This was a trip paid for by my work. Just when I think my job sucks, I get crazy benefits like trips to Vegas and no working involved during the trip. The trip was for store managers, assistant managers, supervisors, and their spouses. Unfortunately that meant my girlfriend Kim couldn't go which was a bummer. Well, I toughed it out but it made it so now I want to go on a trip with her to Vegas. Now more about my trip.
Day 1
The first day was an interesting day. To start out with, I only got a couple hours of sleep. On top of that, I was traveling on June 6, 2006, 06/06/06. That alone made it an interesting day. While waiting for my flight, I was watching CNN in the airport. It wasn't my choice, that was what was on. Anyway, all CNN talked about was that it was 06/06/06 and how people think the world is going to end, blah blah blah. I didn't think the world was going to end but it sure delayed my flight. We get told the plane was broken and they needed to get one from the hanger. Best of all, they already loaded the luggage, so off with the luggage before switching the plane. Fifty minutes to an hour later, we are in the air.
After getting to Vegas and then to the hotel, I met up with other people from McDonald's. We decided to walk around and check out this Las Vegas Hilton we were staying in. In walking around we came across an iPod vending machine.
Quite odd but my friends say they have seen those before. My roommate Geoff said he has seen them in an airport. What better but the buy an empty iPod before your flight. I guess you can play solitaire on your new iPod. I think it would be better if you can get the iPod Shuffle in a little plastic ball.
After walking around the hotel, I went up to my room and crashed. I slept for a good couple hours before having dinner. What kind of dinner was it? But a buffet of course! You can't do Vegas without eating at a buffet. That would just be wrong. After eating we walked 800 miles or so to check out the Wynn Hotel. Okay, it wasn't 800 miles but it was a long walk in the heat. The Wynn Hotel was neat but we felt a little underdressed just to stand there. So back the "800 miles" to the Hilton and to bed.
Day 2
The second day in Vegas started out with some expensive breakfast and some free wi-fi surfing. Since the Hilton charges $11 a day to use internet in the room, I was forced to find some free wi-fi at a cafe by the lobby. The breakfast was expensive. I spent $8 on a cinnamon roll and an orange juice. I didn't realize that little bottle of OJ was going to be $4. Oh well, it's internet time. That was my first attempt at blogging about my day. Since Blogger seemed to have gone down while I was in a middle of posting, that first attempt failed. Since that didn't work out I decided to do some homework. That's right, I did homework in Vegas. However, while I was in the cafe I found another manager and we got an all day monorail pass and hopped around to different hotels.
We then came back to the Hilton and relaxed before setting out again for the "O" show at the Belagio, another part of the trip paid for by work. That was an interesting show. Acrobatics and water, what more can you ask? After the show, we went back to the Hotel. After a little conversation with my girlfriend, I went to sleep, concluding day 2.
Day 3
Day 3 was a simple day. I got up, had breakfast and went to the airport to fly home. One interesting part of the flight home was Las Vegas Airport security. They had one of those bomb sniffing machines. It blows air on you and smells you. Good thing I showered.
That basically concludes my trip. You can fine more pictures on my website. http://www.nickgailfus.com
