How to get to Cesky from Prague/Vienna/Budapest/Krakow/etc.? Cesky what??

Good point ! New Brunswick?

What about the former Mährisch Ostrau, (the practice was done then too) , or the area of Teschen, which the Czech Rep has part of, to distinguish that from the Polish part?

Maehrisch Ostrau is German name for Moravska Ostrava (Moravian) and there is also Slezska Ostrava (Silesian). They are next to each other so the name for both is Ostrava and they are considered one city. Teschen is also German name for a city which in Polish is called Cieszyn and in Czech Tesin. The border goes through the city; two thirds are in Poland and that city is called Cieszyn, one third is in C.R. and is called Cesky Tesin.

That's international mass tourism. People know two or three top sites of each country, and that's it. Czechia is Prague, CK and beer, and everyone knows what "Cesky" is. In Germany people want to see "the castles". Pretty stupid since there are probably a few thousands, but I gave up long ago to ask which ones they want to see.

@ ilja...Thanks very much for the information, some of which obviously is new to me. I did not about Sliesian Ostrava nor the fact that the border ran through the city. In the film "the Illusionist" Duchess of Teschen, an area primarily Polish historically, was the title that the actress J, Biel had.

Ilja, maybe you can help me with something that has been confusing to me for some time. What exactly is the difference between Ceske and Cesky? I know some city names start with one and some with the other but I assume the both mean Czech, so why the diffence.

Just curious and haven't found the difference by searching online.

Nancy, although Czech language is easy, phonetic, accent always on the first syllable, its grammar is very difficult. Nouns could be masculine, feminine or neutral. Towns also. And adjective follows the gender. Let's say Czech Republic - Ceska republika. Republika is feminine, that's why Ceska. Krumlov is masculine - that's why Cesky. Budejovice is plural (they) - that's why Ceske. Mesto is neutral that's why Czech town - Ceske Mesto, Old Town - Stare Mesto. Smokovec - masculine therefore Stary Smokovec, Osada - feminine - Stara Osada, and so on. Easy on it is that all of that we translate simply Czech (or old). But translating back could be Cesky, Ceska, Ceske (Stary, Stara, Stare) depending on gender of the noun.

Thank you Ilja, that's very helpful.

"...its grammar is very difficult." With six cases (?) I would expect Czech as a language to be grammatically difficult. Polish has seven cases.

Czech language has 7 cases. But it's not just cases what makes it difficult. Slovak language is similar to Czech. Second most similar to Czech is Polish. I understand Polish (not everything) without ever studying it. If you know one slavic language then to study another one is much easier because grammar is similar.

Got it...both Czech and Polish have seven cases. Thanks.