Back to Toronto from Europe

巴黎:荣军院,军事博物馆,罗丹博物馆,巴黎圣母院,埃菲尔铁塔。
 
 
巴黎:红磨坊,凯旋门,香榭丽舍大街,协和广场,卢浮宫,塞纳河。
 
 
沿途风光:阿尔卑斯山,法国和德国南部,奥地利。
 
 
Here are two picture of MyPal. — details to come …
 
 

Back to Paris from east France – Germany – Austria

斯特拉斯堡:

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慕尼黑:

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新天鹅堡:

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茵斯布鲁克:

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萨尔斯堡:

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维也纳:

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海德堡:

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法兰克福:

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梅斯:

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Worried about bed bugs in your hotel room?

A few spot check travel tips
updated 3:20 p.m. ET, Wed., June. 7, 2006

Before booking a hotel room, you may want to read user reviews of the particular hotel and location — frequently, guests who’ve had bug problems report them online. Bear in mind that a report about one hotel does not mean the issue wasn’t isolated to one room, or that hotel management hasn’t since exterminated.

Still concerned? Concerned travelers may want to check their bed for telltale signs of the bugs, a more common practice years ago.  Before jumping into bed, here are a few spot check tips:

  • Peel back the bedsheets and check the mattress, running your fingers along the upper and lower seams. Make sure to check the mattress tag, bed bugs often hide there.
  • Experts recommend removing and examining the headboard if possible. Check for tiny black spots (excrement) that are smaller than poppy seeds. You may also see translucent light brown skins or, in the case of an infestation— live bugs.
  • Check the bedside table. Look for signs of bed bugs in the drawers and along the wall on the side of the bed that is less likely to be disturbed by cleaning staff and guests.  
  • You may want to elevate suitcases and keep them off the floor, like on a luggage stand.
  • If you see powder in the drawers or on the headboard, it is likely that the room has already been treated for bed bugs by an exterminator.
  • If bed bugs are detected, travelers should request for another room. Be sure to inform hotel management.
  • Just moving to a different room may not be the total answer. You should repeat the thorough inspection of any new or different room you are offered. 
  • When you pack to leave, inspect your luggage carefully first, and inspect every item as you pack to help detect any bugs or their signs. Laundering most cloth items with typical hot water and detergent followed by drying on low heat for at least 20 minutes (or standard dry cleaning) should kill all bed bugs in or on such items. Sealing freshly-laundered items inside a plastic bag should help keep any more bed bugs from getting in those items later to hide (and be carried back with you). 

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  • NYSE:GA

    Keywords: GA, IPO, Giant Interactive, Yuzhu Shi, 巨人集团, 脑白金, 史玉柱(Shi, Yuzhu), 征途(ZTonline), 巨人(Giant), 万王之王(King of King).
     
     
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    After about one and a half month, I just realized that the IPO itself is the secret weapon.  Loan is debt that you need to payback with interest, but public stock share is NOT!  Its value varies, it could down to 0, with 0 dividend.