Drinking the water abroad--bottled or tap?

Posted by dhorst, November 9, 2008 at 9:52 PM

My husband is returning from Shanghai, China tomorrow night, he's been there on business. He's been there four days already and I was dismayed to find out that he's been drinking the tap water in his hotel room. I mentioned to him before he left to drink bottled water not tap water, but obviously it did not register. He's had some intestinal discomfort, but nothing too extreme. He also has an iron stomach--rarely catches anything, unlike me who catches every gastro-intestinal bug that comes around.
In Britain, I drank the tap water while there for a semester. In France I did not. Where do you draw the line on tap vs. bottled from a taste or safety standpoint? Do you eat any differently when abroad--garlic, spicy peppers, cinnamon have all been thought to help as far as food safety. Shall I pickle him in garlic when he gets home?

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