war story
Mahmutlar, Turkey - May 2, 2022
Stop for the Night
Stop for the Night
By Mariia Minieieva
Mahmutlar, Turkey , May 2, 2022
aiOur travel from Ukraine to Turkey continued for 11 days.
aiThere were nights when we were on the way and we just had to take a break. Each time we did not know what would happen.
1 AM, only 4 rooms available for 19 of us. Five people, a cat, and a dog were in my room with two single beds.
aiI remember the night before crossing the border from Ukraine to Moldova. We stopped in the village of Mogiliano-Podolsk in the house of the border guard Mikhail and his wife. It was cold in that place, and there was no hot water; I remember how I slept in three sweaters and under two blankets. Despite this, the hosts were supportive and friendly.
aiThen there was the stop before leaving on the ferry in the morning. It was about 1 am. Our families stopped at one unremarkable hotel. There were 19 of us, and only four rooms available. Five people, a cat, and a dog were in our room with two single beds. Some slept on the beds and some on the floor with the pets.
