Las Vegas Trip Report 5th - 10th February 2010
I'm not much of a writer, but I figure if I list everything we did then that'll be sufficient.
Friday:
Anyway, so we - this being my buddy Will and I - meet up at the buffet on our university campus to grab some breakfast before the trip. We eat, and then get a taxi to the station, already very excited but not looking forward to a long day of sitting on our asses. Grab the train down to London, and decide to get the Heathrow Express rather than bother with the hassle of taking the underground, which proves to be an expensive decision at 18GBP each, one-way. Ouch. For those of you that don't know, this is a 15ish minute train ride which transfers you between one of the major London stations and Heathrow airport. Get checked in, through security and onto the 8.5 hour flight to Chicago.
Watch the usual shite movies, and generally suffer the indignity of being crammed into seats that are much too small. However, a short (read: long) while later and we arrive in Chicago. Our layover is pretty short, but despite initial worries that we might get stuck in security queues and miss our flight, we get through really quickly and arrive at our gate with plenty of time to spare. Once again back onto the airplane for another 3.5 hours of boredom before trying to see as much of Las Vegas as possible out of the tiny windows. Land, grab luggage and get a taxi to TI. During the ride I nearly break my neck trying to look at everything. Vegas cabs need glass roofs.
We check into the hotel exactly 24 hours after leaving my apartment. The girl at the check-in desk gets us a room on the 33rd floor, so the view is pretty nice.
At this point I'm getting constant impatient texts from Loves for us to get our asses over to the Hard Rock, so after a shower we grab a cab over. After a few awkward seconds in the lobby trying to figure out where she was, we meet LOVESVEGAS18888
and we all head over into Wasted Space for their awesome $40 open bar deal. We meet Drew and Aria, and at some point in the evening we meet nyc2vegas, although I can't remember exactly when. As you can probably tell from this, we make good use of the open bar and proceed to get drunk. Wasted Space is great, although the guy/girl ratio is waaaay off. Maybe it was just that night, I don't know.
At this point the memories get a little hazy, but I do remember that Will and I started playing blackjack. At a $50 table. Needless to say, despite making $200 on the first hand, we proceed to lose it all, and don't even spend enough time there to get a 'free' drink. We go back to hang out with Aria and nyc2 who are debating politics, and have some Patron. I disappear off to play craps with some girl I met, which I give up on quickly when I realise I have no idea what's going on. After a while I ditch her and for whatever reason get it in my head that I can walk home. I quickly realise this isn't going to happen after a few hundred yards, and walk back to the Hard Rock in time to say goodnight to Aria and nyc2 and get a cab back to TI with Will.
I was going to post this in one go, but I'm feeling lazy so you'll have to make do with one bit at a time.
I'm not much of a writer, but I figure if I list everything we did then that'll be sufficient.
Friday:
Anyway, so we - this being my buddy Will and I - meet up at the buffet on our university campus to grab some breakfast before the trip. We eat, and then get a taxi to the station, already very excited but not looking forward to a long day of sitting on our asses. Grab the train down to London, and decide to get the Heathrow Express rather than bother with the hassle of taking the underground, which proves to be an expensive decision at 18GBP each, one-way. Ouch. For those of you that don't know, this is a 15ish minute train ride which transfers you between one of the major London stations and Heathrow airport. Get checked in, through security and onto the 8.5 hour flight to Chicago.
Watch the usual shite movies, and generally suffer the indignity of being crammed into seats that are much too small. However, a short (read: long) while later and we arrive in Chicago. Our layover is pretty short, but despite initial worries that we might get stuck in security queues and miss our flight, we get through really quickly and arrive at our gate with plenty of time to spare. Once again back onto the airplane for another 3.5 hours of boredom before trying to see as much of Las Vegas as possible out of the tiny windows. Land, grab luggage and get a taxi to TI. During the ride I nearly break my neck trying to look at everything. Vegas cabs need glass roofs.
We check into the hotel exactly 24 hours after leaving my apartment. The girl at the check-in desk gets us a room on the 33rd floor, so the view is pretty nice.
At this point I'm getting constant impatient texts from Loves for us to get our asses over to the Hard Rock, so after a shower we grab a cab over. After a few awkward seconds in the lobby trying to figure out where she was, we meet LOVESVEGAS18888
and we all head over into Wasted Space for their awesome $40 open bar deal. We meet Drew and Aria, and at some point in the evening we meet nyc2vegas, although I can't remember exactly when. As you can probably tell from this, we make good use of the open bar and proceed to get drunk. Wasted Space is great, although the guy/girl ratio is waaaay off. Maybe it was just that night, I don't know.At this point the memories get a little hazy, but I do remember that Will and I started playing blackjack. At a $50 table. Needless to say, despite making $200 on the first hand, we proceed to lose it all, and don't even spend enough time there to get a 'free' drink. We go back to hang out with Aria and nyc2 who are debating politics, and have some Patron. I disappear off to play craps with some girl I met, which I give up on quickly when I realise I have no idea what's going on. After a while I ditch her and for whatever reason get it in my head that I can walk home. I quickly realise this isn't going to happen after a few hundred yards, and walk back to the Hard Rock in time to say goodnight to Aria and nyc2 and get a cab back to TI with Will.
I was going to post this in one go, but I'm feeling lazy so you'll have to make do with one bit at a time.
~ So much fun. I miss you already!!
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