...is that it might not work.
I scheduled my return flight through Amsterdam. Border guards detained me on violating Schengen rules and refused entry, including indicating that they marked me as 'refused entry'. They looked up the referenced treaty and indicated that it didn't apply anymore, that it was basically old and only ever relied upon for emergency diplomatic purposes.
Furthermore, they were not happy that I had overstayed (never mind that I left Poland and came back, they didn't care about that). They understood my confusion and did not assign me any additional penalty, and assisted me with finding a new flight out and being generally nice about the whole process. But, it broke some hearts over in Poland.
Maybe I should have routed through UK and then straight to Poland, or something to that effect, but entering via other countries now certainly poses a risk.
Moral of the story: have a backup plan.
I scheduled my return flight through Amsterdam. Border guards detained me on violating Schengen rules and refused entry, including indicating that they marked me as 'refused entry'. They looked up the referenced treaty and indicated that it didn't apply anymore, that it was basically old and only ever relied upon for emergency diplomatic purposes.
Furthermore, they were not happy that I had overstayed (never mind that I left Poland and came back, they didn't care about that). They understood my confusion and did not assign me any additional penalty, and assisted me with finding a new flight out and being generally nice about the whole process. But, it broke some hearts over in Poland.
Maybe I should have routed through UK and then straight to Poland, or something to that effect, but entering via other countries now certainly poses a risk.
Moral of the story: have a backup plan.
Check out my occasionally updated travel thread - The Wroclaw Gambit II: Dzięki Bogu - as I prepare to emigrate to Poland.