Vegas continued 12/27/06

On Wednesday we went south along the strip to check out the other hotels. The first stop was the Bellagio. Between Ceasar's Palace and this place it's a toss-up as to which one is more outrageously appointed. When touring these places it's easy to picture Andy Garcia from Oceans 11 walking through checking on his employees.































This is one of my favorite scenes from the trip. It's the ceiling in the lobby of the Bellagio.


















At this point Hiroe found what she's calling her "life's work." Photography. But it's not photography of scenery or even other people. It's photography of me, doing photography. Below is her debut. It's me photographing the ceiling of the Bellagio (the above photo).


















Below is another area of the Bellagio. Hiroe is in the picture, just to the right of the Christmas tree. Really.













My cutie.













Exploring deeper into the Bellagio we found this fabulous shop. Jean Philippe Patisserie. Very French. Very delicious.


















They were decorated for Christmas, but this was not the highlight of the shop.












One real highlight of the shop is the crepes. Though we were full from the buffet at Harrah's, we still had to order one. Each.












The other highlight is this fountain. They claim it to be the world's largest chocolate fountain. It was easily twice as tall as I am and contained three kinds of chocolate.


















And finally the coolest part of the Bellagio. The fountains in front that are synchronized to music.












After leaving the Bellagio we went to New York New York. Inside they had an interestingly named restaurant...













We also rode the roller coaster. I had remembered the roller coaster as being fairly tame. So we rode it. It wasn't so tame. Hiroe was not impressed.












Lastly we went to the Luxor. It's the hotel shaped like a pyramid. There Hiroe found a friend.