20170710_3k BED BUG found in Hotel Aurora in La Spezia, Italy (I left before they could attack me)
Actually I had asked to see the room before checking in, and looked for bed bugs. Didn't see any, so I checked in, went back up to the room, still refrained from placing my gear on the bed, checked the sheet again, AND THERE S/HE WAS. (I'd never seen one IRL before.) Horrified and disappointed (as was tired and sweaty and had been looking forward to a few supercomfy nights after a 12 h train ride and whatnot), I grabbed my gear and ran like hell. With the bed bug in a piece of paper. To the reception. They didn't seem suitably upset, and started to hand me the key to another room. UM, NO THANKS. Apparently it was impossible to give me all the money back; they kept about €10. (But will hopefully have lost more than that once I'm done warning people about their pest problem on Insta and Flickr. *lolz*) "I will review you", I told them, hopefully sounding terrifyingly like a travel blogger with 10 million readers. (I... recently left a very delayed Google review.)
I could find no other accommodation in town (or in Cinque Terre, which was what I was really after), so I Interrailed on. To little Monterosso, where I slept on a station bench, which was painful, but approximately 100000000000000000 times better than getting bed bugs. (And 100000000 times better than paying for Monterosso's €100 "hostel".) In the morning I went to Genova, checked into the rather good Castle Hostel, and fucking commuted to Cinque Terre for a couple of days. I finally went swimming there, on this my 3rd try. (2011: Period. 2012: Rain.) MANAROLA was the place to swim!
PS. I don't always tag photos with animal names in the local language, but when I do... it's done to exact maximal revenge on Hotel Aurora. Tihi. >:B
------------------------------
Vegan FAQ! :)
The Web Site the Meat Industry Doesn't Want You to See.
Please watch Earthlings.
20170710_3k BED BUG found in Hotel Aurora in La Spezia, Italy (I left before they could attack me)
Actually I had asked to see the room before checking in, and looked for bed bugs. Didn't see any, so I checked in, went back up to the room, still refrained from placing my gear on the bed, checked the sheet again, AND THERE S/HE WAS. (I'd never seen one IRL before.) Horrified and disappointed (as was tired and sweaty and had been looking forward to a few supercomfy nights after a 12 h train ride and whatnot), I grabbed my gear and ran like hell. With the bed bug in a piece of paper. To the reception. They didn't seem suitably upset, and started to hand me the key to another room. UM, NO THANKS. Apparently it was impossible to give me all the money back; they kept about €10. (But will hopefully have lost more than that once I'm done warning people about their pest problem on Insta and Flickr. *lolz*) "I will review you", I told them, hopefully sounding terrifyingly like a travel blogger with 10 million readers. (I... recently left a very delayed Google review.)
I could find no other accommodation in town (or in Cinque Terre, which was what I was really after), so I Interrailed on. To little Monterosso, where I slept on a station bench, which was painful, but approximately 100000000000000000 times better than getting bed bugs. (And 100000000 times better than paying for Monterosso's €100 "hostel".) In the morning I went to Genova, checked into the rather good Castle Hostel, and fucking commuted to Cinque Terre for a couple of days. I finally went swimming there, on this my 3rd try. (2011: Period. 2012: Rain.) MANAROLA was the place to swim!
PS. I don't always tag photos with animal names in the local language, but when I do... it's done to exact maximal revenge on Hotel Aurora. Tihi. >:B
------------------------------
Vegan FAQ! :)
The Web Site the Meat Industry Doesn't Want You to See.
Please watch Earthlings.