voyage

As my trip approaches, I find myself writing cryptic pieces of information, "just in case." It's all falling together, like pieces of a puzzle that you have to squeeze a bit to fit. I have this weekend to pull everything together in Austin. My new camera should be arriving by UPS this afternoon around 4:30. There's a sarong in the mail to me, because sarongs are not only multi-purpose, but light and easy to pack.

Mentally, my backpack is already full, though in reality, my dirty clothes are still strewn upon my bedroom floor. I have a week left in Austin and so much to do in that time. Three weeks is a long time to be away from home.

Notes scribbled in my travel journal:
Buy ticket to "Nepliget" (bus station) at minibus counter at the airport.

That's the worst case scenario, to take the shuttle from the airport in Budapest to the bus station, then take the 6:30 bus to Targu Mures. It's a twelve-hour bus ride. Complicating the matter is that the town has a completely different name in Hungarian. I need to write it down before I leave.

Most likely is that Claudia will be there to meet me when I arrive, and that we'll travel that day to Vienna.

I'm feeling very scattered these days -- so much to do, both at work and at home. I'm easily distracted always, but more so lately. I'll be posting more Taniguchi pictures soon, for my sanity if nothing else.