# 31 - Travel Day......The Answer to the WTF#A3

Marci & I spent most of today traveling in the car, so she gets to rest, and I will deal with the writing.

The current WTF quiz was a mixed bag....Marci thought it was a good puzzler, while I had doubts. And I was right....most of the good and incorrect guesses were from women, while many men know right away what they were looking at.....

Here again is the photo:

There was a definite sex-bias to this quiz.

Among the incorrect guesses were several thoughts about a place to wash your feet. Perhaps like an Islamic pre-Mosque ritual....

The many man who were correct all saw it for what it was - a large urinal. This urinal was in one of the many museums we visited, and is much nicer than any in the USA. It is designed to handle several men at once. Good for museums, ballparks, concert halls, schools, etc. Quite nice, in stainless steel. Also, spotlessly clean.

So, a few words about bathrooms in Australia and NZ.

First, they are always referred to as 'toilets'.....not restrooms, nor bathrooms. Not the mens room, nor the loo, nor the WC. Ask where the bathroom is in a restaurant, and you get a puzzled look - the signs all say 'Toilet'.

As a guy who spent a good portion of my working career selling, distributing, and consulting on washroom supplies ( yet another euphemism) I can speak with some authority on this - Antipodean Toilets, as a group, are the cleanest I've ever seen. Even the most modest bar has a slick, clean, and well furnished toilet.

As far as urinals go, most are not like the group 'urinator' pictured, but a standard one person setup. But almost all are newer and modern, like these-

I've yet to see, after no less than ??120 public toilets, a typical American urinal, like a Crane or American Standard.....they only have ones that are nicer than in my home. Almost all are handsfree flush.

And as Marci previously mentioned, there does not exist a toilet that doesn't have a ' dual flush' system...not anywhere....if you are still unfamiliar, here is what that looks like on the tank or walll:

Congratualtions to our winner, Mark Berger....come back to Santa Fe and collect your prize!!!

Comments

#120 - SURPRISE....ONE LAST READ WITH YOUR MORNING COFFEE

Did you think we wouldn't do a wrap up - the woulda, shoulda, coulda list along with our very salient observations of the current state of fashion, food, and fun in France and Spain? Well, we got a bit sidetracked. So here is the last of Paris and the rest of the Euro 2019 blog. Our last night in Paris, Laurent returned and we had a dinner at Eels as planned. About a thirty minute walk (perfect, since once we are home I can't get Steve walking at all) but it was raining, so we hopped in an Uber and headed over to the 10th arrondissement in heavy traffic. Rather than describe the great five course chef tasting menu we did- here it is in photos. Everything was excellent, especially the bottle of Pinot Noir- too bad it was their last one and we had to switch wines for the next bottle - but that is the only criticism. The next morning we were packed, said our goodbyes, and were off to the airport for our non-stop to Dulles...

#34 - Sometimes travel is just everyday life with better scenery and a few more meals out

....And I've been doing it wrong the whole trip??? Now you finally tell me?? Travel always sounds so exotic, especially when you take a long plane ride to get there. And a two or three week vacation is usually packed so full, long days, lots of activities and moving from place to place. In other words, every day is a day of nothing but highlights...the major museums, the thrill activities and a fancy dinner out. But a two month vacation is quite different. It is closer to regular life with one or two good surprises each day. Like our drive to Blenheim, a sleepover, and a ferry ride from Picton to Wellington on Tuesday to Wednesday . It was really nice and I could describe what we did, the drive, the vineyards we visited, the dinner, etc. But this blog is meant to be more than just a travelogue. It's about observing and learning, looking at things with distance and perspective. And traveling to a very far away place that is not so different than where y...

#25 - From Melbourne's Upper West Side to its Soho to its Edgy

Really?? ….come on now, could it really be any good??? Saturday morning, nine am, and our hostess had offered to drop us in South Melbourne, just a ten minute car ride from South Yarra. When we are in cities, we love the museums and the great food but, we are also all about seeing the neighborhoods - the established ones where people live and the up and coming ones being gentrified. J suggested South Melbourne for a bite and boutiques and its Market, so, of course, we did it all. Let's have a bit if a primer on brekky here. They have very different combinations of what comes on toast for breakfast. Steve had a pot of baked beans and chorizo and creamy feta with his toast, while I had smashed avocado, tomato, basil and yes, delicious crispy Aussie bacon, which is somewhere between what we have back home and Canadian bacon. The brekky menus do have eggs but lean heavily in the direction of either interesting muesli/ fruit/ yoghurt combos ...

Marci and Steve Go Back to Europe

Search This Blog