At last! That well earned day beside the pool in the hot sun! I have to say that the Flamingo has been a really pleasant surprise to me/us. The pool is lovely, warm and relaxing. The cafe just inside the doors has wonderful breakfast and lunch snacks as well as decent coffee (a rare thing in the US - they call brown water coffee!!) BUT, there is one thing I certainly wont miss about this hotel - the bloody awful, 80's, mostly British music that is piped round the pool and hotel 24/7. If I hear Sade, UB40, Kim Wilde, Level 42, Elton John or Rod Stewart track again I will throw a wobbler! Thank God for iPod!

For the evening's entertainment we went to Maggacio's in the Fashion Show Mall. I've wanted to eat here since first seeing it last year. It has that rare commodity of outside eating (although I have to say this is becoming more popular as Vegas changes). Anyway, the inside is garbed out like a forties lounge bar with piano player and crooner and for the most part full of beautiful people. On the balcony (where we ate) it's opposite the Wynn and depite the noise from the strip is very nice and feels pretty relaxed. I had the sausage spaghetti which was gorgeous and Alan had the strangest looking lasagne that was hardly any bechamel but mostly cheese - and enough for an English family of four!! We couldnt even leave a dent in these meals (despite me only ordering half size meal) and consequnetly felt over-full, uncomfortable and tired all evening - what a shame, the food is very good but the portion sizes and the richness is just too much.

We then gambled a bit on the slots while feeling VERY bloated!