Italians do this thing where they leave their seats, get their bags, and stand in the doorway of the train way earlier than they need to before their stop. Like 15 minutes earlier. Then you feel you have to get there early too, because what if they know something you don't know?
So I'm standing in the little vestibule, and I notice for the first time that there is a map of the bathroom on the door of the bathroom. It has a key and a symbol for everything - the sink, the hand dryer, the garbage - and it is all mapped out. It even has a "you are here" part. It was kind of funny. Then I noticed there was braille under each part. I guess it is for the visually-impaired to get their bearings before they enter it.
There are so many logical things here like that. Like the light switches you turn on when you leave your apartment or enter a building that go off a few minutes later. Italy saves a fortune on electricity this way. And the environment is thanking them.
And escalators usually just go up. It's the same in Israel. Physical effort is really involved in going up stairs, not down them, so why make an escalator just to go down? If you really need it, there is an elevator.
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