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- Nov 14, 2010
Day 5, Goodbye San Fran, Hello Vegas!
We were up early this morning as we were off to VEGAS! We packed up the last of our things, tidied up the condo and then heaved all of the cases back down the stairs and into the car. We wanted to make sure we would get to the airport with plenty of time to drop off the car and get the monorail so we skipped breakfast, we kinda hoped we would find somewhere on the way but we didn't
We got to the airport but then had to drive around for a bit looking for somewhere to put in petrol, we still had plenty of time though. We dropped the car off with Alamo and headed inside to catch the monorail. We picked a good day to be leaving, it was rather chilly and grey outside.
We made our way over to get checked in and pay for our bags. We were flying Virgin America and it was obviously the hip place to be, they had music playing etc. Virgin Atlantic could take a leaf out of their book that for sure! We dropped our bags off with no trouble and made our way through security. By now it was about 11am and still no food :-/ I was about ready to chew my arm off, so we went in search of food. We found a burger place and had a rather early lunch. I went for a chicken burger (of course) while Sy had a BLT I believe. I dunno if we were just starving or if it was really good but we are every bite! Jane enjoyed hers too (but I forget what she ordered).
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We had time for a quick mooch about the shops before our flight was called. The flight and crew were excellent, I can see why they are so highly rated as a company to fly with! The flight was quite bumpy, not scarily bumpy but not what you'd call smooth either. There were some beautiful sights out of the window.
And I saw this on our way in...
Once off the flight we followed signs to the car hire desk, what we didn't know was that it was actually off site and we had to get on a bus. Luckily there was one there so it was no trouble, but it was a fair old journey to the car hire desks and after a bumpy flight I started to feel a bit queasy! Once there and our bags unloaded, we tipped the driver and headed inside to pick up the car. We were told to choose any with a California licence as we would be dropping the car in LA.
Finally we were driving out of the garage and straight onto the strip.
We were soon pulling up at the Trump. It didn't disappoint!! Jane and I grabbed a selfie while Sy dealt with valet.
Pretty lobby.
We headed in to check in and were told our room numbers, which were on the 54th floor! Ahh! We had our own special elevator which made our ears pop on every journey in it lol. The view was pretty spectacular.
Loads of pics of the room.
We got changed and headed down to get the car again before heading out to explore some of the strip.
Another selfie while waiting for valet.
We decided to go for a look round the Venetian. Lots of unaffordable shops (this was to become a theme with all of the hotels!). Saw the gondola's which before we arrived I had down as a must do... I saw how short they were and soon changed my mind. I dunno, I just wasn't wowed by this hotel (I wasn't actually wowed by any of the hotels it would turn out), I was expecting more, more wow factor. My mum says she thinks Disney have spoiled me HAHAHA Disney does everything so well that I have high expectations LOL, I think she might be onto something
While we were in there we stopped to grab a drink at the food court, Sy got some pot stickers and spring rolls for us to share from Panda Express, while Jane went for an ice cream, we then went to wander round some more.
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Next up was Ceaser's Palace. We wandered around looking in the shops and through the casino.
We started to get hungry for dinner so we made our way over to the Cheesecake Factory. We put our name down and had to return half an hour later, that was dangeoous as we were right next to a bath and bodyworks... Poor Sy's wallet took a bit of a hit hehehe but afterwards we only had a little while to wait! Woohoo! We waited for about 5 minutes outside before we were shown inside to a table.
I had been feeling a bit dodgy all day and the theme continued through dinner, I ended up not eating much and having to leave Sy and Jane to eat their food while I went to the car (which was a fair bit of a walk away), I wanted to get to the car before I got too ill and couldn't walk for the wobbles.
Our server was erm, he was okay. He wasn't very attentive at all, we had to ask a few times for refills and bread. He wasn't bad per se, but he was typical Cheesecake factory. When we were finally able to order Sy went for Bang Bang chicken, I had a chicken quesedilla appetiser and Jane had carbonara. I wasn't a fan of mine though it may have had something to do with me feeling rough, Sy and Jane though absolutely LOVED theirs!
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Sy got us a mango key lime cheesecake to go and Jane got cookie dough I believe? Sy and Jane paid up while I was walking back to the car and they joined me shortly after.
