Bonjour de la Suisse: Congratulations Mike & Georgia!

After one day home in California I was off to Vegas to help celebrate my dear friend's wedding! It was my first Vegas wedding and I wasn't sure what to expect. Would Elvis show up? Would Celine Dion drop by and belt out a tune? Thankfully none of that occurred. The wedding was a gorgeous, elegant, high-class affair held at the Bellagio. We had a wonderful time, the ceremony was beautiful, and the reception was so much fun! We danced the night away after eating some of the best wedding food I have ever had!

I arrived about noon on Saturday and had some time to kill so I decided to head over to the Fashion Show Mall on the strip to buy a French dictionary. I asked the valet guy if it was walkable and he said, "Oh yea, it's only about a mile." A mile? No problem. I set out on my journey. Well, it would have been fine if it weren't 112 degrees outside! About half way there I realized that I was in danger of developing heat stroke! I carried on, ducking in and out of casinos on the way. I also consumed three bottles of water (at $4 a pop!), but I'm glad to say I now have the dictionary!

By the time I got back to the hotel my roommate had arrived and I went up to meet her. Because I was "single" (G couldn't make it so I was going it alone), I roomed with a friend of the bride who also wanted to cut down on the high cost of our Vegas accommodations. She was fantastic! We hug out and watched the world cup (Argentina: México, sadly México was defeated). After, we got ready for the big event and on the way to the Bellagio went shopping for a necklace & handbag for me, since I completely forgot to bring any accessories.

At the wedding my roommate from the dorms at UC Davis was there with her husband (who was also a college roommate of mine). I hadn't seen them in almost 10 years and it was so nice to catch up! I met a lot of great people too. After the reception quite a few of us headed over to the Baccarat Bar in the Bellagio. We saw the star of Cirque du Soleil, but when I went over to talk to him, he was gone! We partied well into the night and by the time I made it back to the hotel I only had two hours before I was supposed to head back to the airport. You gotta love the 18 hour Vegas trip!

So, there I was at five in the morning, dragging my feet to gate C11 to wait for my flight. I sit down and the guy across from me calls out my name! I couldn't believe it. It was a guy I lived with in the dorms at Davis! He was in Vegas for a bachelor party and was heading home to the Bay Area as well. What are the odds?!? It was great to catch up with him too!

After landing in Oakland we said our goodbyes. I was off to pick up Mingle for our five hour drive up to the lake to begin our week of house boating! The next journey was about to begin!

Meanwhile the happy couple was off to Italy to begin their two week honeymoon. I was so happy I was able to share in their celebration in Vegas!

Congratulations again and I wish you guys many, many years of happiness! :)