water closet

Flushing a toilet while abroad has been one of the most boggling activities. Of course your standard "point and shoot" works fairly well. But flushing is not as standard. When you have to flush a toilet in europe your best practice is to pull, push, turn, crank, step on, flip, or pray until you see water disappearing. Most urinals don't have running water and surprisingly, don't smell. More restaurants than you'd imagine don't have public restrooms, but most "tourist attractions" have free restrooms. Airports and train stations think nothing of charging you a few coins for 15 minutes of restroom use. The ones you pay for are very clean though.