United Kingdom

Camera Obscura Museum, Edinburgh

really annoying sink with one faucet for hot water and another for cold in many places in England

Camera Obscura Museum, Edinburgh

Holland Park, London

at Edinburgh Castle

restaurant in Edinburgh

France, Part Deux

Marie Antoinette’s toilet, Petit Trianon, Versailles

in a 50s diner in Onzain

potty seat in public bathrooms, Chambord

Fondation Luis Vuitton, Paris

street artist specializing in toilets

eco/dry toilet in tree house (plastic bag with sawdust on the side)

The Netherlands

for men, on street by canal, Amsterdam

lack of toilets, Amsterdam

at the cheese museum, Alkmaar

in a park in Amsterdam

Germany

using the toilet costs 70 cents, but you get a 50 cent coupon for the convenience store

after you flush, a sanitizing “arm” sprays the seat as it rotates

urgent

Austria

sitting only, please

for the Asians

archbishop’s toilet in Hohensalzburg Fortress

here, you DO flush the toilet paper

fly target in urinal

Adriatic Cruise

ancient public toilets, Ephesus, Turkey

Italy

seat doesn’t stay down

pee-ping Toms

pay for pee

France

seat-less

Aix-en-Provence

men’s urinal is where you wait to use the ladies’ room

Spain

Spain didn’t have any really exciting toilets, so here are some historical ones.

en suite bathroom (a real luxury) in Casa Milà, designed by Gaudí (with “halar la cadenza” flushing technology)

in Palau Güell, designed by Gaudí

when it was originally built, this overhanging bathroom would not have had a completely solid floor so the poop could be tossed out to the ground below (Cuenca)

Japan

toilet with a sink that turns on when you flush and fills the tank

how to use Japanese squat toilet

close-up of toilet buttons

too many buttons–we had Nati test them out

at the airport

at a restaurant

China

in hotel: not sure what the point of glass door is

typical Chinese toilets

Hong Kong

at airport

mommy and me toilet stall at airport

Cambodia

to “flush” add water from basin beside toilet

Thailand

hose to wash up

the second one?

Singapore

airport: bathroom stall with a place to store your baby

on stall door

on stall door

Australia

Sydney: getting ready for New Year’s Eve

Port Stephens: port-a-potty in sand dune