Things to see and do in Gran Canaria
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Ok, it's been a few weeks since my last post (mainly due to moving home and waiting for Telefonica to connect up my ADSL connection), but I'm back now and thought I would kick off with a new series of posts about some of The places to go and things to do here in my new home of Gran Canaria
Las Vegas Legends - Casino Royale
Casino Meloneras
Number one of the must do list if you ever come to visit Gran Canaria is to visit the Las Vegas Legends, Black and Red Casino show, at the Casino in Meloneras.
We saw this shortly after we arrived in Gran Canaria back in January, and it completely blew us away, stunning performances of great tunes from all the Legends of Las Vegas, and last night we went back to see the latest version of the show: Casino Royale.
The two lead singers Adam Marks and Laura Parkes have great
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