Capturing our adventures one photo at a time...
After walking in and out of the resorts on Saturday we made our way to the Museum of Illusions and it was a good stop! We all had fun checking out the various illusions and mind tricks!
That night we headed to the Mandalay Bay for dinner at Strip Steak and a few losing bets…
then to see Michael Jackson ONE Cirque du Soleil!
The show was good – not great, but good. A fun, full day in Las Vegas!
Vegas for fall break? Why not?! We flew down Friday night and checked into the Venetian for a weekend of “culture” and fun!
Saturday morning we got up and walked the strip a bit before the boys headed back to watch football. The girls kept going and ended up in the Bellagio to check out the beautiful flower displays…
and we waited in a long line for brunch at Sadelle’s…
it was worth it! After Alabama secured a victory over Missouri, we all headed back out…
and first stop was Maxwell’s request of the trip – In N Out!
Everyone gave the burgers a thumbs up! We then just walked around to check out the sights!
Some sights were more interesting than others! ha!
Robert and I met at the Stanton Social in New York 20 years ago!
The boys found the place where they wished they had watched the game!
Lots and lots of walking…
And then we ended up at a cool destination! More tomorrow!
Happy birthday to me! What more could I want at 47 than this crew right here…
I’m the luckiest!
We celebrated Robert on Saturday with a big Bama win over Vandy! I’m proud of my Vanderbilt degree but in football I say Roll Tide Roll! Maxwell snagged an invite to the game…
while the rest of us watched it at home and then we all headed to Hot & Hot for a fantastic birthday dinner!
We took this picture for Lyndsay…
but everyone’s true thoughts are this! ha!
We then went home for cake and presents!
It was a great birthday celebration of my favorite person!
Happy birthday Robert!
Saturday morning we took a car to Milan and met a guide at The Last Supper. Everyone was really jazzed for another day of touring…
ha! But viewing The Last Supper was totally worth it and way neater than I was anticipating.
We then met with another guide and went to Sforza Castle which is an enormous medieval fotress in Milan. It was very big!
Our guide then who took us all through the The Duomo di Milano, also known as Milan Cathedral. It was very impressive – it is Gothic style and apparently one of the largest churches in the world. I believe it and it was really cool to go to the top and walk around.
Then we walked in the The Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II and got some lunch.
We then walked around and went into stores – spending most of our time in the Nike Jordan store.
We then headed out to our hotel by the airport for the night. This was probably the one misstep of the trip. We really should have just booked a nice hotel in Milan and gotten one more good Italian dinner…but instead we went to an airport hotel and walked over to this random mini-mall with an Italian version of Walmart and ended up eating mall pizza that had hot dogs on it. Yep, hot dogs. How’s that for an ending to the trip of a lifetime?! ha!
We made it to the airport with no issues the next morning and started the American re-entry process…
and then had an uneventful flight back to Atlanta!
We were all happy to finally get home that night…but I’d go back to Italy tomorrow if I could! It really was a dream trip. These pics didn’t make it into an earlier post but maybe that’s fitting because they might be my favorite representation of the experience…
What an unbelievable trip with my favorite people on earth! Simply PERFECTO!