Part of our trip included crashing the MIT 2010 Pi Reunion (yes, it's a reunion roughly pi = π = 3.1415 years after you graduate) in Las Vegas. We knew a lot of people from the class of 2010, so we decided to tag along on their reunion.
We stayed at the Cosmo with a couple other friends, which had a massive chandelier throughout the casino. But this was the view from another set of friends' room in the Paris hotel. If I could have panned right more, you can also see the Bellagio fountains!
This was inside the Bellagio. A portion of their ceiling in the main entrance is made of these glass flowers.
And of course, we watched a fountain show. Which I hadn't actually done before, but was fun! Make sure you get a good song though, they rotate through them.
Part of the glitz and glam of Vegas is just walking around and taking in all of the lights and people watching. And the obligatory lose $10 in the slot machine (though at one point we were up!).
And of course, we ate some wonderful food. Below is pictured steamed buckwheat noodles and dipping sauce, blue cheese smothered rolls with aioli dipping sauce, and a steak with garlic butter. We shared the sides for that meal family style, so no pictures of that.
We also went off the strip to the Silverton to find the mermaid show! She did flips under water and blew bubbles for the crowd of people watching in a tank full of fish, sharks and rays.
Now unfortunately on our way to Las Vegas, the air conditioning went out in the car about 45 min before we reached the city. And it took five days, two shops, and two air compressors to figure it out (and fix the electrical short that the first shop caused). However, it means we sampled a few extra hotels, saw a couple of shows, and hung out by the pool for several hours. I mean, if you're going to get stuck somewhere for five extra days with no car, Vegas isn't a bad place to be stuck.
This was in our room in Planet Hollywood, where the rooms are themed based on movies and they have actual movie props in them. We stayed here, Bally's and The Luxor (pyramid) during our extended stay.
We also saw the Blue Man Group show on my friend's recommendation. At the end they let you take pictures of these machines that blow smoke rings (they look more like rings the further out they go).
We also saw the infamous Treasure Island Siren show. We were in between the two ships, which wasn't a bad place to view, but meant you had to keep turning around to see what was going on.
We were close enough to feel the heat of the fire from this "explosion" though!
We also saw the Cirque du Soleil Ka show, which was exceptional. We had both already seen O, which blew us away with a stage that is a pool of water the acrobats dive into. But Ka has a 360 degree rotating stage that they use both horizontally and vertically. It was incredible.
We stayed at the Cosmo with a couple other friends, which had a massive chandelier throughout the casino. But this was the view from another set of friends' room in the Paris hotel. If I could have panned right more, you can also see the Bellagio fountains!
This was inside the hotel, where they have made a small, French city with shops, cafes, and a beautiful blue sky. In the casino area, the base of their Eiffel Tower even comes down into the building!
This was inside the Bellagio. A portion of their ceiling in the main entrance is made of these glass flowers.
And of course, we watched a fountain show. Which I hadn't actually done before, but was fun! Make sure you get a good song though, they rotate through them.
Part of the glitz and glam of Vegas is just walking around and taking in all of the lights and people watching. And the obligatory lose $10 in the slot machine (though at one point we were up!).
And of course, we ate some wonderful food. Below is pictured steamed buckwheat noodles and dipping sauce, blue cheese smothered rolls with aioli dipping sauce, and a steak with garlic butter. We shared the sides for that meal family style, so no pictures of that.
We also went off the strip to the Silverton to find the mermaid show! She did flips under water and blew bubbles for the crowd of people watching in a tank full of fish, sharks and rays.
Now unfortunately on our way to Las Vegas, the air conditioning went out in the car about 45 min before we reached the city. And it took five days, two shops, and two air compressors to figure it out (and fix the electrical short that the first shop caused). However, it means we sampled a few extra hotels, saw a couple of shows, and hung out by the pool for several hours. I mean, if you're going to get stuck somewhere for five extra days with no car, Vegas isn't a bad place to be stuck.
This was in our room in Planet Hollywood, where the rooms are themed based on movies and they have actual movie props in them. We stayed here, Bally's and The Luxor (pyramid) during our extended stay.
We also saw the Blue Man Group show on my friend's recommendation. At the end they let you take pictures of these machines that blow smoke rings (they look more like rings the further out they go).
We also saw the infamous Treasure Island Siren show. We were in between the two ships, which wasn't a bad place to view, but meant you had to keep turning around to see what was going on.
We were close enough to feel the heat of the fire from this "explosion" though!
We also saw the Cirque du Soleil Ka show, which was exceptional. We had both already seen O, which blew us away with a stage that is a pool of water the acrobats dive into. But Ka has a 360 degree rotating stage that they use both horizontally and vertically. It was incredible.
We wandered around some more, had some good food, and for the most part enjoyed our extended vacation, all the while wondering when (and some times if) we were going to be able to leave. Unfortunately that means that we had to cut out the Grand Canyon part of our trip (don't worry, we'll go back some day!), so the next post will be about Los Angeles!
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