Pushing the square or circle to "flush"

By: Kati Tanner

See the rectangle on the top right of the toilet?  You push it to flush the toilet in our hotel.

Everything in Germany seems to be an adventure, even flushing the toilet and turning on the lights.  Flushing the toilet and turning on the lights is different here.  There is no “switch” to turn on the lights in our hotel, instead there is either a circle or square that you push.  It’s the same for the toilet – there is no “flush,” but instead a button that you push.  It's weird that something so simple can be so different when you're in a foreign country.

Can you believe this is the light switch in our hotel?