9th June 2025

Morning everyone!

Starting with a serious entry this morning!

Last night there was a shooting right in front of the Bellagio fountains and two people died. We had just gone to bed when we heard what we thought were gun shots and suddenly there were Police everywhere.

We could see everything going on from our window. The Police seem to know who the shooter was and have said it was a one-off incident as apparently, the two victims were known to the shooter. It was all shown live on social media! What’s the world coming to! Scary and so sad.

On a lighter note! So, the day has arrived and we must go home! 🏠😔✈️

You know the holiday’s coming to an end when you have to start booking classes at the gym again! Mind you, it’s probably a good thing after all the food we’ve eaten over the past four days!

Before that, let me tell you about dinner last night at Jasmine here in the Bellagio. It serves Cantonese, Szechwan and Hunan cuisine. We were given the same great table we had earlier in the week overlooking the Bellagio Fountains.

The meal was again, excellent. As we had eaten at lunch time we decided to miss the starter and go straight for the main course. Si had the Sweet and Sour Pork with pineapples, bell peppers and onions and I had Lemon Chicken (breaded chicken with a fabulous lemon sauce) and both shared vegetable fried rice. We also shared a dessert called Coconut Crème Brûlée served with vanilla sorbet and a mango sauce. We didn’t realise it meant it would be served in a coconut! The waiter said he found the largest one he could as we were sharing. It was huge and delicious.

After dinner we had a little ‘flutter’ but no big wins this time.

Here are a couple of photos I forgot to put on yesterday’s post.

We past this amazing display of ice-cream on the way back from Walgreens yesterday.

As it’s going to be a long day today, we check out of the hotel at 12 but don’t fly until 9.10 pm this evening, we decided a lazy start was the order of the day so had breakfast delivered to our room. Note! I didn’t eat all those pancakes! 🥞😂

I’m pleased to report that we have managed to get everything packed into the suitcases, so good news on that front. 🧳👏😌

As we left the Bellagio this afternoon, they were playing ‘Time to Say Goodbye’ by Sarah Brightman and Andrea Bocelli in time to the fountains. That was spooky! It seems that they play that song every time we leave to fly home!! 🤷‍♀️

We made it to the airport okay and checked-in the bags but not after some bad news on that front! Si’s weighed exactly 32 kilograms (70.5 pounds) whereas mine was 32.2 kilograms (70.98 pounds) and they said I would have to remove something or they wouldn’t be able to accept it, as it would be classed as ‘freight’! 🤷‍♀️😱

Luckily, I was able to open it really quickly and grabbed the first packing cube I could lay my hands on and pulled it out. I managed to fit it into my carry-on bag. My bag then was just under the acceptable weight. Phew! 😰

We went through security really quickly and Si wasn’t any bother this time! 😉 👏

We are now settled into the lounge waiting for our flight to board. The guy at check-in warned us that the lounge wasn’t as good as the Heathrow one and he was right! It’s very small and the food is okay but not fantastic. Still, it saves sitting out on the hard seats for three hours.

We sat down and started eating when we noticed two unattended pieces of luggage on the next table. They were there for ages and no-one came to sit down so Si went and reported them as unattended luggage and they came and took them away. So far, no-one has returned to the table asking where their bags have gone!! Very suspicious!! 🤨

The flight is shorter going back, just 9 hours 55 minutes and I’ll probably sleep most of the way but Si, he’ll be awake for the whole flight!! Sand = 😴Si = 🫩😂

I always eat before we board as eating at 9.30 p.m. doesn’t suit me at all but I’m sure I’ll be ready for breakfast. 🥣

So, I think that’s it from Las Vegas. I’ll do the final post tomorrow 🤞once we get home but if I don’t manage it due to jet lag, I’ll post on Wednesday instead.

Thanks for following us this far on our adventure. Hope you’ll come back for the final episode. 😃