Undervalued Perk of Business Travel

Over 1 billion people in the world can't drink this

So I spent 5 nights in Guadalajara last week, and this week I am in Dallas for 3 nights. And with these 8 nights of hotel stays, I have discovered a previously underappreciated perk of business travel when you live in Mexico City: all the tap water you can drink.

That’s right. Tap water. As you may know, you can’t drink the tap water in Mexico City (or at least, it is strongly recommended that you don’t). So we pay the ~$3 a week to have a big 5-gallon jug to plop in the dispenser on our counter, which is usually plenty of water for the two of us. And we always keep a backup 5-gallon jug in our apartment. AND there is a tap with filtered water down in our parking garage from which we can refill things as needed.

But despite all this filtered water available, I never seem to drink enough, maybe because of some sort of subconscious desire not to have to replace the 5 gallon jug and thereby splash water all over the counter?  Anyway, for a girl who seems to be constantly slightly dehydrated, l was thrilled to learn:
        a) that my hotel in Guadalajara had potable water running from all taps, and
        b) that Dallas water, which was the first public water that made me understand why people buy Brita filters, now tastes possibly superior to Evian to me.

Sometimes one needs to pause for reflection on these minor details previously taken for granted.

*pause*

Ok. Now I am off to savor another free-flowing cup.