I somehow managed to luck out at TIFF this year because all my films were absolutely amazing. In the 10 years I’ve been going to the festival, I’m usually disappointed by at least one film. However, there must be some magic in the air because I really really enjoyed all five of my selections. The first movie I saw at TIFF was Like Father, Like Son. It was by the same director as Nobody Knows, which I had also seen…
Since we had done all the obligatory touristy stuff the previous days, for our last day in Vegas we took it easy. First order of business was getting checked out. Then we walked over to the Strip and bought our bus passes to take us to the outlet mall. The northern outlet was supposedly the better one with more brand name shops. Since we didn’t have any breakfast that day, we first got something to eat in the food court…
Day 3 in Vegas. We made sure we got plenty of rest after the exhausting day at the Grand Canyon the day before. We took it a easy in the morning and decided to venture to the pool for some R&R. The MGM is touted as having one of the best lazy rivers on the Strip. Initially I wanted to try the lazy river too, but after seeing the tube rentals priced at $18 a day, we decided it would…
Heat stroke – day 2. We got up at the crack of dawn the next day to begin our long journey towards the Grand Canyon. We got to our bus stop just outside of the MGM parking lot and ended up waiting for half an hour before the bus came to take us to the terminal station. After checking in and getting assigned our buses for the day, everyone grabbed a danish and a bottle of water and boarded the…
Back from another vacation! I don’t think I’ve done two back-to-back trips to the States before, so I barely had time to crack open a travel book before I took off for Las Vegas. Sin City is really the correct term to describe Las Vegas, because the entire time I was there I spent in pure indulgence. I didn’t think it was possible to eat three buffets in four days, but somehow it happened and I think it will be…