Hello! I thought I had better update this crazy thing. I keep thinking that i need to get it done, and then get pre-occupied with other things and don't get it done. I still need to download pictures yet, so for now you'll have to bear with hearing the story of us in Vegas!
Martin and I had a lot of fun. Sunday was the day we flew in, and we basically just walked around the Luxor and didn't go anywhere else. I, of course, had to take a nap (it was a 2 hour time difference - they are earlier than we are). Martin walked around the casino and gambled a little bit that afternoon, but not much. And right off the bat, we got hit up to hear a time share deal and we got cheaper tickets out of doing that, so we were signed up to do that on Monday at 9:15am.
Monday morning came and we did our time share deal - man are they expensive and pushy. They wouldn't take no for an answer and by the time we got back to our hotel, it was around 1:00 or so. By this time, Martin's mom, Josie, his sister Liz and her boyfriend, Julio were already in Vegas so we immediately made plans to visit them at their casino - Fitzgeralds. Getting on the double decker bus was another important event - the Deuce wasn't in the spot where we were told it was so we walked all around the Excalibur casino/hotel once and came back to where we were before only to have someone else tell us that it was that way, just a little different. So after we finally found "the Deuce", we paid $4.00 for a 24 hour pass for both of us to ride and we were on our way to see our family! After 45 minutes of being on the bus, we finally arrived at the Fitzgerald and met Martin's family. I never realized how much I missed them until we saw them! They were a welcome site! They were already in the casino gambling and when we arrived, we started to walk down old Vegas - that is really cool. If you ever go to Vegas, I encourage you to visit old Vegas. To see the Golden Nugget, Fitzgeralds, Binions, etc. It is really fun. Binions is where the poker tournaments actually got started and I guess they will hold some of their poker tournaments there that they televise. Also, old Vegas is where Nicholas Cage crashes into a casino in the movie - Con Air. I think its by the guy dressed like a cowboy. Now all of those casinos are caged in of sorts. There is a metal canopy over the top of them and at night they have a light show you can watch. That is really cool too. That starts at 9:00 and then after that they have a band playing there for the "Freemont Street Exprience" so it is called. It was really fun, and I must say, that is where we enjoyed ourselves the most. We didn't do any sight seeing along the strip at all, but next time we go, that's gonna be on our agenda. The most important part of this trip was to see Martin's family which we got to do, and that was a lot of fun. We spent all day Tuesday with them as well, just walking down Freemont Street, visiting the various casinos there and talking.
We all flew out on Wed. morning at almost the same times, but different airlines, so we didn't get to see each other then, but it was a lot of fun. The one other thing we didn't get to do was meet my cousins, Jeff and Cindi there. They stayed at Planet Hollywood, but we didnt have a chance to meet up with them. Crazy, be we live only 2 1/2 hours from each other and we never see each other. Cindi and I talked on Tuesday night and we both agreed that we'll have to get together sometime!
Must get going. It is very early in the morning, I couldn't sleep so I thought I would get on the computer, hoping to help me fall back to sleep. So far it hasn't helped at all. Maybe the tv will and on a nice comfortable couch!
I will download pictures soon! Love you all!
Michelle
