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Hahahahahaha! He's European, of course he didn't.

Our friends in Paris used to take the overnight regularly to the Pyrenees, using a couchette compartment that held more than two passengers. On one of those trips, a third passenger arrived and said "I hope that there are no bed bugs this time"; which explained to our friends why they had been itchy. They wrote to the SNCF which acknowledged the issue and explained the problem: The homeless sneak into the rail yards at night to sleep in the couchettes.

And then there's this:

http://loyaltylobby.com/2016/07/20/a...nd-passengers/

Bedbugs are on the rise everywhere, not just Paris. A quick Google will get you a lot of info that might surprise some responding here with flippant answers.

https://www.google.ca/webhp?sourceid...ng+worldwide&*

This has been a recurrent problem forever: Hence the famous "Bedbug Letter". Here is an account that appeared in Playboy Magazine in 1955, but refers to a much earlier incident:

"A wealthy gentleman was badly bitten by bugs while riding on a certain railway line. Arriving at his destination, he wrote the company an indignant letter and received a prompt reply. It was, said the letter, the first complaint the company had ever had of this nature. Inquiry had failed to reveal any explanation for this unprecedented occurrence. Nevertheless, a number of new precautions were being taken to make absolutely certain such an unfortunate incident never happened again. The letter was signed by a high official of the railway.

The gentleman was well satisfied with this reply and was returning it to the envelope when a slip of paper fell out onto the floor. The hastily scribbled note on it read: “Send this guy the bug letter.”

I hope if the bedbugs were Australian they were aware of the Schengen 90 day rule.

Don't worry Americans Belgian has it's nut case - Guy Verhofstadt.

Belinda you beat me to it! My response exactly.....