About Syria A Travel Question for Northern and Eastern Europeans

[abaris]

We are thinking (planning really) about traveling to Poland, The Czech Republic, Austria, Germany, Belgium, and the Netherlands, this June/July.  We will be traveling mostly by train (including a couple night trains) and occasionally by bus. Is there really a problem for U.S. tourists at those boarders.  Do you think our train travel will be gummed up by Syrian refugees?  We would have reserved seats on most international crossings.

Who can say what the future brings? It's 9 months till then. These countries are all Shengen countries, which means open borders. I don't know what specific travel regulations there are for Americans, but once you touch down in the EU, you shouldn't face more than one control at the airport.

As far as refugees go, it's mostly rightwinger fear mongering to cash in some political dimes. Neither the streets nor the trains are crowded by brown people.