Herald House h\u00f3teli\u00f0 \u00ed Edinborg 20:23 sumardaginn fyrsta 2006
\n\u00c9g gleymdi a\u00f0 minnast \u00e1 sjokku\u00f0 sem vi\u00f0 fengum \u00ed g\u00e6r r\u00e9tt \u00e1\u00f0ur en vi\u00f0 komum \u00e1 h\u00f3teli\u00f0.\u00a0 Vi\u00f0 vorum a\u00f0 fara yfir Lothian Road sem er s\u00ed\u00f0asta st\u00f3ra gatan \u00e1 lei\u00f0inni a\u00f0 h\u00f3telinu.\u00a0 \u00dea\u00f0 var gr\u00e6nn kall og vi\u00f0 komin h\u00e1lfa lei\u00f0 yfir \u00feegar vi\u00f0 s\u00e1um og heyr\u00f0um sj\u00fakrab\u00edl koma.\u00a0 Vi\u00f0 lentum \u00ed mikilli kreppu \u00fearna var\u00f0andi hvort vi\u00f0 \u00e6ttum a\u00f0 hlaupa yfir, til baka e\u00f0a vera kyrr.\u00a0 \u00dea\u00f0 sem ger\u00f0i \u00e1kv\u00f6r\u00f0unina erfi\u00f0a var a\u00f0 vi\u00f0 \u00e1ttu\u00f0um ekki \u00e1 \u00fev\u00ed strax hvorum megin sj\u00fakrab\u00edllinn myndi koma og s\u00ed\u00f0an \u00feurftum vi\u00f0 a\u00f0 samh\u00e6fa okkur.\u00a0 \u00deetta ger\u00f0ist auglj\u00f3slega \u00f6rsn\u00f6ggt og \u00e1kv\u00f6r\u00f0unin var tekin \u00feannig a\u00f0 \u00e9g dr\u00f3 Eygl\u00f3 bara me\u00f0 m\u00e9r yfir.\u00a0 P\u00faff.\n<\/p>\n
\u00cd morgun v\u00f6knu\u00f0um vi\u00f0 eins seint og morgunmatarafgrei\u00f0slut\u00edminn leyf\u00f0i.\u00a0 Vi\u00f0 vorum komin \u00fat klukkan svona kort\u00e9r \u00ed t\u00edu og r\u00f6ltum af sta\u00f0 a\u00f0 d\u00fdragar\u00f0inum.\u00a0 Vi\u00f0 vorum ekki viss um hve langt var en \u00fea\u00f0 var langt.\u00a0 Held a\u00f0 r\u00f6lti\u00f0 hafi teki\u00f0 45 m\u00edn\u00fatur.\u00a0 Taki\u00f0 str\u00e6t\u00f3 ef \u00fei\u00f0 fari\u00f0 \u00fearna.\u00a0 \u00dea\u00f0 voru nokkur \u00e1hugaver\u00f0 d\u00fdr \u00ed gar\u00f0inum en of miki\u00f0 af t\u00f3mum b\u00farum, s\u00e9rstaklega mi\u00f0a\u00f0 vi\u00f0 a\u00f0 \u00feetta kosta\u00f0i t\u00edu pund.\u00a0 Litli fl\u00f3\u00f0hesturinn, aparnir (s\u00e9rstaklega Simpansarnir), kameld\u00fdrin og m\u00f6rg\u00e6sirnar st\u00f3\u00f0u upp\u00far.\u00a0 Vi\u00f0 fengum okkur mat \u00fearna.\u00a0 \u00dea\u00f0 m\u00e1 eiginlega gera r\u00e1\u00f0 fyrir \u00fev\u00ed a\u00f0 sta\u00f0ir sem eru \u00ed einokunara\u00f0st\u00f6\u00f0u s\u00e9u bara me\u00f0 slakan (og of d\u00fdran) mat.\u00a0 \u00dea\u00f0 var l\u00edka rosalegur h\u00e1va\u00f0i \u00fearna.\n<\/p>\n
Eygl\u00f3 sat vi\u00f0 skriftir \u00ed heillangan t\u00edma eftir a\u00f0 matnum lauk og s\u00ed\u00f0an f\u00f3rum vi\u00f0 a\u00f0 horfa \u00e1 sex m\u00f6rg\u00e6sir \u00ed skr\u00fa\u00f0g\u00f6ngu.\u00a0 \u00c1 lei\u00f0inni \u00fat fengum vi\u00f0 r\u00e1\u00f0leggingar fr\u00e1 afgrei\u00f0slumanni um hva\u00f0a str\u00e6t\u00f3 skyldi taka til a\u00f0 komast a\u00f0 \u00fej\u00f3\u00f0minjasafninu.\u00a0 \u00deau r\u00e1\u00f0 virku\u00f0u vel og vi\u00f0 hoppu\u00f0um \u00ed tveggja h\u00e6\u00f0a Lothian str\u00e6t\u00f3.\u00a0 Vi\u00f0 s\u00e1tum a\u00f0 sj\u00e1lfss\u00f6g\u00f0u uppi, alveg fremst, og h\u00f6f\u00f0um \u00fev\u00ed gott \u00fats\u00fdni \u00e1 trj\u00e1greinarnar sem skullu \u00e1 r\u00fa\u00f0unni fyrir framan okkur.\n<\/p>\n
