So we hit the Signature's famous 'moving walkways' and plunge headlong ....into the jaws of ........
.........................the MGM .....

Let me just say here that from the off, my constant refrain was:
'well, on the Trip Advisor forum they say .....'
(While E's was....'can we go to Hooters' ....)
Looking back, we must have both looked like glassy eyed zombies cruising along on the walkways ...it was either very late afternoon or early evening and the lag was starting to kick in .
As the MGM swallowed us up I figured The Strip might be abit too much sensory overload for the first evening ...especially as E was setting foot on US soil for the first time in quarter of a century....

Into the MGM - which hits you right between the eyes ..and ofcourse it's Saturday night so it's alive as alive can be.

And we are hungry. And everywhere is full with queues waiting.
Through the casino we go ......scanning the various eateries....'keep following the carpet 'says E - 'it's got path tracks on it'.

Come to the Players Club.....after all the advice on TA I insist we sign up. E is not one for handing out his details lightly but is quite taken with the free gold- metal MGM keyring ...so he does. Lovely - we've got presents already!

I am champing at the bit to throw my money into the nearest slot and The Wheel of Fortune is calling to me...but I exercise restraint as I have no idea what the hell I am doing. The lag is giving me a problem with reality.

Wander around abit ...look at the lions...which in our state seemed even more surreal than they usually do ...and retrace our steps on our food hunt.

The only place that seemed to be not full to the brim was a rather posh chinese, 'The Pearl', so in we went. As our brains were slowly turning to fudge we chose the $48 set menu each so we didn't have to think too hard. The food was great but we could have been eating MGM lion for all I know, as we were now feeling quite gaga... ....

and so back to The Signature ...and time to call it day . It's only about 10pm... but for us its the next day in the UK and our conversation is becoming nonsensical and slightly hysteria tinged.. One thing's for sure ...it feels good to be here!