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Old 07-09-09, 04:05 PM   #8
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Originally Posted by CastleBravo View Post
That is odd. When I was in Germany and went out to a restaurant the server looked at me like she had never heard of tap water. I actually had to give her instructions on how to take a water glass, turn on the tap, wait twenty seconds, hold the glass under the tap, and then serve me what was deposited in the glass.

When it was finally served, without ice, I kept my mouth shut and figured I'd already done enough, without teaching how to make ice.
It is absolutely uncommon to order tap water in a German restaurant. You're the first I heared of trying that.
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