back to the grind...

hi everyone! i hope people missed us while we were gone hehe. our readers dont usually like to leave comments, so when we were in vegas w/o internet for a week i wondered if people would miss me and johan. =P we were mistaken that internet was free when we reserved our hotel. we found out that it would cost us $15/day for internet, so we decided to go without it. im so glad we did though. it was so nice not having to fret about our emails, the news, or school & work. i have to say it was the most relaxing and unproductive vacation ive ever had! johan still had to work everyday, but i hope he enjoyed the trip as well. =)
we stayed at caesars palace and omg it was soooooo nice! the first nite we got there i was awed by all the roman statutes everywhere! these are the fountains in front of the hotel:

next to caesar's, there's a shopping center called The Forum Shops and its every shopper's paradise. designer names like: dolce & gabbana, versace, bvlgari, armani, gucci, etc were examples of the stores you could find at the Shops. of course i couldn't afford anything at these places, so i just ohh'ed and aww'ed as i toured alone during the day. The Forum Shops had areas of the mall where the ceilings were painted like the skies and this was an area called, The Fountain of the Gods:

one of the hotels i was really excited to check out was the venetian! =D its the hotel everyone always sees in the movies (including hana yori dango lol i know im such a nerd) where people get to ride on the romantic gondolas and the guys in the striped shirts are singing in italian through the hotel and out into the streets where you feel like a star because everyone's looking at you. hehe. thats why johan didn't want to ride it though-cuz everyone would be looking at us. so we didn't ride it and just took pictures of people riding the gondolas. i told him maybe next time we go to vegas we should rite it because its so inexpensive ($10-$15) to experience a ride through the Grand Canal!

a nice surprise was at the palazzo where they had a room of umbrellas! i was reminded of mary poppins and how she would fly down on her umbrella. you cant tell, but the umbrella's had blue lights that would streak down the handles which would appear as though rain was coming down. or at least thats wat it seemed like to me hehe.

the very first nite we arrived, we saw paris las vegas and johan said to me, "look there's paris. i promised i'd take you one day, so we'll go later this week." hahaha--good one hun. you don't know, but ive been complaining to johan about visiting france. all my life ive wanted to go there, and i proposed a trip to france when i graduate this december. johan gave a firm "no" but im still working on him. i told him i could go w/o him if he'd let cuz i have family out there, so we'll see. hehe. im gonna try to break him down. if not this year, definitely SOON. =)

while johan worked very hard each day, i would basically work on my tan. lol. trust me, its not very often where i get to vacation and sit by the pool. actually, i told johan that this was the first vacation where i actually did NOTHING! whenever i vacationed with my family in the past, we would wake up early and set out to do and see all the touristy stuff. not a thing was to be missed! this was true when we went to orlando, san diego, yosemite, canada, etc. so it was pretty nice chillin by the pool and laying out in the sun.

my most FAVORITE part of the trip tho, was watching the water shows at the Bellagio. i was like a little child mesmerized by the water movements to particular songs with my chin resting in my hands. i loved it! it was so amazing! hehe. i truly loved it. one of the water shows we caught was performed to frank sinatra's "luck be a lady" and i thought to myself: i should not go a day w/o listening to frank sinatra. hehe. his music and lyrics are so fun and one of my ultimate favorite songs is "the way you look tonite."

well thats it for now. we're back at home, its a sunday nite, and we're back to work early tomorrow morning. i hope everyone had a good fourth of july and although we wished our vacation could be extended, we are happy to be back home with family and friends. summer is already frighteningly half over, so we want to enjoy and relish in wat little time we have left before fall arrives.
have a great week!
-p