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Las Vegas
29 June 2007 @ 10:11 AM MST
29 June 2007 @ 10:11 AM MST
Current Music: Shuffle
Current Mood: Dehydrated
Current Mood: Dehydrated
Last weekend Josh, Erin, and I went to Las Vegas from Wednesday to Sunday. We mostly wanted to get out of Provo, and Las Vegas happens to be convenient in that we can stay at Josh's brother's for free.
Here's a picture I took just after the sun went down on Thursday. I'll admit that it didn't quite come out like this when I took it, I used a photo editor to adjust the contrast and the brightness appropriately. Now if I had all sorts of fancy cameras like Mike, I'm sure I could have taken lots of nice pictures, but as I don't, I take what I can on my point'n'shoot Nikon 5600.
Sunday was Erin's birthday, so in celebration we went to Tournament of Kings at Excalibur on Saturday evening:
It was rather fun. It's a medieval tournament consisting of jousting, racing, melee combat, and then a battle of the forces of good against the forces of evil. You get seated by nation, and cheer on your king. We were seated in Spain, but our king didn't win. You get dinner served before the event, and eat while the first parts of the tournament happen. Dinner begins with authentic medieval Pepsi soda. Then dragon blood soup is served in a shallow bowl with a handle for drinking (you eat all the food with your hands). The main course consists of a small chicken, broccoli, a roll, and steak fries. Dessert was some type of pastry. We all had lots of fun, with Josh making sure to be extra loud for all of us.
After the show we walked down to the Bellagio to check out the ever-changing display in the atrium. This time it was decorated with a Route 66 theme, containing some element representing each state on the historic roadway. The displays always contain the magical jumping fountains and we stayed to watch them for a bit. And no, I don't know who the angry looking Chinese guy in the background is.
We left the atrium to watch the fountains outside, which are always my favorite thing to see. We only saw a couple of shows this time, but I got some decent pictures. I just wish the Bally's building weren't there, but sadly my photo-editing skills aren't good enough to remove the building without destroying the picture.
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Here's a picture I took just after the sun went down on Thursday. I'll admit that it didn't quite come out like this when I took it, I used a photo editor to adjust the contrast and the brightness appropriately. Now if I had all sorts of fancy cameras like Mike, I'm sure I could have taken lots of nice pictures, but as I don't, I take what I can on my point'n'shoot Nikon 5600.
Sunday was Erin's birthday, so in celebration we went to Tournament of Kings at Excalibur on Saturday evening:
It was rather fun. It's a medieval tournament consisting of jousting, racing, melee combat, and then a battle of the forces of good against the forces of evil. You get seated by nation, and cheer on your king. We were seated in Spain, but our king didn't win. You get dinner served before the event, and eat while the first parts of the tournament happen. Dinner begins with authentic medieval Pepsi soda. Then dragon blood soup is served in a shallow bowl with a handle for drinking (you eat all the food with your hands). The main course consists of a small chicken, broccoli, a roll, and steak fries. Dessert was some type of pastry. We all had lots of fun, with Josh making sure to be extra loud for all of us.
After the show we walked down to the Bellagio to check out the ever-changing display in the atrium. This time it was decorated with a Route 66 theme, containing some element representing each state on the historic roadway. The displays always contain the magical jumping fountains and we stayed to watch them for a bit. And no, I don't know who the angry looking Chinese guy in the background is.
We left the atrium to watch the fountains outside, which are always my favorite thing to see. We only saw a couple of shows this time, but I got some decent pictures. I just wish the Bally's building weren't there, but sadly my photo-editing skills aren't good enough to remove the building without destroying the picture.
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