While a large majority of the world—from Europe to Asia to South America—has already embraced the bidet as a more sanitary approach to bathroom hygiene for hundreds of years, for one reason or another ...

For centuries, French people have used bidets to clean up, and if you are visiting, you might encounter one too. Here is what you need to know about this 17th century invention. If you enter a French ...

When staying in a European inn, some people may have been perplexed as "two toilet bowls ..." in the bathroom. This is called " bidet", which is a tool for washing the lower body including the feet.

When you live in a foreign country and delight in cultural differences, there can come a time when you discover that, in some tiny way, you're beginning to adopt them yourself. It's usually something ...

You may have seen them in bathrooms during trips abroad: a second porcelain trough, next to the toilet, that looks like a cross between a urinal and a sink. That thing there is a bidet, people!

When I was a kid, I didn’t get in trouble for much. But one old habit of mine used to drive my dad up the wall: I really, really overdid it with the toilet paper. It didn’t matter how thick or plush ...

When you live in a foreign country and delight in cultural differences, there can come a time when you discover that, in some tiny way, you're beginning to adopt them yourself. It's usually something ...