This is getting to sound like a broken record. Is it not possible to go on walkabout without the truly unsavoury experience of bed bugs? And along with that, the associated nasty allergic reaction? 3 for 3 over the last 3 years` walks, ughhh. Am thanking my lucky stars for anti-inflams. I can only cross my fingers that I am not inadvertently carrying any unwanted hitchhikers in my bag. Then there was the car alarm going off every hour or so right outside my window. Classic case of the shadow side of travel.
Moving along...Big rain last night. So much so that the path was alive with all manner of crawlies. Snail soccer kept me amused for a good hour. Then I crossed the border into Austria and they were no more. Perhaps their professional standing was insufficient to grant them immigration under Austria`s quota? Things that make you go hmmmmm.
Am pretty well standing equal distance between Vienna, Bratislava and Mosonmagyarovar. If I had the inclination, I could set foot in 3 countries in a few hours. How cool is that?
Moving along...Big rain last night. So much so that the path was alive with all manner of crawlies. Snail soccer kept me amused for a good hour. Then I crossed the border into Austria and they were no more. Perhaps their professional standing was insufficient to grant them immigration under Austria`s quota? Things that make you go hmmmmm.
Am pretty well standing equal distance between Vienna, Bratislava and Mosonmagyarovar. If I had the inclination, I could set foot in 3 countries in a few hours. How cool is that?
It's blog posts like this that make me not want to do trips like this despite the good times to be had. ARGHH, how annoying! However, maybe I wouldn't be allergic to them....hmmm, rather not find out heehee
ReplyDeleteu only BECOME allergic 2 them from acute exposure over a short period of time. that was my first camino 2 summers ago when i just could not shake them and was getting a good 20 - 30 bites per night. then the allergic reaction. niiiiiiice...
ReplyDeletehaving said that, i was lucky this time. seems to be an isolated incident. x`ing my fingers, moon boy...
oh I thought it was like bee stings, you either are or your not allergic. Well given the new info I DEFO don't want to find out :)
ReplyDeleteactually, i became allergic 2 bee stings from repeatedly getting stung, lucky me. as with bees and wasps, when bed bugs nail u, they deliver a small dose of toxin to your bloodstream. provided it remains a low dose over a long period of time, no biggie. but the toxin mainly remains in your system so if you get stung repeatedly, the toxin accumulates to the point where ur system rebels and says "whoa there bobby joe, nuff is nuff!"
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