Open all year round, the Treehotel might attract only the hardiest of souls during the winter as temperatures typically dip to around minus 15 degrees Celsius (5 degrees Fahrenheit).

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The owner, a cadaverously pale guy with red hair, suggested he go to Arromanches, unless he wanted to sleep in one of the auberges that stayed open all year round.

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Swede Soderling had a tremendous 2009, reaching the final of the French Open, but this year had lost in the first round of all his tournaments.

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