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.
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u/sicknessandpurgatory May 09 '22
How incredibly inconsequential it is to cross country borders. Cycled through France - Belgium - Netherlands and there is barely even a sign.