Originally Posted by
Fanjet
And even the English-usage word for the city is Breslau.
are you sure about it? Definitely agree that that city was called Breslau much longer since 11th century than Wroclaw or Vratislav, but I would lightly disagree with that very statement. Oh, wait, strongly disagree.
Originally Posted by
Fanjet
Warsaw not Warszawa, and so on and so on...
Agreed! Was flying DUS-WAW earlier today w/ LH. First announcement in German ("Wilkommen in Warschau...") then in English ("Welcome to Warszawa ..."). Nice touch
. But yes, proper one should be Warsaw.
Originally Posted by
Fanjet
And as for the ramping up of the border controls, this is being re-inforced on the Polish eastern border correct? Which really should be the case every day of the year.
see post #1 - that comment relating to Schengen treaty was just about internal borders. No change to external ones (but who knows what they do after Poland:Russia game)
safe travels
mfk