Leisurely start to the morning - set up with Gary & Suzy to find a breakfast venue around 9:45am. Eventually settled for breakfast in Paris - in a patio resturant at the base of the Eiffel Tower (not often you can say that 5000 miles from France).
Unlike the real thing the service was excellent and Julia has a new love......Egg benedict!
After breakfast a walk seemed in order...and boy did we walk! Part of the plan was to explore and part was to find some cheaper Black Jack tables (the tables in the Venetian had a minimum bet of $15 which is a bit rich for my blood). We found some $1 tables in a Westin Hotel - but none of the tables were open - so had to settle for a $5 table in "Terribles" one of the older Vegas Casinos some way off the strip. After the $1000 win of the night before expectations were high. If you've not been to Vegas you may not realise that drinks are free in pretty much all casino's for people who are actually gambling - it is just standard practise to tip the waitress. This meant that the Bud Light I drank in Terribles cost me $101 - $1 for the tip and $100 to the Blackjack dealer.....Julia was not impressed!
We grabbed a taxi to the Hard Rock hotel and had a mexican style lunch. The Hard Rock is also some way off the strip - but a pretty cool hotel/casino.
We got back to the Venetian and prepared for my first pre-planned event of the trip - a vow renewal at a Las Vegas wedding church. Ordinarily I'm probably not seen as a particularly romantic kind of guy (don't really see the point in flowers etc), but this just seemed the right thing to do given the circumstances. Although available I did not go for the Elvis, the Drive thru or the "Walk up" options - just a simple renewal with Gary and Suzy as witnesses.
The first the Julia knew was when we met the white stretch limo outside the Venetian - the "Vegas Wedding" logo was a bit of a give away.
It was a simple ceremony performed by a local pastor and all-in-all a pretty enjoyable experience - no doubt we'll bore everyone senseless with the photos if you come to the house.
Dinner was at an good Sushi resturant on the Caesars Palace shopping complex - followed by some beers and a little gambling - although the long walk of earlier in the day had taken its toll on our energy levels. Vegas can certainly do that to you!
Unlike the real thing the service was excellent and Julia has a new love......Egg benedict!
After breakfast a walk seemed in order...and boy did we walk! Part of the plan was to explore and part was to find some cheaper Black Jack tables (the tables in the Venetian had a minimum bet of $15 which is a bit rich for my blood). We found some $1 tables in a Westin Hotel - but none of the tables were open - so had to settle for a $5 table in "Terribles" one of the older Vegas Casinos some way off the strip. After the $1000 win of the night before expectations were high. If you've not been to Vegas you may not realise that drinks are free in pretty much all casino's for people who are actually gambling - it is just standard practise to tip the waitress. This meant that the Bud Light I drank in Terribles cost me $101 - $1 for the tip and $100 to the Blackjack dealer.....Julia was not impressed!
We grabbed a taxi to the Hard Rock hotel and had a mexican style lunch. The Hard Rock is also some way off the strip - but a pretty cool hotel/casino.
We got back to the Venetian and prepared for my first pre-planned event of the trip - a vow renewal at a Las Vegas wedding church. Ordinarily I'm probably not seen as a particularly romantic kind of guy (don't really see the point in flowers etc), but this just seemed the right thing to do given the circumstances. Although available I did not go for the Elvis, the Drive thru or the "Walk up" options - just a simple renewal with Gary and Suzy as witnesses.
The first the Julia knew was when we met the white stretch limo outside the Venetian - the "Vegas Wedding" logo was a bit of a give away.
It was a simple ceremony performed by a local pastor and all-in-all a pretty enjoyable experience - no doubt we'll bore everyone senseless with the photos if you come to the house.
Dinner was at an good Sushi resturant on the Caesars Palace shopping complex - followed by some beers and a little gambling - although the long walk of earlier in the day had taken its toll on our energy levels. Vegas can certainly do that to you!
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