It isn’t just the Paris Metro. Even the very best hotels are not immune from bed bugs. I was blissfully unaware of this fact until a trip to New York a few years ago when a nightmare struck. We had booked a really top place, but within days of getting home, we discovered little red bites on our legs. Little did I know that this was just the beginning.
There are perfectly rational people who have been reduced to smothering their bodies in Vaseline at night to stop the bites
Bed bugs are little blighters. They can lay dormant and spring to life months after arriving. They lay their eggs in clothes, in drawers, in carpets, on television remotes and, of course, in beds. They can live in walls. When they bite, they inject an anaesthetic so it can take weeks to realise you’ve got a problem, by which time they are well-established and have produced numerous offspring.
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