Monday, January 30, 2012

My little sanctuary in Amsterdam airport

Left my hotel in Zanzibar yesterday at 2:30 and headed to the airport. Everything went well, except for a slight baggage mixup that just about had my luggage being sent to johannesburg. Luckily, they caught it, and I went digging through the baggage hold, looking through all their baggage carts until I found mine and we got it properly tagged. It had been tagged all the way through to Vancouver, I had watched him do it, so I don't know how that happened. So I am crossing my fingers that I will see my bag when I get to Vancouver.

Flew via Nairobi, and this time through, I found the airport more comfortable. It's funny how things can change in just a few weeks. I slept most of the way through to Amsterdam. Upon arriving, I had missed both meals served on board, so I was starving. However, no restaurants, or even a little coffee shop open until 630. I checked into my little yotel room at 630, after a breakfast of Pringles that I had brought wi me from Zanzibar.

The yotel room is like a little 8 x8 room, and it is awesome. A duvet, if you can imagine. How heavenly, I squiggled right into bed, with two pillows and my lovely duvet for a few hours. Had a quick refreshing shower, charged my iPad for the 10 hour flight and I'm all set to check out, so grab some lunch and head back to Canada.

In short, I love yotels. They are an awesome little piece of airport goodness, especially on the way home, when you need a little luxury. I will be dreaming of my duvet wAiting for me at home now....


And a few pics from Zanzibar

1 comment:

  1. Hi Briana! Welcome back to Canada. I hope the long flight went okay. You are back to your little apartment by late tonight, and I hear you are back to work tomorrow. I will be thinking about you. I still have this week and next off work, so I am trying to make the most of my time. Definitely enjoying my time at home... although travelling would have been nice as well.
    See you soon I hope!
    Love from Auntie Kim

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