So we hit the casinos of Vegas and gambled a jaw dropping $35 in the two nights we went out! As I know people find highly amusing we were using the one cent machines, you may laugh but on the first night I won $22 and 54 cent from $1. I have no idea how the game worked but it made that lovely "ching ching ching" noise and the winnings started adding up, by the time it had got to $15 I was hoping it would stop (I know, I know I'm mad!) but I was embarr...

Unfortunately there was no sunbathing for us today as we woke up to it being very overcast I guess we cant complain as it is February but we are desperate for the sun! We were off out today to see the Red Rock Canyon, which is just a short drive away from where we are and Olof hadnt been on his last trip over here. The sat nav failed us today it couldnt work out where we wanted to go so we back to the old fashioned way using the signposts and maps (albeit a map o...

We started our time in Vegas with a nice lay in and were woken by a phone call at ten from reception to pick up our parking pass, I panicked thinking we were only staying for one night and were supposed to have checked out already. All this travelling I dont know whether I'm coming or going but we definitely have five nights here! After a trip to Walmart to stock up and get some breakfast we wanted to get in the sunshine. As it isnt particuarly hot Olof had...

We had another fun day today, I indulged my inner geek by stalking out the locations from the movie Pretty Woman! First we were picking up the car from LAX, for once it went really smoothly and Olof was negotiating the LA traffic back towards Beverly Hills. We found parking one street away from Rodeo Drive, perfect! Wilshire Boulevard runs across Rodeo Drive with the Beverly Wilshire hotel so that was our first stop and I was directing Olof to take pictures of t...

Today we put on our tourist hats and just went for it! Starting with a good breakfast to set us up for the day in a really nice coffee shop, porridge with bananas and berries that also gave us the stomach for what was to come. We decided we didnt have the time in one day to warrant getting a hop on hop off bus ticket so we went for the two hour narrated bus tour and thrown in with that was a visit to Madame Tuusauds. It was there we headed to first, I have been ...