Bye Bye Bidet!

We´re in moving mode this week at the Peyron household. It´s a "little-by-little" move in that we take a carload at a time back to our original apartment, about a 30-min. drive from our current residence. The good thing about this is that you can pick and choose what you take and get settled in little by little. The bad thing is that the stress, while not quite as high as a one-time move, lingers for weeks until one has actually abandoned the old place.

"Abandonment Day" is fast approaching and I´ll be glad when we can close the door and start a new chapter living in just one house, rather than having our lives spread across the county.

One interesting note is that in our current place we have had a bidet, which I´ve heard could be considered a luxury item in many southern European apartments. (I just read a bit of the history on the bidit. Interesting. Check out the link above.) Our original apartment, the one we´re going back to this week, does not have a bidet...and you know what? We won´t even notice.

The bidet you see above gathered dust for two years and was never used. Never fear. We´re clean...but we just never found a use for this unique washbasin. I wonder how many other homes host this status symbol (or others like it) that sit around to impress others but are never used?

Have you ever used a bidet? Did you use it for it´s original purpose or did you create some new use for it? I´d be interested in hearing your experiences.

So, this week, as we move all of our worldly possesions just a tad closer west toward the Motherland, we salute you, Bidet, and wish you well. Maybe the next set of renters will be able to put you to good use!