Ach, Odessa!

Some of us embarked on a heroin journey to Odessa. Woijteck, Vitor, Sasha and I went to Odessa for a couple of days.

After spending 4 months in Donetsk and hardly traveling at all we were really happy to leave our everyday life and the known environment behind and go out of town.

But the excitement started sooner than expected: First we had some very interesting conversation with the lady at the ticket counter who wasn’t quite familiar with the English keyboard and tried out every single key until she found the one she was looking for. So this part of the journey took longer than expected and unfortunately it was not as easy as we thought to find our platform. Therefore we arrived at our track at 13:31.Our train was scheduled to leave at 13:31.  Woijteck, Vitor and I were running alongside the train, since in Ukraine you have to enter the train in the very wagon of our seat, and suddenly, very slowly the train started to role out of the train station. Us three ran along with it shouting, holding on to the doors and brandishing our tickets. Finally the conductor showed mercy and let down the stairs to the wagon and we were able to jump on the train. This was something that none of us has ever done. Feeling like Tom Cruise in Mission Impossible we took our seats, sweating, out of breath, but all in all happy.

When we arrived in Odessa, we were obviously tired and also a little grumpy, though that changed as soon as we entered the city. It was the first time for Vitor and me to see this place and we fell in love. And the thought that we could have stayed in Odessa for all this time, really upsetted us.

But after all, when we arrived in Donetsk a couple of days later we were happy to be back. It is after all our home here.

Bye for now,

Maggie

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