The French are good at bakeries, food, pristine architecture. But there’s two things they’re not good at: invading Russia in the winter and access to public toilets. I’m going to focus on the latter.
As I enjoyed my various coffees today (see part 1) and even indulged in a healthy smoothie. My bladder slowly started to fill up. The first museum I visited today, La Piscine, had a clean, nice toilet. But it wasn’t in the city centre.
Upon returning to Lille, as my bladder slowly felt smaller and smaller, I required use of the facilities at a much more hurried rate. I go to Musee de l’Hospice in the hope they’ll have a bathroom in there I can use. Really good museum, but I was busting for a wee the whole time, so couldn’t fully take it in.
Upon leaving, I find a queue for a public toilet near the cathedral. It’s in a state of permanent lock despite the efforts of people in front of me to open it. I give up here and head to McDonald’s, but it’s full of loud teenagers and a security guard. I stumble across a Starbucks and go to buy the cheapest thing I can to get a receipt and the code to the toilet. Turns out the toilet was open and unlocked the whole time. Result, but at the cost of €1.95!
Lille has been fantastic, but get more toilets.
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