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So when we landed in Amsterdam a few of us were not feeling so great. Whatever illness (Norovirus?) had plagued us throughout the trip was back. I was patient zero in Tanzania and unfortunately ended up quite ill during our 6 our stopover in Amsterdam. I was feeling bad enough to ask Adrian to rebook our flight and get a hotel room for at least one night. We managed to get a return flight on Monday so needed a hotel for two nights in Amsterdam. Wow - Europe is expensive. The best value we could find was a citizenM hotel, within walking distance of the airport.
I almost made it to the hotel without being sick in a conveniently located trash can. Our room was smaller than any cruise ship cabin I've had so far and yet it was well designed and quite high tech. Ipad to operate the blinds, TV lights and so on. Good wifi. Small restaurant. So I crawled into bed.
We had two nights here - first night was fine - at about 12:30 am on our second night, the fire alarm went. Adrian and I were in the deepest sleep either of us had had since leaving home, when we had to drag ourselves down the stairs and outside. Probably 15-20 minutes of disruption before we were sent back to our rooms. Turns out a guest assaulted a staff member - no fire, just thoroughly interrupted sleep. Thankfully the staff member will be okay and we did manage to get up for our flight home and are now safely recovering in our happy place!!
I almost made it to the hotel without being sick in a conveniently located trash can. Our room was smaller than any cruise ship cabin I've had so far and yet it was well designed and quite high tech. Ipad to operate the blinds, TV lights and so on. Good wifi. Small restaurant. So I crawled into bed.
We had two nights here - first night was fine - at about 12:30 am on our second night, the fire alarm went. Adrian and I were in the deepest sleep either of us had had since leaving home, when we had to drag ourselves down the stairs and outside. Probably 15-20 minutes of disruption before we were sent back to our rooms. Turns out a guest assaulted a staff member - no fire, just thoroughly interrupted sleep. Thankfully the staff member will be okay and we did manage to get up for our flight home and are now safely recovering in our happy place!!
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