I just completed a mid January Camino Frances. It was my 3rd or 4th walk on the CF and ninth Camino overall. I have walked in March, April, May, June, July, August, September and October.
I had never seen a bedbug or been in a albergue or hotel/pension that reported them except for one time that a girl showed up in Carrion de Los Condes with new bites while I was working as a hospitalaro. The sisters quickly got her gear and person decontaminated.
Having said that as background...I had two encounters this time.
One was in a private albergue in the owners home. We were put in a private room near the owners own bedroom. Only one other couple there that night and she did not want to open the dormitory room. My wife saw and killed a large critter walking across the white sheets in the morning. It was full of blood....but no sign of bites. Notified owner.
Two days later...in a very nice hotel in Samos we encountered the same thing. Captured the BB and gave it to manager with information as to where and when. He was very grateful to be notified and was on the phone to a fumigator immediately.
The strange thing was that I had thought that the critters were not active in winter and that they were not generally seen in the open. Both proved to be wrong.
We were not bitten..we took action to insure we were not carrying them forward.
No encounters in 9 Caminos...then two in separate types of accommodations in mid-Winter.
I had quit worrying about them long ago...but now???
I had never seen a bedbug or been in a albergue or hotel/pension that reported them except for one time that a girl showed up in Carrion de Los Condes with new bites while I was working as a hospitalaro. The sisters quickly got her gear and person decontaminated.
Having said that as background...I had two encounters this time.
One was in a private albergue in the owners home. We were put in a private room near the owners own bedroom. Only one other couple there that night and she did not want to open the dormitory room. My wife saw and killed a large critter walking across the white sheets in the morning. It was full of blood....but no sign of bites. Notified owner.
Two days later...in a very nice hotel in Samos we encountered the same thing. Captured the BB and gave it to manager with information as to where and when. He was very grateful to be notified and was on the phone to a fumigator immediately.
The strange thing was that I had thought that the critters were not active in winter and that they were not generally seen in the open. Both proved to be wrong.
We were not bitten..we took action to insure we were not carrying them forward.
No encounters in 9 Caminos...then two in separate types of accommodations in mid-Winter.
I had quit worrying about them long ago...but now???
