Plumbing on my trip to Western Europe Having just returned from Europe, I thought that I would share some notes on the plumbing in the facilities. The UK and Eire basically have non flushing toilets. The buttons and handles are there but non-functional. You only recieve the sounds of silence when you push the button or handle. It can be quite distressing, Most of the English seem to cope with this but not attempting to flush. They must be tone deaf. I am contemplating changing my diet after viewing the contents left in a toilet by a previous encumbent. The toliets in France range from the extremely primitive hole in the ground to the turbo charged toilet in the Toulouse airport. The latter one was simply amazing, I looked for the Gerni but could not find it. The French must replace the porcelain on a quarterly basis. The French toilets where generally clean. All in all, you can find a toilet quite easily but some can be a life changing experience.