Goodnight, don't let the bedbugs bite!!
weeeell!! If only i had paid more heed to THAT advice! Yes Simone and I realised every traveller's worst (itchy) little nightmare this week after becoming infested with the hideous beasties at our last lodgings in Cesky Krumlov, small village outside of Prague. WHAT an ordeal, and expensive to boot!!!
Basically we awoke at 3am to the 15 other aussies who had just moved into Hostel Ryba where we were staying (we had already been there 3 nights and not realised we were under invasion!) screaming and generally causing quite the racous as they packed their bags and began to flee back to their van. Simone and i emerged groggy and tired from our room to see kiwis and aussies alike flying in all directions, bloodstained sheets thrown to the floor, bags geing being hastily packed and various boys with glass cups trapping the bastards with cries of "look at the size of this one!!" it didnt look good. We were in denial. i was still clinging to the hope that our room was the exception. this was very quickly dispelled by simone and kiwi boy emerging from our room with one of particuarly largeand exciting dimensions. "where did you get that??!!!" i shrieked, "you dont want to know.." simone replied looking glum. The beast's kiwi captor was less discreet, "Under you pillow- it's huge!!" he enthused. I didnt share his excitement. my skin began to crawl, suddenly i felt itchy all over. And so the mission began.. There was no way i was getting in any kind of horizontal state within ten kms of these premises so we dragged our bags out of the room and began the long wait till sunrise where we planned to trek to our busabout pickup point, (we were due to leave the next morning anyway) bus to Vienna (keeping our dark infected secret to ourselves) then begin the long and arduous task of twenty loads of washing, flyspraying (or BED BUG HIROSHIMA) as i liked to call it.
So yes, Simone and I have finally got to be "the dorm freaks" the weirdos that everyone hopes they dont get in THEIR bunk: with all our flyspray stinking possesions that werent machine washable in plastic bags, we hogged the washing machine and dryer for the bext four long hours and we were completely shattered after virtually no sleep.Happily I have made a reservation to move to the other hostel tomorrow night where we can slip back into anonymity :o). The three girls who saw me sneaking back in post BED BUG HIROSHIMAAAA) with packs in hand and my industrial sized can of RAID UNIVERSAL STRENGTH did NOT look impressed. oops bough to run out.. to be continued..!
Basically we awoke at 3am to the 15 other aussies who had just moved into Hostel Ryba where we were staying (we had already been there 3 nights and not realised we were under invasion!) screaming and generally causing quite the racous as they packed their bags and began to flee back to their van. Simone and i emerged groggy and tired from our room to see kiwis and aussies alike flying in all directions, bloodstained sheets thrown to the floor, bags geing being hastily packed and various boys with glass cups trapping the bastards with cries of "look at the size of this one!!" it didnt look good. We were in denial. i was still clinging to the hope that our room was the exception. this was very quickly dispelled by simone and kiwi boy emerging from our room with one of particuarly largeand exciting dimensions. "where did you get that??!!!" i shrieked, "you dont want to know.." simone replied looking glum. The beast's kiwi captor was less discreet, "Under you pillow- it's huge!!" he enthused. I didnt share his excitement. my skin began to crawl, suddenly i felt itchy all over. And so the mission began.. There was no way i was getting in any kind of horizontal state within ten kms of these premises so we dragged our bags out of the room and began the long wait till sunrise where we planned to trek to our busabout pickup point, (we were due to leave the next morning anyway) bus to Vienna (keeping our dark infected secret to ourselves) then begin the long and arduous task of twenty loads of washing, flyspraying (or BED BUG HIROSHIMA) as i liked to call it.
So yes, Simone and I have finally got to be "the dorm freaks" the weirdos that everyone hopes they dont get in THEIR bunk: with all our flyspray stinking possesions that werent machine washable in plastic bags, we hogged the washing machine and dryer for the bext four long hours and we were completely shattered after virtually no sleep.Happily I have made a reservation to move to the other hostel tomorrow night where we can slip back into anonymity :o). The three girls who saw me sneaking back in post BED BUG HIROSHIMAAAA) with packs in hand and my industrial sized can of RAID UNIVERSAL STRENGTH did NOT look impressed. oops bough to run out.. to be continued..!
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