\u00c9g hef\u00f0i aldrei tr\u00faa\u00f0 \u00fev\u00ed sj\u00e1lfur ef einhver hef\u00f0i sagt m\u00e9r a\u00f0 \u00e9g \u00e6tti einhvert\u00edman eftir a\u00f0 vakna kl. 6 um morgunn til \u00feess a\u00f0 fara \u00e1 str\u00f6ndina. \u00c9g hef\u00f0i n\u00fa bara hlegi\u00f0 og l\u00edklega sagt a\u00f0 sl\u00edkt myndi \u00e9g aldrei gera \u00fe\u00f3 a\u00f0 m\u00e9r v\u00e6ri borga\u00f0 fyrir \u00fea\u00f0. \u00c1 fimmtudaginn vakna\u00f0i \u00e9g kl. 6 um morgunn til a\u00f0 gera mig kl\u00e1ran \u00e1 str\u00f6ndina og \u00e9g borga\u00f0i meira a\u00f0 segja sj\u00e1lfur fyrir fer\u00f0ina! Hva\u00f0 ger\u00f0ist veit \u00e9g ekki enn\u00fe\u00e1 nema kannski \u00feetta vanalega, \u201eHva\u00f0 gerir ma\u00f0ur ekki fyrir konuna!\u201c<\/p>\n
Str\u00f6nd \u00feessi var \u00e1 eyjunni Mykonos sem er einn \u00feurrasti sta\u00f0ur sem \u00e9g hef augum liti\u00f0. \u00dear sk\u00edn s\u00f3lin 300 daga \u00e1 \u00e1ri sem er alger andst\u00e6\u00f0a vi\u00f0 \u00fea\u00f0 sem ma\u00f0ur \u00e1 a\u00f0 venjast heima hj\u00e1 s\u00e9r. Fyrir strandfer\u00f0ina haf\u00f0i \u00e9g \u00e6tla\u00f0 m\u00e9r a\u00f0 st\u00edga eitt skref lengra \u00ed a\u00f0 n\u00e1 einu af markmi\u00f0um m\u00ednum \u00ed \u00feessari fer\u00f0 en \u00fea\u00f0 er a\u00f0 vera \u201ebr\u00fanni\u201c en Hannes vinur minn \u00feegar \u00e9g kem heim. \u00dea\u00f0 var\u00f0 \u00fe\u00f3 lj\u00f3st \u00feennan morgun a\u00f0 \u00fea\u00f0 markmi\u00f0 \u00e1 ekki eftir a\u00f0 n\u00e1st \u00fear sem l\u00edkamlegt ofn\u00e6mi mitt fyrir s\u00f3l kom fram \u00e1 bringunni og \u00fev\u00ed var ekki um neitt anna\u00f0 a\u00f0 r\u00e6\u00f0a en kl\u00e6\u00f0a sig \u00ed skyrtu og hneppa upp \u00ed h\u00e1ls. \u00c9g haf\u00f0i svo sem ekki miklar \u00e1hyggjur \u00fear sem \u00e6tla\u00f0i bara a\u00f0 taka \u00fea\u00f0 r\u00f3lega \u00e1 str\u00f6ndinni og halda mig \u00ed skugganum me\u00f0 g\u00f3\u00f0a b\u00f3k \u00e1 me\u00f0an Alla t\u00e6ki sinn skerf af gr\u00edsku s\u00f3linni.<\/p>\n
\u00deessi fyrir\u00e6tlan m\u00edn snerist s\u00ed\u00f0an upp \u00ed hreina og kl\u00e1ra martr\u00f6\u00f0 \u00fear sem str\u00f6ndin var ekki eins og st\u00f3rar og brei\u00f0ar Sp\u00e1narstrendur heldur l\u00edtil og mj\u00f3 og \u00e9g enda\u00f0i \u00e1 bekk vi\u00f0 hli\u00f0ina \u00e1 \u00d6llu ofan \u00ed sj\u00e1varm\u00e1linu. Martr\u00f6\u00f0in st\u00f3\u00f0 \u00ed heila 3 klukkut\u00edma sem \u00e6tlu\u00f0u aldrei a\u00f0 l\u00ed\u00f0a. \u00c9g held a\u00f0 m\u00e9r hafi aldrei \u00e1 \u00e6vinni veri\u00f0 eins heitt og \u00feennan morgun.
