Vegas - Day 6

Leaving Las Vegas. Today was our last day in Las Vegas so we wanted to make the most of it. Our flight wasn't until 11:30 tonight, so we had no shortage of time to get everything in. Ever since our first morning, we have wanted to go to Paris - Le Village Buffet, so on this our last morning, we did just that. Luckily for us, our monorail passes were still valid, and we made it there in no time at all.

There was much less of a line up today, only half the size of what it was on our first morning, when it was out the door. We were seated in less than 5 minutes, after having purchased our dining tickets at the cashier. We were seated in a little room called Bourgogne, aptly named for one of the provinces in France. There were other rooms in the restaurant that shared the similar naming convention. We did not wait for the waitress to take our drink orders before we made our way to the buffet tables.

The was an abundance of selections to choose from, including but certainly not limited to: crêpes, pancakes, waffles, eggs, bacon, pâtisseries, cereal, cheese, fruit, and bread. We had samplings of all of these and more and we ended up eating two plates each along with orange juice, coffee, and tea. Although Karen was very impressed with the quality of the buffet, she was quite unimpressed with the quality of tea. We spent the rest of the day by the pool, walking around, and picking up a few things for the people back home.

We returned to the MGM Grand in the evening and fittingly had supper at The Rainforest Café, the same place we ate in our first night in Las Vegas. This time, we had a coupon that we had found in one of the many free guides, which provided us with a free appetizer. We decided on a spinach and artichoke dip. I ate an incredibly spicy seafood and sausage pasta dish and Karen ate at chicken wrap. We went back to our hotel to collect our bags that we had checked with the hotel staff that morning, we got changed into warmer clothing, and we waited until 9:00 for our shuttle to the airport.

The shuttle arrived and we got on board and made a few more stops on our way to the airport. Once again, we arrived well in advanced of our flight. As we were checking in for our flight, we saw Hogan et al. doing the same and exchanged a few words with them, who looked a little worse for wear. We weighed our bag, which came in at 41 lbs, which is considerably heavier than it was when we left Ottawa. We had an hour and a half wait before the boarding call finally came, which I mostly spent reading Live and Let Die. Our flight home had a connection through Washington and we made it back to Ottawa the following morning, in about the same time it took us to get to Las Vegas.