Just returned from Rome, with these exciting toilet-related triviae: Toilets in Rome (some, not all) have only a foot pedal with which to flush, thereby eliminating the foot flushing quandary.
Showers in Rome aren't in a basin, the just spray over the sink, toilet and bidet...it's weird... The toilets at the Coliseum (back in the old days, not now) didn't have partitons between them. So you'd just poop next to your buddy and keep chatting. Apparently, it was a social event. And there was but one communal sponge with which to wipe your bum. It was a very informational trip.
