Occupying Russians had never seen a modern toilet

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21. I've been to Russia.

I’ve sat on a box with a hole over the top in a “grand”department store in downtown St. Petersburg. Old women tore off squares of toilet paper from a roll and presented them to patrons who entered to use the facility.We were told by the Russians that this street was comparable to 5th. Avenue in NYC. My girlfriend and I had a hard time keeping our laughter inside until we left. There were also plenty of public toilets outside of the city where outdoor toilets were holes dug in the dirt with some kind of white powder sprinkled around. Although our hotel did have modern toilets.