> If you’re an American eating at a restaurant in Europe and you order a glass of water, you may be surprised — and disappointed — to receive a glass of lukewarm water, or, even worse, a room temperature bottle of water. A glass of ice water, though customary in the United States, is seen as strange and unnecessary elsewhere.

As a European, what? This sounds like it’s written by an American who has never been to Europe or only been there once and ate at some roach motel restaurant. You always get water, sparkling or still, with ice in it.