Continuing Rest Room report by N.

In order to accomplish a thorough assessment, I did seek out and find the public rest room in Dubrovnik, Croatia. Strangely enough, this rest room is located outside the wall of the old city. With all of the 2,000+ cruise sightseers on the inside of the walled city, the rest room was virtually vacant. But what a joy to behold. The two doors leading into the rest room at opposite ends clearly denoted gender, however upon entry into the men’s side, I found 8 urinals on opposite sides of a partition, with a large entry into the toilet stall area. The stall area included both men’s and women’s stalls, again, clearly denoted by the universal symbols—2 boys and 4 girls. The two men’s stalls were clean, had toilet seats and toilet paper. Three out of the four women’s stalls were unoccupied and the doors were open. And I can testify to the fact that there was NO TOILET available—only a ceramic covered hole in the ground. I started to take a picture, but heaven only knows the trouble a man might get into for photographing women’s rest room facilities.



This picture was provided by fellow travelers, The Burgers. Thanks for sending it.

I cannot testify to the toilet paper situation as I did not enter that area. It seems upon further investigation that these are referred to as “Turkish” toilets (remember the part of the world we are in) and apparently they are quite common. It just seems strange to me that the men can sit, but the women have to squat. I will make one final investigative report in Venice on May 11. I am thinking about a possible Master’s Thesis on the subject. What do you think?