Blogs from Cieszyn, Silesia, Poland, Europe

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Ask a Pole, and disappointingly they’ll tell you it’s pronounced “cheshin”, not “cheese-in”.. and there isn’t any special cheese to be found :/ It’s a small border town divided by a shallow river, half in the Czech Republic, and half in Poland. These new EU id cards are a blessing for the border guards who work the bridges over the river. A quick look at photos and they can just wave everyone past - everyone that is, except us unfortunates from “other” places. Then they have to decide who’s turn it is, who’s got the keys to the office, who last used the stamps, and where they are. I spent a lot of time on the bridges :) We slept a night on the busy old town on the Polish side as trains only cross the ... read more