A rant on european showers.

Warning: This post is going to be a rant on showers in Europe..

So far we have stayed at three different places and each place has a unique system of turning on the water! Whatever happenned to having two taps - one for hot and one for cold. If you want hot water you turn the hot tap on. If you want cold water you turn the cold tap on. If you want a mixture of both you turn both on. Simple no?

Well instead Europeans have their unique "water turning on" systems. This morning I was in a shower and turned a tap on. And nothing came out! I kept turning the tap and nothing came out. I was about to get out and ask someone. When I stopped and thought... I have two degrees, surely i can figure this out! Eventually i realised that the bit i was turning was to adjust the temperature and there was a hidden tap to start the water. hmm..

The best so far has the be the shower in London. To turn it on you need to pull a cord on the other side of the room before the shower will work. Of course! So obvious! That one had to be explained to me!

What's next?! Maybe there will be a shower which we have to ask nicely to start or one which we have to press a button seven times... who knows?