The used to have a bear pit in Bern. They still have a Bear Pit in Bern, but it is no longer a pit but a Bear Park on the banks of the River Aar. The bears complained that it was no longer the thing to do to put them in a pit. The bear is the symbol of Bern, and they felt they deserved something better. I have not visited the bear park, but when I do I promise there will be some photos.
However, I visited the old bear pit, which no longer has bears. It is empty, but not useless. A brewery has now replaced the bears. The brewing machines are all behind glass for everyone to see.
I then moved on, feeling a natural desire after seeing so much beer being produced and visited the ladies toilet. It was very clean and modern and I found an interesting poster on the wall, of which I took a photo.
In the middle it says “On Sunday a toilet is more than simply a toilet”. Top left it tells us that the saying “money does not stink” originates from the Roman Emperor Vespasian who introduced the first toilet taxes. It then tells us that Alfred Hitchcock’s film Psycho was almost censored completely, not because of the murders, but because of the scene with a toilet.
It goes on to tell us that in Japan toilet seats are usually heated and a human spends on average three years of his life on a toilet (perhaps more if we take the iPad or a book with us). On the New York marathon it seems that if you have a human need, you might set up a record on distance “pissing”. Sorry for the expression, but I cannot translate everything. Pope Julius is the patron saint of toilet cleaners and Barbara Streisland was a toilet cleaner before she became famous. Last of all it seems that the amount of bacteria on an office desk is 400 times more than that on a toilet seat.
Yes the things those Bernese investigate.
Chronicles of an Anglo Swiss 
That was very interesting and thanks for the translations. Japanese toilets definitely are different – when we went to New York last summer we stayed in a Japanese hotel so have experienced them first hand. If we weren’t there to sightsee I probably could have increased my time spent on the toilet!
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I think the best I have experienced was The Palace Hotel in Gstaad, Switzerland, but it is a luxury hotel where the stars stay. I didn’t have to pay, we were invited.
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Translations are helpful. People spend more time in toilets on sundays. Japanese toilets steals the show 🙂
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I have never been on a Japanese toilet, although a Moroccan toilet in Marrakesh, that was interesting.
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How interesting.
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That’s why I took the photo probably.
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Wow. You would NEVER see a sign like that in the U.S. Not anywhere. We are much too prissy about toilet things, but I think it’s very cool. And funny. I’d post one in MY bathroom. Garry might go to Japan just for the heated toilet seats. For that matter, I might consider it myself. Great post!
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I found it interesting. I remember a hole in the floor in the middle of the Atlas mountains near Marrakesh in a restaurant toilet. Actually it seems they were all holes in the floor in Marrakesh. There are times when being a man is an advantage.
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I wonder why the US hasn’t caught onto the heat toilet seat? It’s really such a shock in the winter to use one. Or maybe they have, and I just don’t know about it. Heading for google. Great post!
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I don’t think I would really want one. We have a seat heating in the car on the front seats, but I usually turn it off when I drive . I don’t even find it comfortable.
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I can see a car not needing it. The heating system itself works fine. It’s my feet and hands that need warmth in the car. Plus, I know how hot the seats in cars get in summer just from the sun, and that’s not happy sitting. I’d like to try the heat toilet seat out though, just to see.
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Oh dies gefiel mir, danke sehr :-).
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Natürlich, alles auf deutsch. Hoffentlich war meine Übersetzungen i.O.
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Es wuerde mir nicht im Traum einfallen etwas zu korrigieren 🙂
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Merci viou mau
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vous êtes les bienvenus
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Wir Schweizer sagen immer Merci, wir mischen alles durcheinander.
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