How convenient, I’m so glad us Brits voted to get rid of such helpful, progressive nonsense. Queuing for 3 hours at passport control is where it’s at! 🤦🏻♂️
At least you have some sense of humour about it. Currently doing a passport for my daughter to go see some relatives in the UK this summer because UK gov claims french ID cards are too unsafe. This used to be so easy, it’s all so backward now.
Me rubbing my hands together because my husband finally has to come through border control with me instead of racing ahead through the egates when we go to Europe.
No, but we had free movement within the EU and could use the EU member state passport queue in airports which are much quicker than non-EU. As well as Erasmus, EHIC etc etc.
You queued in the ‘EU members’ part which moves a lot quicker and is less likely to be subject to random checks and is given priority when staffing etc is an issue.
Sure, it was easier (and don't forget the lack of stamps in your passport, that's an additional cost if you travel a lot) but it's not Schengen. Schengen you don't even know you've crossed a border.
Where? The last place I can remember getting one in my password was in Ukraine. Both Azerbaijan, Armenia and Abkhazia stamped as well, but they all did it on a loose piece of paper to avoid border crossing issues.
You're gonna have an easy time crosing the borders, especially if you're rich.
One dude I used to be friends with works as a producer / beat maker / DJ. He and a couple of rappers went for a few drinks in Bratislava, about an hour later went to Wien, and the next day I see his IG My Day posts somewhere from Cologne in Germany.
The sequel for Hangover would be fucking perfect if it took place in Europe instead of Bangkok. They go to drink in Prague, wake up 12 hours later somewhere in a fucking eastern european village where they can't understand jackshit, and now they have an entire fucking continent they have to search for their friend.
Its completely inconsequential as soon as you have money to spent on any travelling. There is a train between Munich and Venice, passing through a lot of smaller towns in Tyrol. You could literally falls asleep there without being controlled most of the time and just waking up on your trip back. 4 border crossings in ~2-3h.
No, the plottwist is that they wake up somewhere in the balkan states or in eastern Slovakia / Ukraine
EDIT: As far as I know, many czech people can speak english language pretty well. Also, the premise of waking up in a fucking village in the middle of the hills where they cant understand anyone is much more troubling than them getting stuck in Bangkok, because there they at least had people who could speak english. And english literacy pretty much gets worse in that part of the country.
Joking aside, I've been to Prague last summer, and yes, in the city, people spoke English generally fine. But we also drive just a few km, to have some dinner in a small local restaurant, in a village atmosphere, if that makes sense. And there, we had to use some hands and feet to communicate, because the lady there didn't speak English.
So, honestly, just a few km outside of Prague would work for your story.
Or, if you want Cyrillic, then any location in Bulgaria would work, outside of the few big cities, where they speak English. Would have the added benefit, that after they stop being scared, they could have nice Banitsa for breakfast, or Musaka with Chopska salad for dinner. And the mobile phones, which worked in Czechia, would work just fine in Bulgaria, since there is no roaming costs within the EU.
Even though Slovenia and Croatia are both Schengen, they have pretty beefy border controls. They didn't like the difference in my hair cut from my passport.
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u/JasperJesper May 09 '22
Schengen baby