Travel Diary: Las Vegas Day 2

After having a pretty chill day 1 and spending half of it at the pool, we were ready to explore on day 2. We walked the Strip all the way up to Mirage, eating, shopping, and checking out the casino complexes on the way. Since we stayed at the Mandalay Bay on the other end of the Strip, this was quite a walk. I racked a serious amount of steps on my tracker again on day 2.

Are we in Paris or Las Vegas? Yup, that's the Eiffel Tower 

Ha ha, Paris casino featured Seine City slot machines.. 

It was also chandelier central

and shopping galore 

The famous Bellagio Fountains show was cool 

We all liked Cesars Palace

It was over the top grand, but in a good way

This one was so excited about the artwork at the Cesars Palace grounds. She educated us what all the replicas were. This one is the Winged Victory of Samothrace. It depicts the Greek goddess Nike (victory). 

Cesars Palace was so full of detail. 

Treasure Island

Pirate show was canceled, but it was still fun to see the ships. 

So, a word about kids in Las Vegas... There's not a lot of kids around. 

And I would not recommend it as the first choice for a family vacation. But you know what... it was not half as bad as I had expected. Potentially because this is off season there. But I was expecting it to be more seedy and questionable. We saw a few drunken people, but then again, my kids are used to seeing drunk people when we travel to Finland. There was no rowdiness or bad behavior. Once we saw a lady run off to the bushes to pee... The Strip was clean and the kids enjoyed looking at the casinos and eating at the restaurants. 

The Mirage has a "volcano" show that the kids enjoy.