"Squat Toilets"

It was in Russia that Sharon and I first experienced squat toilets, but it turns out that they are common in the Black Sea area as well as parts of Asia.

The first time was very unexpected and came with hours of conversation. 

This is a picture of a VERY clean one in a nice gov't building.  Most of them have no running water, no TP, no trash can.  They are basically a porcelain hole in the ground.  Now this may not seem so bad at first, but consider all the things that you might have to do in a bathroom and think about doing them here.

-BUT-

Most of them that we went to were beyond disgusting.  Many of the times I had to roll up my pant-legs and trudge through the "soup", because it turns out that for those of us that didn't grow up like this - we don't really know how to aim!

Sharon and I spent quite a bit of time discussing the logistics of these events.  It was always and adventure! In Italy you get two toilets - here we get a hole in the ground.