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The Venetian



Once again we are in Sin City, a place we never pass up coming to when the opportunity arises and this time Bruce has a convention here so I tagged along. Similarly to the last time were here, we headed right out to the strip after we arrived in town with the moon magically glowing above us.

Walking the strip is always fun when you first arrive because of the free entertainment and fascinating sights.



I don't know how many miles we walk - several for sure - but you just keep on going because there is always more waiting ahead and you can't wait to see what's next.




Also, Vegas is full of illusions.  Each casino/resort is massive in size.  As you walk the strip, you can see the next resort lumming ahead and it looks so close but it's actually at least a mile down the road.



So, we just keep on going.  There are still a lot of holiday decorations which are gorgeous.



This tree and beautiful display was at the Venetian.










We ended up stopping at the Venetian because it was so beautiful here.





The shopping is incredible with anything you might need, like chocolate covered strawberries



or cupcakes.



Actually, we realized we were hungry after our day of travel and now miles of walking so we started searching for where we might get a bite to eat, not a difficult task.



We choose a pizzeria called Otto.



We both ordered a salad.  Our server recommended the house but we also felt like a Caesar salad.



We love Caesar salad with anchovies and this one did not fail us - the most delicious Caesar salad ever!  But the house salad was also superb with prosciutto. Are we in Italy?


All this with lovely music that filled the square.



We might as well order a pizza to go with our salads, a sausage and roasted pepper pizza.  So delicious and really hit the spot.





We completed the meal with dessert, so again, our server recommended the lemon meringue pie, not something we would have thought to order but he assured us that their's was unique.  Do you think this looks like pie?  Yes, it's unique!





The little piece of cookie/crust sticking out the top is the pie "crust" with lemon gelato and meringue in the glass.  So interesting!  It went well with an Americano, of course.



After this meal, we were too full to walk back so we took a cab which is always easy to do around here…a successful first night in Vegas.


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