The Amazingly Odd Things Americans Do

We Love Our Ice

Along with water and our cold drinks, ice is also an expected norm in the U.S. One of the oddest things people experience then traveling to Europe, for example, is asking for a drink and being served a soda with no ice at all. Ice, however, isn’t a universal add-on to a drink, and many restaurants worldwide don’t even have an ice-maker to provide it.