Weird Things about Europe

[LittleOldLady]

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At least you got a tub. One nice hotel I stayed at in Europe had that same hand held shower thing (allthough there was a spot to hang it on the wall) in the corner of the bathroom with a drain on the floor. Weird, it was a realy large nice bathroom too.

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Uh, the bath tub arrangement pictured is not a shower per se. The point is to rinse yourself whilst you are soaking in the tub. Hence the location of the nozzle and the lack of a shower curtain. Friends of mine in the Netherlands have exactly that tub arrangement (called in Dutch a ligbad) plus a shower stall (called a douche cabine). The handheld shower on the wall with floor drain (no tub or stall) is what I had in my house in the Netherlands (it's called a badcel). I LOVED it, and if I were remodeling a house over here, that is what I would install. It is wonderful for two-person showers (which are a lot of fun), and when I became seriously ill it was very convenient to use a shower chair (I was too sick to stand for the time it took to shower). In my own house in New Orleans, I had hand-held European-style showerheads installed. I don't need to detail their many advantages, do I?

As for behavior in lines, it depends on which country. Italians do not relate to the concept of waiting in line, but the English are well-known for standing in queues.