Rating 5.0 | Blablacar stories. №12

The road from the Carpathians to Dubno is not the most popular route, so there are no passengers on Blablacar. But closer to Ternopil I remember an old acquaintance who called me not so long ago and wanted to meet. In Terebovlia, at the OKKO gas station, I'm calling him again, we agree to meet in a cafe in Ternopil by the lake.

I arrived a little earlier and put on a Blablacar trip, from there to Dubno in an hour. An acquaintance comes, neither he nor I want to eat. I drink juice and coffee. We speak about some stories from the past. At the end of the conversation, the passenger on Blablacar appears, she calls and we agree to meet on the spot in 10 minutes.

I see across the road - a guy with two girls, all very well dressed. This is the groom with the bride and their friend. The wedding is over, and the girl has to return to Kremenets, it's about an hour from there, but at ten o'clock in the evening, there are problems with transport.

The girl is very cheerful, maybe a couple of glasses of champagne added to the mood.

Kremenets is a small town, I have never been there, but I even thought to stop, because on the date of the festival in Dubno - all hotels are booked. But then I found a motel on the road closer to Dubno.

We talk about the festival and about traveling. The girl lives and works in Kyiv, she was interested in the festival, but she rarely visits her parents, so she will stay in Kremenets. She even asked how I would go back, she wanted to go with me to Kyiv in three days. But unfortunately, Kremenets is not quite on the way, and I planned to leave at night, after the third day of the festival - not the best time.

We are talking about music, about life, Kyiv, Kremenets. She repeatedly says how lucky she is that she found this trip at such a late time. And really how to get there late at night? The center of Ternopil was already almost empty. Probably a taxi would be the only solution.

"You're like my guardian angel," she says

And already, because my status was so highly defined - I drove her right under the house, driving into the dark courtyards of Kremenets. I did not take money for the trip, but there should have been a small amount, it seems less than 100 hryvnias.