\nH\u00fan Alla m\u00edn var hins vegar k\u00e1t og \u00e1n\u00e6g\u00f0 me\u00f0 l\u00edfi\u00f0, r\u00e6ddi vi\u00f0 strandver\u00f0ina \u00e1 sp\u00e6nsku \u00fe\u00f3 a\u00f0 \u00e9g seg\u00f0i henni a\u00f0 \u00feeir t\u00f6lu\u00f0u gr\u00edsku. \u201eEr \u00fea\u00f0? \u00c9g h\u00e9lt a\u00f0 tyrkir t\u00f6lu\u00f0u sp\u00e6nsku?\u201c sag\u00f0i h\u00fan. Annars talar Alla einverskonar hrognam\u00e1l h\u00e9r \u00e1 skipinu \u00fear sem h\u00fan notar bland af ensku, sp\u00e6nsku og \u00edslensku. Eins og t.d.: \u201eI will have uno Heineken in flaska, please.\u201c
\n\u00deegar vi\u00f0 vorum a\u00f0 b\u00ed\u00f0a eftir r\u00fatunni \u00e1 Mykonos umkringd samfer\u00f0arm\u00f6nnum okkar sag\u00f0i h\u00fan.: \u201eT\u00f3ti, \u00fe\u00fa \u00e6ttir bara a\u00f0 ry\u00f0jast \u00ed gegnum \u00fev\u00f6guna og segja I am from Iceland and I am alway\u00b4s first.\u201c \u00dea\u00f0 litu margir undrandi \u00e1 hana enda uppista\u00f0an \u00ed h\u00f3pnum amer\u00edkanar.
\nFr\u00e1 Mykonos h\u00e9ldum vi\u00f0 \u00e1lei\u00f0is til Istanbul en \u00fear bei\u00f0 okkar 4 klst sko\u00f0unarfer\u00f0. \u00cd henni s\u00e1um vi\u00f0 \u201ebl\u00e1u moskuna\u201c, sko\u00f0u\u00f0um \u201eHagia Sofia\u201c og \u201eUnderground Cistern\u201c \u00e1samt \u00fev\u00ed a\u00f0 heims\u00e6kja \u201eGrand Bazaar\u201c. Fer\u00f0in var fr\u00f3\u00f0leg og skemmtileg og \u00fea\u00f0 var st\u00f3rkostleg upplifun a\u00f0 fara me\u00f0 \u00d6llu \u00e1 Grand bazaar sem er marka\u00f0ur me\u00f0 litlum verslunum. \u00deetta er \u00ed eina skipti\u00f0 \u00e1 \u00e6vinni sem \u00e9g hef fari\u00f0 me\u00f0 minni konu \u00ed verslanir \u00fear sem h\u00fan haf\u00f0i ekki \u00e1huga \u00e1 a\u00f0 kaupa neitt. \u00c9g h\u00e9lt a\u00f0 \u00e9g myndi n\u00fa aldrei upplifa \u00fea\u00f0! \u00c1 Grand bazaar er engin H&M verslun heldur litlar b\u00fa\u00f0ir me\u00f0 skartgripi, le\u00f0urv\u00f6rur og teppi. \u00c9g spur\u00f0i lei\u00f0s\u00f6gumanninn okkar (\u00f6nugur tyrkneskur pr\u00f3fessor \u00e1 \u00e1ttr\u00e6\u00f0isaldri sem er eins og klipptur \u00fat \u00far Indiana Jones b\u00ed\u00f3mynd) hvort \u00fea\u00f0 v\u00e6ri engin H&M b\u00fa\u00f0 \u00ed Istanbul.
\n\u201eM&M?\u201c Spur\u00f0i hann.
\n\u201eNo, H&M.\u201c Sag\u00f0i \u00e9g. \u201eIt is a store that sells clothes.\u201c
\n\u201eNo, it is a chocolate. M&M. Very good.\u201c Sag\u00f0i hann
\n\u00dear me\u00f0 var \u00fea\u00f0 \u00e1kve\u00f0i\u00f0 a\u00f0 n\u00e6st \u00feegar tali\u00f0 berst a\u00f0 utanlandsfer\u00f0, \u00fe\u00e1 \u00e1 \u00e9g eftir a\u00f0 leggja \u00fea\u00f0 til a\u00f0 fari\u00f0 ver\u00f0i til Istanbul.
