Comments on: Living like a local: Eating, walking, kissing and (not) tipping in Barcelona https://www.eurocheapo.com/blog/perspectives-on-barcelona.html EuroCheapo editors take on the world of budget travel. Sat, 06 Sep 2025 14:19:49 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.8.3 By: Taylor https://www.eurocheapo.com/blog/perspectives-on-barcelona.html#comment-148643 Sun, 02 Mar 2014 17:11:17 +0000 http://www.eurocheapo.com/blog/?p=34865#comment-148643 I like your comments about the light switch location. It’s the same deal here in Italy. Not all, but many bathrooms have the light switch outside of the room. I have no idea why, but if I find out … I will report back!

]]> 34865 148643 2014-03-02 17:11:17 By: Elliot Ephraim https://www.eurocheapo.com/blog/perspectives-on-barcelona.html#comment-148598 Sat, 01 Mar 2014 14:28:15 +0000 http://www.eurocheapo.com/blog/?p=34865#comment-148598 With reference to the bathroom light switch that is found OUTSIDE the bathroom, there usually is a white porcelain rocker switch which when the upper part is found depressed, it means that the bathroom is in use.

Every bar/restaurant has a W.C. (water closet) called a “Water” (pronounced VOTTER), but it is customary that only paying clientele may use it.

During the 30+ visits I have made to Spain since 1957, I have found that by first ordering a can~a (a short beer) and then heading directly to the W.C. (usually in a hurry), my cerveza is on the bar when I am ready. This procedure is what I call “cambiando aguas”.

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