Bed bugs and tear gas
<p>Alarming reports of a bed bug infestation filled my social media feeds in the weeks before I flew to Paris for my birthday in mid-October. Images of these tiny blood suckers crawling on seats on public buses and trains horrified me. I’d been the victim of a bed bug attack 20 years earlier in an old hotel on rue du Dragon. Red bumps covered my arms, shoulders, and face and my co-workers shunned me for weeks. Fortunately, the little parasites did not embed themselves in my home so I was spared the nightmare of bed bug eradication. But I’ve been terrified of them ever since and took every precaution for this trip to Paris.</p>
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