Carpe Diem Ghost Writer #40 “Kikobun” by Hamish Managua Gunn.
Haibun & Kikobun – reseskildringar i prosa med insprängda haiku. Den senare med naturskildringar.
My bag is packed. Essential 2 P-s as well. The 3rd P I don’t need any more 😉 What? You don’t know about the P-s!
Well here is some Swedish: Pengar & Pass (money & passport and 3rd is P-pills). Journey starts now.
door opens to world
crispy white snow tells my track
bus to airport
Crossing the landscape in south Sweden. Large fields. Farm houses. Some horses dressed in coats. Here and there. Lots of horses in fact. Not so many forests. The ponds are frozen and the birds are hungry.
Passing one, two, three roundabouts.
slippery roads
driver keeps focus on drivers
cars in hurry sucks
Security is thorough and safe. And really exhaustive. Longing for boarding. Longing for flying above the clouds. Closer to the sun. Like a hawk keep eyes on landscape. Waiting for the mighty Danube to turn up. Danube knee the famous bend and lovely Szentendre nearby.
Next pearl is the most beautiful city in Europe – Budapest. The city of ARTS in every kind. I just love Budapest!
Buda hills Pest side
Danube links Buda and Pest
art and nature in love
I close my eyes today and open them tomorrow.
Like a dream – I will fly away ….
Budapest next.
Going to Budapest at this time of the year must be perfect.. we were there in the midst of summer and it was simply too hot for a cold-blooded Swede like me.
Spring is the best time with art festivals. In Sept wine festival – both “a must” 🙂
I was in Balaton later that summer and visited a palinka festival
So gently done, very nice. I worked in the area in the 1990s for a while. My favourite city is Pecs, in the south.
Pecs is a very nice city and they have an awesome dance/ballet company 🙂
I have never been to this part of the world – you make it sound really exciting and romantic – perhaps I will visit some day.
I hope you do some time – it’s worth it 🙂
Nice travels, brings memories, nice ones for me. I too like Budapest. We drove along the hill tops west of the river (Pest??) watching the lights across, that was a nice experience you might try.
Come walk with me along the Thames (in urbanized London).
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Seeing this through your eyes, and feeling the anticipation does made me want to visit…beautifully done!
Thanks Cheryl-Lynn, now I am here in Bp and enjoying it very much.
Loved this haibun from the three Ps to the anticipation of the next stop … bravo Birgitta!
Thanks Bastet! … and now I’m here in Bp <3 🙂
hmmm … I’m not sure what Bp is .. :-/
Budapest 🙂
Ah … now there’s a place I’d like to visit!