\u00deegar kom a\u00f0 \u00fej\u00f3\u00f0minjasafninu var klukkan farin a\u00f0 ganga fj\u00f6gur og vi\u00f0 h\u00f6f\u00f0um ekki n\u00e6rri n\u00e6gan t\u00edma \u00fear, s\u00e9rstaklega \u00fear sem \u00feetta eru \u00ed raun tv\u00f6 s\u00f6fn.\u00a0 Almenna \u00fej\u00f3\u00f0minjasafni\u00f0 og s\u00ed\u00f0an Konunglega \u00fej\u00f3\u00f0minjasafni\u00f0.\u00a0 M\u00e9r s\u00fdndist \u00ed flj\u00f3tu brag\u00f0i a\u00f0 safni\u00f0 v\u00e6ri illa skipulagt.\u00a0 Annars \u00fe\u00e1 kosta\u00f0i ekkert inn \u00fearna.\u00a0 \u00c6tli \u00feetta sem almennt trend \u00ed safnaheiminum?\u00a0 Veri\u00f0 a\u00f0 hverfa fr\u00e1 gjaldheimtu?\u00a0 St\u00f3la frekar \u00e1 minjagripa- og veitingas\u00f6lu?
\n\u00deegar okkur haf\u00f0i veri\u00f0 hent \u00fat, „safngestir athugi\u00f0, klukkuna vantar fimmt\u00e1n m\u00edn\u00fatur \u00ed fimm og vi\u00f0 erum a\u00f0 fara loka safninu“, f\u00f3rum vi\u00f0 yfir South Gate til a\u00f0 sko\u00f0a b\u00fa\u00f0ir.\u00a0 \u00dear f\u00f3rum vi\u00f0 \u00ed Flip b\u00fa\u00f0 sem var st\u00e6rri en s\u00fa sem vi\u00f0 h\u00f6f\u00f0um s\u00e9\u00f0 \u00ed Glasgow.\u00a0 \u00dearna voru \u00ed raun \u00ferj\u00e1r verslanir, ein sem var a\u00f0allega me\u00f0 boli og \u00f6nnur f\u00f6t, s\u00ed\u00f0an ein me\u00f0 boli og drasl og s\u00ed\u00f0ast ein me\u00f0 hassv\u00f6rur (a\u00f0eins fyrir fullor\u00f0na).\u00a0 Eygl\u00f3 keypti s\u00e9r f\u00f6t \u00fearna.\u00a0 Me\u00f0an h\u00fan var a\u00f0 m\u00e1ta \u00fe\u00e1 bei\u00f0 \u00e9g fyrir framan og f\u00e9kk \u00f3v\u00e6nta s\u00fdningu fr\u00e1 st\u00falkunni \u00ed n\u00e6sta klefa vi\u00f0 Eygl\u00f3.\n<\/p>\n
N\u00e6st f\u00f3rum vi\u00f0 \u00ed Forbidden Planet en s\u00fa b\u00fa\u00f0 var ekki jafn g\u00f3\u00f0 og b\u00fa\u00f0in \u00ed Glasgow, til d\u00e6mis minna af spilum.\u00a0 \u00de\u00e1 var komi\u00f0 a\u00f0 b\u00f3kas\u00f6fnunum.\u00a0 Vi\u00f0 f\u00f3rum fyrst \u00e1 almenningsb\u00f3kasafni\u00f0.\u00a0 \u00dea\u00f0 var \u00e1g\u00e6tt.\u00a0 S\u00ed\u00f0an var fari\u00f0 yfir g\u00f6tuna \u00ed Landsb\u00f3kasafn Skota en okkur var ekki hleypt inn \u00fear nema ef vi\u00f0 lofu\u00f0um a\u00f0 vi\u00f0 \u00e6tlu\u00f0um a\u00f0 nota safni\u00f0.\u00a0 Vi\u00f0 \u00e1kv\u00e1\u00f0um a\u00f0 vera ekkert a\u00f0 eltast vi\u00f0 \u00feetta.\u00a0 Vi\u00f0 fengum okkur kv\u00f6ldmat \u00e1 sta\u00f0 sem heitir Tuschany \u00e1 George IV bridge.\u00a0 \u00dej\u00f3nninn var l\u00edtill og maturinn g\u00f3\u00f0ur.\n<\/p>\n
