I was mentioning to Star. I will never take our sewer facilities for granted again. What an education to see the restrooms in Europe. I don't know how they are for you Ultimo, but Italy and Greece had some interesting facilities. Like in Greece, you are not supposed to flush the paper. In Rome we went to a restroom that, no lie, was a square ceramic slab with a hole in the middle. There were two raised foot rests with grooves to prevent slipping--and a brace thing to lean back against. I could not believe it. Literally a hole in the floor. I should have taken a picture of it because it is almost too hard to describe and believe. I stood there for a second, no pun intended, and had to think how in the world I was going to use this. In Italy too there is an attendant for you to tip.
Yeah I have seen what you are talking about CP, we don't have anything like that here, were very civalised over here! We have standard toilet facilites just like you over there, but thats what makes going away to places like Greece, Italy and France fun, its the difference, it gives you something to talk about when you get home!!
Germany's rest rooms were like ours, but kind of like an attendant, cleaning crews would walk in at any time and men's or woman's room didn't matter. We were told ahead of time so we wouldn't freak. They were nice and clean!
I know in Playa Del Carmen Mexico its the same way with not being able to flush the paper down the toilet. The urinals are mostly metal troths. I was at a restaurant that the the troth actually streamed accross the floor into the kitchen drain! We decided to only have a cervasa there.
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Sometimes, when i'm lonely... i crawl into a laundry basket and tickle my ears. But, Some times I don't...
A few years ago at one of the Willow Creek conferences, a group came up from Mexico and traded work for entrance, bringing up some volunteers to help anywhere necessary. A few days into the conference we had to find the Pastor who was in charge of their group and have him tell these workers that our pipes could handle toilet paper, no need to leave it piled up on the stall floors.
CP I understand what you are saying. However, I am potty training my daughter and there is many a time I say go ahead and go in your diaper! Americans are slobs sometimes and expect someone to clean up after them!
