During the my travels I happened to debunk several common places and to strengthen others. From my personal experience it is true that the French are a bit grumpy, rude and dislike anyone who speaks to them in English. The Germans are cold, very silent and show little confidence, at least in appearance. Irish girls cover themselves from head to toe throughout the day but on Saturday evenings, even on winter evenings, they go out with very short dresses and no socks.
The one thing that I have truly marveled at in every trip I have taken is the great one diversity of public and private baths in every nation. The subject might seem bizarre and even a little delicate to deal with but many times I have thought about this post finding myself in seedy bars that had bathrooms worthy of a suite at the Hilton Hotel.
A Brussels there are public toilets around the streets, outside, dedicated mostly to the male gender. In the beautiful city of Belgium, one does not have too much trouble if, going to the toilet of the bathroom of a bar, the woman has to pass in front of the male bathroom, without doors, where you can see men standing with their backs turned intent on their chores.
A Dublin you go up a level if you think that even in the suburban pub you can find organized bathrooms equipped with every comfort. Here there are real waiting rooms before accessing the toilet and accessories to be imported absolutely, the ladies will understand me. Real survival kit in each bathroom to overcome all inconveniences. Toothbrush and toothpaste kit, condom box, hairdryer and even hair straightener to never remain in disorder.
But the toilets that most impressed me are by far those of Berlin. There are bathrooms in every bar, pub, club and restaurant, even in shopping malls and museums always very clean. Outside every service, the cleaning ladies already with the products in their hands await the exit of the people to give a little cleaning. For their service they ask for a penny, 0.50 cents, which one is often happy to give to receive such treatment and service. As a result, I noticed that people are more willing to be civil and to consider the public place almost as a private one. In addition to cleaning, the bathrooms are often colored, equipped with soap and paper, scented and often very welcoming, quite a lot 10+ at the Berlin baths.
And you have you ever noticed these differences around the world? Which ones are they commonplaces that you feel like debunking and which ones do you really think are true?
