Vegas day 2

We have quickly slipped into a Vegas lifestyle. A very late night, followed by a very late sleep in. We wake up and have breakfast in our room. The time is 12pm.

After a slow start to the day, we decide to head back to the strip at about 5pm. We have tickets to see LOVE - the cirque de soleil show centered around the Beatles’ music. The performance is at 9pm and Marty is keen to have another crack at a black jack table.

We cab it in and start at M&M world. Marty and I have both imagined a Willy Wonka-style world of M&M wonder. We are a little disappointed to find that it is more like a four level souvenir store. There is, however, a massive wall of M&Ms that have been sorted by colour and flavour. We excitedly fill a bag each.

Afterwards we decide to get an early dinner. We stop at a diner-style cafe and order. The food is bad and the drinks expensive. Vegas is so far proving to be a very unhealthy experience in every way.

We go straight to the Mirage. This is where LOVE is playing. We decide that it is easier to find a table here for Marty to play at, rather than heading back to wonderful Bill’s. We stop and buy a massive margarita - when in Vegas ... - and we settle in at a black jack table.

I watch the game more closely this time. Marty starts out badly - he later tells me that he was worried that his luck had run out the night before - but before too long the strategy kicks in and within 20 minutes he has won $120! Again, he forcibly drags himself away from the table and cashes in.

We play an electronic roulette game for fives minutes - I am bored after two. I try my best to get rid of the money I have put in there just so it will be over. I just find gambling so boring. I keep winning and losing, winning and losing. I decide to just collect what is left so we can go.

Now it is time for LOVE. We line up, get some very American snacks - milk duds and a giant pretzel - and then find our seats.

The show is amazing. The stage has been built to play to all areas of the audience. We sit in stalls that circle the performance. It begins with an explosion of confetti, the music blaring, the performers bursting with energy. The show features some of my favourite songs, Here Comes the Sun, Octopuses Garden, Lucy in the Sky etc. The costumes are creative and colourful. The story is very loose and there are strange snippets of French-Canadian street performer weirdness, but overall it is a great experience.

We cheer at the end and then fight our way out of the theatre. We hit the souvenir shop - I am of course getting over excited and wanting to buy too much. It’s all cool Beatles stuff!!!

We jump in a cab and speed back to the hotel.

Goodnight Vegas!