Chinese New Year Trip to Vegas

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We are back from our short Las Vegas trip. It was a very last minute trip. We booked the room just 1 night prior to departure. This time round, we did not bother to book the timeshare condo that comes with full kitchen and living area. We stayed in MGM grand instead as we found a pretty good last minute deal.

I have always been not very keen in staying hotels along the strip as I think a lot of them are overated. I normally do the research on the net, read reviews and scrutinized at pictures of hotel rooms. I must confess that I am very particular when it comes to cleanliness and comfort of the room and bed. I think the rule of thumb is NO DARK MULTICOLOURS for the carpet and bed sheets! as that will usually means filthy carpet and bed sheets as the dark colours act as good camouflage! Sad to say, I don’t always have a choice, as budget is always a constraint.

As for MGM, I was initially not very keen in staying there as I think the exterior of the hotel looks old with its dark and old green paint. I was thinking, how new or clean will the rooms be when the exterior already look so worn. I do know that they have a new wing which was newly renovated but that will mean paying a higher rate. Anyway, with such a good rate on the net this time, we decided to give it a try. My worries were soon proven to be unfounded.

We were given a deluxe room in the Grand Tower (not the new wing). The room was clean and spacious. The bed sheets and pillow case were WHITE in colour! The carpet was CREAM colour! and the bathroom was in WHITE marble!!! Everything looks so clean! Furthermore, we had our room on the 16th floor, considered quite high and we had great views! Could see the plane take off and land from our almost full glass window. Mal loves the room too!



So much for the hotel. It had been 4 months or so since we last visited Vegas and as usual we never fail to visit Mummy’s dream hotel, Bellagio The chinese new year decoration this year was so so and the musical fountain was quite a disappointment this time. Firstly, we missed the 3pm display as it was changed to 4 pm instead. Secondly, when we finally catch the display, it was a brief 5 minutes with slow classical music that didn’t go very well with the display. I guess we were not very fated to watch the display that day.

At around 3 pm, instead of waiting for the display to start, we crossed over to Paris Paris for some afternoon tea. Mal fell asleep in his stroller and the 2 of us had a long afternoon tea at a french cafeteria, Lenotre, inside Paris Paris. The pastries were so nicely made. It looked too good to be eaten! I think we spent a good 10 minutes or so admiring the pastries, trying to decide which one to get. The nice and intricate presentation comes with a price too. Most of their pastries which were around a bite size cost around 5 bucks, which was no surprise to me as the French unlike the American ain’t really into sizes! We finally settled for something not very adventurous, the Tiramisu. Daddy was commenting that we will get plenty of chance to try such pastries if we go France. I guess that also means plenty of chance to put on weight!

Whenever we were in Vegas, it will be plenty of shopping and good asian/chinese food for us! We love Vegas not for the casinos and pubs, but for the food and shopping! There was no exception this time. Actually shopping wasn’t at all fun for Daddy and Mal but I find it too good to miss. So poor Daddy and Mal had to entertained themselves while I shopped. Having some good buys for all of us and not coming back empty handed, I think, was a consolation.

It was a short 2 night trip this time but I think Mal didn’t really enjoy as he started having runny nose and cough on the 1st day of the trip. Furthermore, he fell down twice during the trip and bump on the same spot on his forehead. Once while going down a flight of carpeted stairs in the hotel and another in the hotel food court while having MacDonald breakfast. Immediately after the 2nd fall, he had a big colourful (green, red and blue) bump on his forehead. I guess it was because the impact was on the same spot as the 1st fall thus the bump showed up almost immediately. This will be his 1st big ba loogu.

When we were finally home last night, he was so glad to see his toys and his flu seem to get better too.