today I'm in Cieszyn which is on the border
of Poland and Czech Republic
here is a map of the town Cieszyn in the middle you can see the river
which also represents the borderline
so here is the border line
and this is the river that separates the town into two countries so i'm about to cross now
so i'm now in Poland to my left is Cieszyn castle
so it looks like we're heading now into the direction of the main square here in Cieszyn
straight ahead in the distance i can see a church we're going to get closer to that direction and
then i guess we will be approaching into the main center of the square here in Cieszyn let's go
so these are the surrounding shops here so here we've got some workmen just fixing the road
they've got some tourists a tourist shop here looks like
aha nice
so here is the polish mini market
where i guess the locals would come and get their fruits their vegetables
so here we are now at the square here in Cieszyn
straight ahead this building here is a hotel and there is like a information agency for tourists
and they have like a cafe across the road with an outside eating area
wow look at the benches you lot check them out they're like swings
my mission now is to find somewhere where i can get a cold polish beer have a look
so this is the square here
wonderful and here is a fountain in the middle
this is the place where i'm going to get my beers you can see here's like the traditional
polish food and they must have traditional polish beer here let's go in have a look
youtube a tick-tock i don't know
youtube yeah andre traveller
wow check it out polish pub
the wooden craft of like Cieszyn must have been like when it was in the 1580s
wow look at this as well they got like an old theme here going on
so now we're just here at the main town square at this pub
so my thoughts of the polish beer
you said it was sweet right but to me it tastes a little bit bitter
do you know it's like vanished do you know what it is it feels to me how it tastes like brownies
it tastes like
budvar yeah yeah so we're just having our beer now have a drink pierogi
cheers
so here the food has now arrived which is a like traditional polish dish
so the lovely staff lady here has brought my food out for me how to dig in now let's go all right
it smells nice you cannot come to Cieszyn in poland and not get yourself polished
and traditional polish foods
it's a bit spicy spicy it's like a pasta and it has
meat inside it has herbs on the top it's got like a gravy there
really nice really nice food
have a look
and the price of this costed 150
they give it to you they serve it to you on a really small plate
but it's really filling and it tastes absolutely delicious i never imagined
that something that looks so basic in pasta could have so much flavour it's a little bit spicy
i can see there's herbs there they have onions the meat in the middle
great food great first time having this food
it's like a minced bean inside the pasta really delicious
so by the way guys did you know this beer Cieszyn which is from this town they make it
down where i showed you in the castle where they have a pivot bar and this is the beard
so you can say i'm supporting the local brewery supporting the local Cieszyn brewery
oh delicious
i'll take the cups
this nice seating area here just to show you the front
here we are the name of this pub is called Herbova
on the square in Cieszyn
here we are
so now i am standing outside of a castle here and here is what it looks like at the front
and let's go have a look inside
and straight ahead there as you can see is the river which separates this town into two countries
this is the front
human settlement on castle hill dates back to the turn of the 9th and the 10th century
so here is a cannon
give it a rub as well
in the distance i'm not sure if you can see
straight ahead i'm looking at the mountains in czech republic
let's check it out
wow i must show the view here beautiful view wow absolutely beautiful
wonderful view
so this is the czech from here
so we are in poland and we're looking to check
all right in we go let's have a look so it seems like they
have like three towers here yeah not just one
i guess this is like a holy place where people will come and pray
and there's the roof this has got to be really old stone here very very old it's like a medieval door
and straight ahead is another tower
from the 14th century wow let's have a look let's have a look at the building from the front
it's a very tall one so the name of this park is the revital park
so what i'm about to show you now is the remains of the 16th century castle kitchen here
i'm interested to have a look it's just an empty shell of a building
what i'm about to show you now is the tower of ultimate defence
careful yeah
i tripped as well the same place as you
yeah i could imagine the naughty children if they was naughty their parents would say i'm going
to put you down there if you naughty be good otherwise you're going to get sent down there
here is the remains of a gateway dating back from the 14th century have a look
without photobombing we sure
straight ahead
i guess these are the kind of birds they have here in the the park that you can come across
here is the brewery wow
so this is the Cieszyn brewery
it looks like they do food here in this area
so this is the beer that was brewed in this town
it's quite cool here
well nice big tv sit down with your mates your family drink beer watch tv
watch a bit of andre traveler thank you you're welcome and here is the back entrance wow look
they got some old really old bright in there on the side at the back wow check it out you lot
right so we're now exiting our way out of this castle
all right ciao