I love going to Las Vegas....this was my third trip. The trick is to pre-book the big shows, and not to gamble. If you don't gamble, and have all your big shows paid for, it can be a really cheap holiday. This trip we stayed in a gated community and looked after a friends house, car and dog. Getting away from the strip to an actual private house was just bliss. I swam and sunbaked every day, shopped in the afternoon, and went to shows each night. I also rediscovered Las Vegas in a way, as we had a big Audi to drive around in. Their are antique and collectables shops along Charleston Avenue that I discovered , and of course the big book stores have great books on historic Las Vegas, that really interests me. I made sure I went and saw a little old Casino called The Sahara, that Marlene Dietrich opened at in The Congo Room in the 50's. Its a beautiful casino, but it needs to be restored to its former glory as its heyday is over, and now its very sleazy sadly.....The strip is always forever changing, and it makes me sad when I hear that another old casino has been lost. But being is Las Vegas gives me a natural high..my heart starts pumping faster...and I just get lost in a world of total enjoyment. 
