The Bellagio and Cirque du Soleil

It was a beautiful night in this brilliant city. From the top of the Eiffel Tower to the night Bellagio Fountain, to the Cirque du Solei O.

Waiting for the show to begin, we had a couple drinks at a bar in the Bellagio where we entertained a family from Orlando celebrating three family birthdays. Doug was talkative, telling our story and they were eating it up. They thought he was joking at first. "We're celebrating our one month-aversary," he tells them. On the story goes about how we met and our travel adventures. "You seem like you've known each other forever," she says. "Well that's what happens when you have to shit in front of each other.... and then drain it the next day." We were laughing our heads off.

The O was fabulous, but was not what I expected. It is a combination of trapeze, artistic diving. high diving, contortionists, clowning, and water acrobatics. The stage is a pool and at times it is covered by platforms. There were underlying themes and meanings of which I feel I'd have to watch the show a hundred times to grasp them all. One of them was, in my words, "Freedom replaced one caste system for another". The scene depicts artists swinging and diving from a swinging liberty bell, while a crying, modern Frenxh maid walks around with her laundry cart picking up the dirty laundry of the ladies and gents dressed in garments of the 1700s... white wigs, red coats with tails and large hoopdy dresses.

On stage left above, the singers are performing behind the glass andl the music is being sung live. She is wearing a beautiful long white dress with ornamental sleeves and she dances and moves her arms as she sings. On stage right through the glass, there is viewing of the technicians at their computers coordinating the background music and sound effects, etc. It was really nicely done.Read more