This is admittedly a retrospective blog. One thing that still confuses me (even in retrospect, of like five days) is why we amercanize all the names of the worlds cities, and the favor is not returned in kind? I mean, we take a somewhat mundane name such as Wien- and make it Vienna, a cultural and artistic hub on the world. Munchen, which totally sounds like a lazy verb, becomes 'Munich' concise and perchance regal--- Next stop Salzburg (which we left untranslated- it means land of salt) It is the home of Mozart, an unfortunately ugly man with a beautiful mind (not to be confused with Russel Crowe).
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