After some sleep, after such a full day yesterday, we both wake up feeling much happier in our surroundings and ready to explore. I'm feeling ready for the day, even after only a few hours sleep. It seems I'm sleeping like a baby - about two hours of sleep then waking up hungry and crying!
There's no WiFi in the hotel rooms in Vegas as they don't want you to stay in the rooms, they want you out spending. So breakfast in the Hotel Starbucks with free WiFi seemed like a good idea, if only the free WiFi would work - damn technology! It was a bit hit and miss so messages home on Facebook just about kept us in touch with anyone who cared.
We started with a stroll through the Mall and as it was still before 10 o'clock when it gets started we were accosted by stall holders at every turn, which we just enjoyed but they weren't so happy that we didn't want to buy. We were very tempted by the solar phone charger which was expensive but genius and the price kept coming down, the more we said no. I had anti-wrinkle treatment on my left eye - he must have thought that was the worst one - and he gave us both a bit of chat. I'm sure he meant it when he said I didn't look 50 and my skin was really good(!), but then tried to sell me his very expensive cream. Unfortunately, or fortunately, the miracle eye cream that was going to make me look 25 on the left eye and still 50+ on the right eye didn't make any difference, even he admitted that so thanks but no thanks.
I got a free manicure on one finger, which looked lovely, but didn't persuade me to buy, but I could have done with another 9 nail bars like that one to get all the fingers and thumbs done!
Strolling through, we were drawn into an Aqua Massage shop - neither Becky or I had seen anything like this before (if we'd waited til we'd walked around a little more, we would have seen lots), and were talked into having a 10 minute massage and 10 minute oxygen session - and was not as wet as it sounds. We laid in individual plastic coffins - fully clothed - and powerful water jets pounded up and down the length of the body through a plastic layer which allowed the feel of the water without the wet. It really felt nice and you could stop it in a particular area for more intense water pummelling if wanted and no worries about intimacy when it's not someone's hands! After that, we sat at the oxygen bar with tubes up the nose giving us oxygen through aromatherapy liquid to uplift us (which we needed after the travels and traumas of the previous day) and was surprisingly pleasant. Whilst taking in oxygen, a tens pad was put on our shoulders to relieve aching muscles. The pulse was quite high on mine and made me feel like I was turning into the Incredible Hulk or some angry weight lifter each time the muscles tensed. Once I'd worked out how to turn it down, the whole experience proved to be worth the stop and gave us both a bit of a laugh!
We continued walking through the Mall, and were both impressed with the way the ceilings are blue sky and make you feel like you're just wondering through a fairy tale land that doesn't exist, or it certainly doesn't where we come from - it wasn't raining. When we finally came out into the open air, the sun was shining and the day looked good so we continued down the strip enjoying a bit of decent weather. It becomes apparent as you visit the different hotels and their casinos that they're all pretty much the same but with a different theme - stick lots of flashing lights on it all and you've got Las Vegas!
I'm not a great shopper and I think we were both getting bored with it all but a friend of Becky's had recommended a few things to try, one of which was the Red Velvet Cheesecake at the Cheesecake Factory, a photo had been provided on the phone so we searched and searched and were on the verge of giving up and going back to the hotel when we found it on the Ceasar's Palace Mall map and then spent ages trying to find it in the mall itself. When we got there, we were so excited about the prospect of cheesecake that we ordered a light lunch each and went halves, then ordered the cheesecake. Oh, it looked good and tasted good but we had barely had a few mouthfuls each when we had to admit defeat and walk away - it was very sad, I was very sad, I've never been so beaten by cheesecake and it had Oreo biscuits in too! Becky did slightly better but we both felt cheated, and quite sick, as we walked dejectedly away. It's just not like us, we both like our desserts but since then, whenever we see all those lovely delicious looking sweet desserts in the windows, we just have to turn away!
Limping back to the hotel room, feeling like we've let Becky's friend down, we watch those dancing fountains outside the Bellagio and have a bit of a rest before finally going to get a bit to eat (and me feeling really sick still) before turning in for the night at a very premature 10.30pm, two sad and tired girlies, but ready for an early start tomorrow.
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