I arrived in Vegas a few hours before Julie, and immediately checked into our hotel room at The Hard Rock Hotel. Well, immediately may be a small lie... first I had a delicious beer at Hofbräuhaus. The Hard Rock Hotel is huge... It's basically a hotel, casino, mall, tattoo studio, concert arena, vacation club, athletic club, bar, and restaurants all in one. Every hotel/casino in Vegas takes up an entire block, each of which is larger than the entire town of Jackson (no joke). I wasted time waiting for My Love to arrive by of course spending time in the Tattoo Studio at the hotel. Don't worry I did not get "new ink" but instead looked at the portfolios of the resident artists. My favorite tattoo was by far an enormous piece encompassing a guy's entire chest with the word "VEGAS BABY." I knew we were in for a good time.
When Julie finally arrived at the hotel we met up with Julie's friend Mick in the lobby. Mick was visiting from Australia. Julie had told me many stories about Mick. I was excited to meet him. The three of us went up to Mick's room where we had some drinks and met up with another Aussie, Luke. I have to admit one thing... i really really love Australians. They are so carefree, fun and happy. It was great to be around them as we don't get many interactions with Aussies here in Jackson.
That night we went to a night club in The Mirage Hotel with a bunch of other ladies visiting Mick. Julie had told me Mick was a ladies man and all the American girls studying abroad fall in love with him. I could tell every word was true. The only question I had was: "how many of these American ladies had Mick wooed in Australia, and were they going to get in fights over him here in the states?" I was hoping to experience some serious cat-fights.
I was, and still am, completely blown away by the size of Vegas. The hotel/casinos are enormous. I had no idea they were so expansive, and so over-the-top. I kept thinking what humans would think of our civilization 1000 years from now once our "Vegas-style Empire" has collapsed. I think they will be amazed at our engineering, be disgusted by our lack of foresight, and have completely wrong theories about what all the slot-machines were used for.
I could write loads more about our Vegas experience, but for time's sake I will continue with a brief summary of the highlights. We loved being able to walk around the city with open Coronas. Julie treated me to one of the best Italian meals I have ever had. And we rode the roller coaster throughout the Vegas skyline at New York New York. I felt like a kid again (Vegas, the R-rated Disney Land).
One final order of business. We did not come out on top. We did not really loose too much either. Neither of us are big gamblers. I lost about five dollars at the slot-machines despite being on a "hot machine" that decided become cold once I got close to winning a motorcycle. We also lost 20 dollars at roulette. In the end we lost 25 dollars, had a really great time, got to spend time with friends, and committed no sins in the Sin City (which maybe a sin itself).
Oh yeah... one more thing... We resisted the urge to get married in Vegas. It was hard... so the wedding is still on this June 17th and 18th...I can't wait!!!! Also, I love Julie more than love itself.
Now you know why I used to fly there so often as a flight attendant. There wasn't a place more crazy or fun in the world and I loved it. Remind me to tell you some of my stories... you may be the only ones to know cause for me the saying "what happens in Vegas stays there" is true!
ReplyDeleteGlad you two had such fun. Love the pics. :-)