We then drove back to the hotel, we valet parked and headed up to our rooms. I took some pictures of the lobby looking all pretty lit up.
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I was still poorly for a while and finally got into bed at about 11pm.[/URL][/URL][/URL][/URL][/URL][/URL][/URL][/URL]
We were up early this morning as we were off to VEGAS! We packed up the last of our things, tidied up the condo and then heaved all of the cases back down the stairs and into the car. We wanted to make sure we would get to the airport with plenty of time to drop off the car and get the monorail so we skipped breakfast, we kinda hoped we would find somewhere on the way but we didn't
We got to the airport but then had to drive around for a bit looking for somewhere to put in petrol, we still had plenty of time though. We dropped the car off with Alamo and headed inside to catch the monorail. We picked a good day to be leaving, it was rather chilly and grey outside.
We made our way over to get checked in and pay for our bags. We were flying Virgin America and it was obviously the hip place to be, they had music playing etc. Virgin Atlantic could take a leaf out of their book that for sure! We dropped our bags off with no trouble and made our way through security. By now it was about 11am and still no food :-/ I was about ready to chew my arm off, so we went in search of food. We found a burger place and had a rather early lunch. I went for a chicken burger (of course) while Sy had a BLT I believe. I dunno if we were just starving or if it was really good but we are every bite! Jane enjoyed hers too (but I forget what she ordered).
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We had time for a quick mooch about the shops before our flight was called. The flight and crew were excellent, I can see why they are so highly rated as a company to fly with! The flight was quite bumpy, not scarily bumpy but not what you'd call smooth either. There were some beautiful sights out of the window.
And I saw this on our way in...
Once off the flight we followed signs to the car hire desk, what we didn't know was that it was actually off site and we had to get on a bus. Luckily there was one there so it was no trouble, but it was a fair old journey to the car hire desks and after a bumpy flight I started to feel a bit queasy! Once there and our bags unloaded, we tipped the driver and headed inside to pick up the car. We were told to choose any with a California licence as we would be dropping the car in LA.
Finally we were driving out of the garage and straight onto the strip.
We were soon pulling up at the Trump. It didn't disappoint!! Jane and I grabbed a selfie while Sy dealt with valet.
Pretty lobby.
We headed in to check in and were told our room numbers, which were on the 54th floor! Ahh! We had our own special elevator which made our ears pop on every journey in it lol. The view was pretty spectacular.
Loads of pics of the room.
We got changed and headed down to get the car again before heading out to explore some of the strip.
Another selfie while waiting for valet.
We decided to go for a look round the Venetian. Lots of unaffordable shops (this was to become a theme with all of the hotels!). Saw the gondola's which before we arrived I had down as a must do... I saw how short they were and soon changed my mind. I dunno, I just wasn't wowed by this hotel (I wasn't actually wowed by any of the hotels it would turn out), I was expecting more, more wow factor. My mum says she thinks Disney have spoiled me HAHAHA Disney does everything so well that I have high expectations LOL, I think she might be onto something
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Next up was Ceaser's Palace. We wandered around looking in the shops and through the casino.
We started to get hungry for dinner so we made our way over to the Cheesecake Factory. We put our name down and had to return half an hour later, that was dangeoous as we were right next to a bath and bodyworks... Poor Sy's wallet took a bit of a hit hehehe but afterwards we only had a little while to wait! Woohoo! We waited for about 5 minutes outside before we were shown inside to a table.
I had been feeling a bit dodgy all day and the theme continued through dinner, I ended up not eating much and having to leave Sy and Jane to eat their food while I went to the car (which was a fair bit of a walk away), I wanted to get to the car before I got too ill and couldn't walk for the wobbles.
Our server was erm, he was okay. He wasn't very attentive at all, we had to ask a few times for refills and bread. He wasn't bad per se, but he was typical Cheesecake factory. When we were finally able to order Sy went for Bang Bang chicken, I had a chicken quesedilla appetiser and Jane had carbonara. I wasn't a fan of mine though it may have had something to do with me feeling rough, Sy and Jane though absolutely LOVED theirs!
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Sy got us a mango key lime cheesecake to go and Jane got cookie dough I believe? Sy and Jane paid up while I was walking back to the car and they joined me shortly after.
We then drove back to the hotel, we valet parked and headed up to our rooms. I took some pictures of the lobby looking all pretty lit up.
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