There’s not much to report about this day because we woke up, got coffee, and proceeded to sit at the Aria pool for 5 hours. I guess we were tired? Things got dicey for a minute when it appeared we were being surrounded by small, thrashing children in the pool, but we made it out and back to our chairs to indulge in some adult beverages. Sometime in the afternoon, I went back up to shower while Suavest of the Seas and Tech Talkin and Walkin checked out the Aria Cafe where they discovered this slogan (and today’s blog post title):
Apparently we Vegas like a bunch of geriatrics, but we’re cool with that. Sleeping (literally) in a van can be draining. We cleaned up and embarked on a hunt for some good quality sushi; fresh fish isn’t exactly on every menu in small southwest towns. We decided to walk through the hotels on the south side of the strip checking out the new Cosmopolitan, and the infamous Bellagio and Caesar Palace. We decided that the Cosmopolitan isn’t really that great and the latter two casinos are looking a little dated. But- we found some bomb sushi at Caesar’s!! Our server at Sushi Roku was seriously excited about the fish, which only heightened our experience.
Over dinner we received alerts on our phone that our blog (yes, this blog) was receiving unusually high traffic. Wondering what was going on, we searched on Google to find that someone had snapped our picture in Denver last week and tweeted it!
So that was cool! Thanks @salesmillennial for the publicity. We also got a comment from Jucy World on Instagram for our farewell picture of the turtle. We decided to walk home outside, which proved to be very difficult since we are fast paced New Yorkers and Vegas tourists are just…slow. But, the snail pace worked out so that we were in front of the Bellagio for the light show!
We dipped back into the Cosmopoltan to have a celebratory drink at the Chandelier Bar and attempted to capture the magic on camera but, you had to be there #htbt.
Feeling tired, full, and sleepy, we returned to our room and hopped into the plush beds for sleep. We’re not ashamed…this is how we Vegas!
The Gringo Gaucho
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Wow, I stayed at Ceasars Palace a very long time ago. It was the best of the best then, because it was pre Bellagio. A perfect ending to a perfect trip. Welcome home.