Las Vegas Day 1

So, what do we do in Las Vegas? Most of the time we come here to visit our friends, but this time we also came because BIL and SIL like going to Las Vegas. There was a visit to the Outlet Mall on request so I and the kids dropped off the rest of the party and made our way to yet another game store in another part of town with a pit stop at the Boba shop. Game stores seem to become a new theme whenever I want to make the kids happy. We also had time visit the Writer’s Block. It’s an awesome bookstore my friend introduced me to and now we come here almost every time. By the time we got back to the hotel it was almost time for heading out to our dinner reservation where we met up with our friends.

The restaurant Buddy V’s is in the Venetian and with a little extra time we walked through the canal streets. The first time I saw the artificial blue sky I did a double take.

The main attraction of the day was a visit to the Sphere. It’s that big dome with projections all over. You probably came across one of the gigantic Smiley faces before? Inside is an event space/movie theatre. We had tickets for Postcards from Earth. It is shown on the world’s largest high Definition Screen and provides an interactive experience. That includes temperature changes, wind, chair vibration and smell. It was really something. I did not care much for the story (humans send in pairs to other planets to populate them because humanity destroyed Planet Earth) but the images were stunning. The entrance area reminded me of a space port in science fiction movies. Everyone left impressed.