No ice cubes, everything served room temperature including milk and beer... yechh!
Not too many people have refrigerators at home so you are always shopping for food and standing in lines.
They have different power outlets over there so nothing you bring from U.S. plugs in unless you buy some special adapter plug.
And all those different languages. It's like every country has to have a different word for everything. Even in England, they have special words like bollocks, knackers, lorry and loo.
“No ice cubes”
You are so right there! I did a lot of camping, and I was desperate to find bags of ice. They just don’t sell ice.
I learned that I could get ice from the butcher who used the ice to pack meat and fish. They didn’t sell it to me on account that I must be just another crazy American. I gave them a nice tip though.
And water in restaurants only comes in bottles - plain or carbonated.