On this solo European trip I bought an unlimited Eurail pass. So in an effort to save some money on hostels, I would often take overnight trips. Makes for an interesting tour I guess, literally criss-crossing Europe every few days.
Anyway, I was in Bruges and needed to go somewhere, so I went to the train station and looked for the longest journey. I saw a long journey to Wien, which I pronounced Ween. I had no idea where it was, but I also didn't really care. I booked the train and proceeded to tell everyone in the hostel that I was going to Ween, inevitably giggling as I did so. Later in the day, I was looking through the Eurail book and saw Wien again. And in my head I thought, "If you pronounce that with a German accent it sounds like...ohhhhhh. Right. Vienna."
I kept my mouth shut about Ween after that.
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