USA 09/10 – Las Vegas Day 3 – New Year’s Eve

Today we slept in. Well… sort of. We had informed Ed last night that we would not be setting an alarm, and that he could call us at 9:30am if he had not heard from us at this point. At 9:15, the phone rang and scared the living daylights out of both of us (with two phones, one either side of the bed, set to full ringer volume). After the mildly rude awakening, and some stern words exchanged, we got ready and went down to the Miracle Mile shops for breakfast. We had seen a breakfast deal – $3.99 – the first day we arrived, and so decided to go check it out in more detail. We ended up at a regular priced restaurant (the... [Read More]

USA 09/10 – Las Vegas Day 2 – The Grand Canyon

Our second day in Vegas started earlier than any day should ever start – 4:30am we were awake. We had to be ready to go on our Grand Canyon tour at 5:30am, and so got up early enough to grab a quick breakfast at Starbucks (24 hours in the hotel casino). When Ed met us in the lobby at 5:25am, we headed outside to meet the bus driver. Unfortunately, he wasn’t the nicest of fellows and was already upset because “you should always be 10 minutes early for a tour”… why, then, don’t they just tell us a time that is 10 minutes earlier, and only get there 10 minutes after?! We saw some new areas of the Strip while we ducked from hotel to... [Read More]

USA 09/10 – LA to Las Vegas

Today started even earlier than yesterday (a trend that we hope stops very soon), with breakfast at 6:20am. The bus to Las Vegas was due to pick us up at 7:30am, which although wasn’t the most pleasant thing to look forward to, in hindsight it was a very lucky move considering the current air restrictions that have picked up over the past few days. We finished breakfast, checked out, and waited for the bus (which turned out to be a shuttle to the real bus) all in good time. When the shuttle arrived, we puzzle for a few minutes over how we were going to fit in our 4 bags and ski bag, but after a few attempts by the driver everything was set and... [Read More]

USA 09/10 – LA Day 2 – Disneyland

Today was our day to spend at a theme park – Disneyland was the park of choice – and so we got up early to make sure we made the most of the day (the park opened at 8am, and shut at midnight). We woke up for breakfast at 7:30am, and made good time here leaving the hotel close to 8am. We walked a mile or so down the road back to LAX in order to catch the bus to the Greenline station, Aviation. Ed’s list of train times was perfect, and as we reached the top of the escalator the train pulled into the station. We had each purchased $5 ‘day passes’ which would give us unlimited transfers and uses all day on the... [Read More]