United Kingdom

Camera Obscura Museum, Edinburgh

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

at Edinburgh Castle

Holland Park, London

restaurant in Edinburgh

Camera Obscura Museum, Edinburgh

France, Part Deux

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

potty seat in public bathrooms, Chambord

Marie Antoinette’s toilet, Petit Trianon, Versailles

in a 50s diner in Onzain

Fondation Luis Vuitton, Paris

street artist specializing in toilets

The Netherlands

for men, on street by canal, Amsterdam

in a park in Amsterdam

at the cheese museum, Alkmaar

lack of toilets, 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

here, you DO flush the toilet paper

archbishop’s toilet in Hohensalzburg Fortress

sitting only, please

for the Asians

fly target in urinal

Adriatic Cruise

ancient public toilets, Ephesus, Turkey

Italy

pee-ping Toms

seat doesn’t stay down

pay for pee

France

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

Aix-en-Provence

seat-less

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

close-up of toilet buttons

too many buttons–we had Nati test them out

how to use Japanese squat toilet

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

at a restaurant

at the airport

China

typical Chinese toilets

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

Hong Kong

at airport

mommy and me toilet stall at airport

Cambodia

to “flush” add water from basin beside toilet

Thailand

the second one?

hose to wash up

Singapore

airport: bathroom stall with a place to store your baby

on stall door

on stall door

Australia

Port Stephens: port-a-potty in sand dune

Sydney: getting ready for New Year’s Eve