On a longer train journey the peace settles gradually as we leave our starting point. The knowledge that all the passengers will share this confined world, where we seem to be moving while our world somehow is more static then ever. When we reach the first stop, we just notice the rush of people on the station while in the restaurant wagon we have all settled in. I recall some friends we have made on such journeys and the non-rushed conversations we have had sharing a dining table while the world is passing by the windows.
friendships grows
talking ’bout what matters most
encapsulated
Scene from a train-window by Martiros Saryan
Today our Journey with Carpe Diem continues. Since I never traveled the Trans-Siberian railway I try to mix in my own experience into this. Hopefully by the end of the month my haibun series will form a complete series.
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January 3, 2014
Björn Rudbergs writings 
Great haiku/haibun. How true that friendships grow when we can’t just rush off, but are forced to slow down for a while.
I think we need to lock people away to develop true friendship every now and then.
Oh this is a fabulous series for me to read as I love Russia and have travelled there many times ~ sometimes on the trains! You might be interested in reading some of my posts about Russia to while away the hours on the train!
Oh you have to join us for the trip on Carpe Diem… I think it’s a great ride so far.
I am following it avidly!
very cool… i love train rides….so cool to observe all the different people and even better to talk to them as well….share a bit of their journey while on the journey…cool
I love train rides.. The longer they are the better… to go from Stockholm to Narvik in Norway is a a really interesting trip…
Have you read The Iron Rooster by Paul Theroux? He describes train journeys in there too. I think you’d like the book, maybe.
I have not… I have had more Bruce Chatwin in mind for this series really… (I’m a humble man)
Haven’t heard o Bruce Chatwin, will look him up.
You have masterfully managed to put in few words something that is really meaningful about friendships – all the way from the moment when they start to develop…
Thank you.. yes I wanted to capture some of how a train trip’s slowness can make friendship develop.
Wonderful and I love the word ‘encapsulated’. We all need to slow down and really emerge in conversations 🙂
Btw….I cannot find where to do this one and link it. I saw it early and now has disappeared.
It came back again I think..
Does this work for you now?
http://chevrefeuillescarpediem.blogspot.se/2014/01/carpe-diem-365-yaroslavl.html
Ahhh like magic. Thank you
Great series and great idea to use haibun for this, as Siberia almost demands haibun!
Sometimes it’s hard to get beyond the small talk and move on to what matters most…
Travelers’ Dreams
Really enjoying your Haibun. I must find out more about the structure of the prose element.