R\u00f6ltum heim og k\u00edktum \u00ed nokkrar b\u00fa\u00f0ir.\u00a0 Fyrst \u00ed tv\u00e6r fornb\u00f3kab\u00fa\u00f0ir sem voru \u00ed raun sama b\u00fa\u00f0in.\u00a0 \u00c9g spur\u00f0i frekar gl\u00f3rulaust starfsf\u00f3lki\u00f0 um Myth and religion of Ancient Scandinavia en ekkert fannst.\u00a0 S\u00ed\u00f0an k\u00edktum vi\u00f0 sn\u00f6ggt \u00ed kynl\u00edfsb\u00fa\u00f0 sem var mj\u00f6g l\u00e9leg.\u00a0 Eygl\u00f3 hefur hins vegar ekki enn gefi\u00f0 eftir \u00e1 a\u00f0 sko\u00f0a hinn s\u00f6gufr\u00e6ga sta\u00f0 Burke & Hare sem vi\u00f0 h\u00f6fum \u00ferisvar gengi\u00f0 framhj\u00e1.\u00a0 Keyptum matv\u00f6rur fyrir kv\u00f6ldi\u00f0 \u00ed Scotmid og f\u00f3rum s\u00ed\u00f0an aftur \u00e1 h\u00f3teli\u00f0.\u00a0 Held a\u00f0 \u00feau s\u00e9u h\u00e6tt a\u00f0 spila Emil\u00ed\u00f6nu \u00ed bili.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Herald House h\u00f3teli\u00f0 \u00ed Edinborg 20:23 sumardaginn fyrsta 2006 \u00c9g gleymdi a\u00f0 minnast \u00e1 sjokku\u00f0 sem vi\u00f0 fengum \u00ed g\u00e6r r\u00e9tt \u00e1\u00f0ur en vi\u00f0 komum \u00e1 h\u00f3teli\u00f0.\u00a0 Vi\u00f0 vorum a\u00f0 fara yfir Lothian Road sem er s\u00ed\u00f0asta st\u00f3ra gatan \u00e1 lei\u00f0inni a\u00f0 h\u00f3telinu.\u00a0 \u00dea\u00f0 var gr\u00e6nn kall og vi\u00f0 komin h\u00e1lfa lei\u00f0 yfir \u00feegar vi\u00f0 … Halda \u00e1fram a\u00f0 lesa: M\u00f6rg\u00e6sir \u00ed skr\u00fa\u00f0g\u00f6ngu<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[288,298,328],"class_list":["post-2584","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ferdasaga","tag-eyglo","tag-q22","tag-skotland-2006"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/truflun.net\/oligneisti\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2584","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/truflun.net\/oligneisti\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/truflun.net\/oligneisti\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/truflun.net\/oligneisti\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/truflun.net\/oligneisti\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2584"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/truflun.net\/oligneisti\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2584\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20019,"href":"https:\/\/truflun.net\/oligneisti\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2584\/revisions\/20019"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/truflun.net\/oligneisti\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2584"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/truflun.net\/oligneisti\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2584"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/truflun.net\/oligneisti\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2584"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}