Hello dear readers! Thank you for all the wonderful comments on Lar’s post. We have so many more photos to show from my visit to Edinburgh, but I’m starting backwards with the last night of my trip, alone, in Amsterdam.
There’s nothing like having a twelve hour layover in a foreign city at night right after saying good-bye to your twin sister. My only solace was that I got to stay at the CitizenM hotel right by the airport in Amsterdam.
When I found the hotel through Trip Advisor, I had no idea how cool it was. Had I checked out the CitizenM site ahead of time, I would have had some inkling. Turns out it was perfect for a layover (the M stands for “mobile”) in a foreign country after saying good-bye to your twin sister. I was able to distract myself with the brightly-colored decor, lobby bar and all the high tech, compact touches in the room.
The video I made below was really just to show Troy and my parents what the room looked like, but I decided to include it in this post because it’s much easier to show you the room than explain it. There’s even a second video on our YouTube channel that I took about an hour later. Feel free to watch if you want to hear my high-pitched voice again and see some more out of focus views.
The photo of the hallway below makes it look creepy, but I promise it’s not. It’s very cheery in fact.
The cell phone/remote-looking thing below is what controls everything in the room: the lighting, the temperature, the blinds, the shades, TV and the alarm clock.
The room had this little guy on the bed (below). Everyone I showed these photos to thought it was creepy, but I thought it was cute. I was so tempted to buy one in the shop in the lobby, but it would just get chewed up by my dogs at home.
So if you ever find yourself in Amsterdam (there’s a second CitizenM in the city center), London or Glasgow, I highly recommend that you stay at least one night at CitizenM. Let me know how you like it!
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Dearest Lar,
Those ten days with you in Edinburgh were so wonderful! You and Matt were the best hosts! I keep thinking that if I could come visit you once a month, then it wouldn’t be so bad being so far apart from each other. I’m sure Matt would love that – ha! I’m going to start playing the lottery now so I can make that happen, ok?
You should go Glasgow and stay at the CitizenM for one night with Matt just for fun. You could consider it research for your design work because the CitizenM branding is awesome. Even the shampoo bottles have awesome CitizenM messages on them.
Look, twin poufs!!!
Love and miss you!
xoxo, Cath
PS: I just finished my last Tunnock Tea Cake that I brought home. One more reason to come back and see you 😉
Oh my gracious! A toilet pod! Maybe Matt and I will each have to get our own CitizenM rooms? Our maybe they are bigger in Glasgow – tehehehe.
That said, it looks awesome, Kitcath! And I am so, so glad you had a place to stay that could distract you from our parting. The whole time I kept thinking “Amsterdam Airport, you bettah be nice to my sistah!”
I don’t think that little doll is creepy at all — I love him/her/it! I would have totally caved and bought one in the giftshop — partly because if I were missing you and since I can’t drink “grape juice” I would have gone shopping instead 😉
Miss you like mad!!! P.S. It has rained a WHOLE lot more now that you aren’t here.
xoxoxoxox,
Lar
CitizenM really did turn out to be the best distraction. I just kept telling myself that I hadn’t just left my sister for the next four months and was having a mini adventure in Amsterdam – even if I never really did leave the airport 🙂
There’s enough privacy in the toilet pods for quick trips (if you know what I mean) because you can turn the TV on and close the sheer curtain. But I wouldn’t want to share a room that small with someone for a week-long trip.
love you! Cath
you girls looks so happy together! 🙂 i’m sure you had an amazing visit.please share more photos!!!
More pics of us together coming soon!
Dear Lar
Thanks very much for mentioning us in your blog. It seems you had a great time at the hotel and really enjoyed your experience and we’re glad we could help as you had to say goodbye to your twin sister 🙂
We love the pictures and your description of everything on your blog and if you’re ever on your way to Amsterdam, Glasgow, London (or soon in New York, Paris airport or Rotterdam!!) we’d love to have the opportunity to welcome you back.
Best wishes
Andrew Simons
Manager On Duty
citizenM Amsterdam Airport
Hi Andrew,
It was actually me (Cath), not Lar that stayed, but we’re twins so it’s practically the same thing 😉 So glad you liked the post! Thanks for stopping by! Next time I’m in one of those cities, I will most definitely being staying at a CitizenM!
– Cath
You ladies look so beautiful in that last pic!
ohh i may be going to amsterdam and paris for a week in oct. maybe i’ll check this hotel out if i go!
Let me know if you do go. I really loved staying there!