\nReyndar gat m\u00edn ekki fari\u00f0 fr\u00e1 Istanbul \u00e1n \u00feess a\u00f0 kaupa eitthva\u00f0, svo a\u00f0 h\u00fan keypti s\u00e9r \u00ed eina d\u00f3s af cola light og \u201efalsa\u00f0\u201c Dolge&Cabana ilmvatn sem h\u00fan pr\u00fatta\u00f0i ni\u00f0ur \u00far 100 l\u00edrum \u00ed 40 hj\u00e1 einum af \u00feessum fj\u00f6lm\u00f6rgu og \u00f3\u00feolandi g\u00f6tus\u00f6lum sem voru \u00fat um allt. \u00c9g sag\u00f0i henni a\u00f0 kaupa ekki ilmvatni\u00f0 en \u00fea\u00f0 var au\u00f0vita\u00f0 ekki hlusta\u00f0 \u00e1 mig. \u00dea\u00f0 var s\u00ed\u00f0an eins og vi\u00f0 manninn m\u00e6lt a\u00f0 5 m\u00edn\u00fatum s\u00ed\u00f0ar vorum vi\u00f0 hundelt af \u00f6\u00f0rum g\u00f6tusala sem hreinlega heimta\u00f0i a\u00f0 vi\u00f0 keyptum l\u00edka ilmvatn af honum, sem vi\u00f0 ger\u00f0um ekki.
\n\u00cd g\u00e6rkv\u00f6ldi \u00e1ttum vi\u00f0 s\u00ed\u00f0an panta\u00f0 bor\u00f0 \u00e1 grillsta\u00f0num \u00e1 skipinu en hann er annar af \u00feremur veitngast\u00f6\u00f0um \u00e1 skipinu \u00fear sem ma\u00f0ur \u00fearf a\u00f0 borga eitt gjald fyrir matinn. Gjaldi\u00f0 er 25 dollarar \u00e1 mann. \u00c9g f\u00e9kk m\u00e9r 350 gramma T-bone steik og Alla grilla\u00f0an humar og nautalund. Geggja\u00f0ur matur og fr\u00e1b\u00e6r \u00fej\u00f3nusta.
\nEftir matinn t\u00f3k vi\u00f0 stutt r\u00f6lt um skipi\u00f0 til a\u00f0 finna sta\u00f0 sem engispretturnar (18-20 \u00e1ra) og m\u00fdin (13-16 \u00e1ra) h\u00f6f\u00f0u ekki herteki\u00f0 og \u00fea\u00f0 t\u00f3kst flj\u00f3tlega. N\u00fa erum vi\u00f0 st\u00f6dd \u00ed Kusadasi \u00ed Tryklandi \u00fear sem vi\u00f0 \u00e6tlu\u00f0um a\u00f0 liggja me\u00f0 t\u00e6rnar upp \u00ed loft og gera ekki neitt. \u00dea\u00f0 t\u00f3ks n\u00e6stum \u00fev\u00ed \u00feanga\u00f0 til m\u00edn \u00e1kva\u00f0 a\u00f0 fara \u00ed r\u00e6ktina og \u00e9g \u00feurfti a\u00f0 sj\u00e1lfs\u00f6\u00f0u a\u00f0 fara me\u00f0 \u00fear sem h\u00fan ratar ekki um skipi\u00f0. \u00c9g gekk og hlj\u00f3p til skiptis eina m\u00edlu sem t\u00f3k um 15 m\u00edn\u00fatur en h\u00fan dj\u00f6fla\u00f0ist \u00ed klukkut\u00edma. \u00c1 me\u00f0an f\u00e9kk \u00e9g m\u00e9r eina kalda Stellu og k\u00edkti \u00ed b\u00f3k. N\u00fa er stefnan tekin \u00fat \u00e1 l\u00edfi\u00f0 \u00ed skipinu sem l\u00e6tur flj\u00f3tlega \u00far h\u00f6fn h\u00e9r \u00ed Kusadasi og ver\u00f0ur \u00ed A\u00feenu \u00ed fyrram\u00e1li\u00f0, sunnudag.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6127,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[49],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5795","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pistlar-2014"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hvitur.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5795","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hvitur.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hvitur.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hvitur.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hvitur.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5795"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/hvitur.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5795\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6400,"href":"https:\/\/hvitur.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5795\/revisions\/6400"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hvitur.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6127"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hvitur.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5795"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hvitur.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5795"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hvitur.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5795"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}