over-consumption of food.
I haven't decided if that makes Christmas here easier or not?
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There are at least two free, hotel displays which everyone goes to see: the fountains at Bellagio's and the volcano eruption at Mirage.While they are both technically amazing they are also very funny, or at least they had me laughing out loud.
The fountains are fantastic. They are choreographed to dance and twirl to either opera or pop tunes.
Volcano - erupting daily at the Mirage,
synchronised to drum beats
The fountains at Bellagio's, synchronised to different tunes.
We got "Santa, baby, slip a sable under the tree"
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The other thing is that both these displays take place right beside the busiest road in Vegas, the Strip. Drivers and pedestrians all stop to watch these displays which take place every hour or half hour. That only partly explains the horrendous traffic jams.
Is there such a thing as sugar-free lemon meringue pie?
Thursday 24th December
There is an all-you-can eat buffet here at the Luxor, appropriately enough in the bowels of the hotel-casino. You pay $30 and eat as much as you want, and can even come back later in the day to eat it all over again.
Everything was going fine: I was being very sensible, eating very slowly, savouring each mouthful; not too much food and not too little. The only thing different about me from everyone else was the fact that I was reading a book. But surely other people come to Vegas and read over supper?
Then I discovered the “sugar-free” lemon meringue pie. Next to it was the “sugar free” chocolate pie. Next to that was “fat-free” vanilla yoghurt.
I have not really had sugary food since August and the “sugar-free” label was too tempting. But can there be such a thing as “sugar-free” lemon meringue pie? Not judging by the taste of this one.
After one plate I felt like running round the restaurant like an excitable child. “Frisky” would be the way to describe the feeling. It does make me sound like a stampeding horse, which would be about right.
I only had one piece of the lemon pie. Then I had a piece of the chocolate pie. Then I had to stop, not because I was full, but because I know where the alternative leads.
This would be something the Lighter Life counsellor would see as a “good” thing. That, when faced with “sugar-free” sugar, I did not go crazy and have 15 pieces. I am just happy for the sugar rush I did get.
There is an all-you-can eat buffet here at the Luxor, appropriately enough in the bowels of the hotel-casino. You pay $30 and eat as much as you want, and can even come back later in the day to eat it all over again.
Everything was going fine: I was being very sensible, eating very slowly, savouring each mouthful; not too much food and not too little. The only thing different about me from everyone else was the fact that I was reading a book. But surely other people come to Vegas and read over supper?
Then I discovered the “sugar-free” lemon meringue pie. Next to it was the “sugar free” chocolate pie. Next to that was “fat-free” vanilla yoghurt.
I have not really had sugary food since August and the “sugar-free” label was too tempting. But can there be such a thing as “sugar-free” lemon meringue pie? Not judging by the taste of this one.
After one plate I felt like running round the restaurant like an excitable child. “Frisky” would be the way to describe the feeling. It does make me sound like a stampeding horse, which would be about right.
I only had one piece of the lemon pie. Then I had a piece of the chocolate pie. Then I had to stop, not because I was full, but because I know where the alternative leads.
This would be something the Lighter Life counsellor would see as a “good” thing. That, when faced with “sugar-free” sugar, I did not go crazy and have 15 pieces. I am just happy for the sugar rush I did get.
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