I believe there is a less advertised, but equally important line, that of the bidet. It is absent, until suddenly present; but never in a public washroom, only in private homes. It astounds me that Italians, who are obviously so particular about the bathroom habits at home that they have a special washbasin only for their private parts, would (when in public) urinate on street corners and defecate in the filthy excuses for lavatories I've been exposed to. Some unobserved wrinkle in the national psyche I believe.
Our Swiss cottage didn't have a bidet, but our Italian hook-up joint did. Go figure.
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