Vacation recap

Scottsdale really was gorgeous. I highly recommend the Four Seasons Hotel... the grounds are gorgeous and it's a totally relaxing and pampered experience. The calm and serenity of Scottsdale were a perfect antidote to the frenzy of Vegas!

Here is a pic of part of the hotel...I loved how the architecture was so much a part of the landscape. We'll definitely go back to Arizona. I'm very much an East Coast beach/ocean girl at heart, but there was definitely something relaxing, calming and beautiful about this landscape.

Here's a gorgeous sunset.

Ah Vegas, is there really anything to say...tacky at its best or worst??lol It seems they've really moved away from promoting Vegas as a family vacation destination and the whole "What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas" is now the way to go. While there were many families there, most of the nicer restaurants didn't allow kids under the age of 5 so we did a lot of pool side dining and California Pizza Kitchen dining! While I'm really not a gambler, I did find a slot machine I enjoyed and went on to lose about $100. We saw the Cirque du Soleil shows "O" and "Love", both of which were excellent, as well as the Danny Gans show - he's an impressionist...fun show overall as well.

The first shot is an Oxygen bar...I had heard of these but had never seen one...honestly, I don't get it... it gave me the creeps to see those little plastic things up the clients' noses...it reminded me of a hospital, not of feeling rejuvenated, but what do I know!!
Yup, we went up the Eiffel Tower...Thomas was studying structures at school and he said he'd love to see the Eiffel Tower one day... this will do for now. I have been to the original and this doesn't hold a candle to it in my opinion, but still fun.
Well, when the real Venice sinks (which it seems we've been hearing "in ten years it'll be gone" for a long time now), we'll have "Las Venice" to commemorate it! Yes, we did go for a gondola ride. Our gondolier was actually Italian (or so he said, but we think it was true since he seemed to know a lot about Italy!lol) and at one point during the ride, he sang a lovely Italian song, Emma was simply mesmerized by him. Even now, she says the boat ride was her favourite and that "I love the boat singer"!!lol
This is the volcano eruption at The Mirage...interesting, but nowhere near as spectacular as the light show at Bellagio.