When you don't feel like paying for water...

Category: Eating Out
Italian Phrase: Acqua del rubinetto, per favore.
English Translation: Tap water, please.
Explanation: When you're eating at a restaurant in Italy, water
is not free.You pay for either fizzy or still bottled water.
This can get expensive when it's 113 degrees outside. We asked
our Italian teacher how to ask for tap water, and this is the
phrase she told us. It has come in handy. The tap water here is
pretty good, and it's free when someone will serve it to you.
Sometimes the response to this phrase is "We have no tap water,"
which seems unlikely and a little worrisome if true. One thing
I do love about Rome is that they have fountains of water all
over the place, and you can use them to fill up your water bottle
with cold water.

Gabrielle