30 minutes

After my official work duties were complete in Vegas, I had about 30 minutes of free time between when I had to check out of my hotel and when I needed to head towards the airport. Given I had only 30 minutes, I knew my two wishes of going to the top of the Eiffel Tower and going to the Venetian to see the Gondola's was not going to happen. (Darn - a PERFECT excuse for Mike and I go to back to Vegas!) So instead, I decided to head across the street to New York, NY and then find the lions I had been told about in the MGM. I was able to accomplish both: