H\u00fasi\u00f0, sem vi\u00f0 b\u00faum \u00ed, stendur \u00ed h\u00fasagar\u00f0i vi\u00f0 Didzioji Gatvu (A\u00f0alstr\u00e6ti) sem er eins og okkar A\u00f0alstr\u00e6ti, elsta gata borgarinnar. \u00dea\u00f0 er hlj\u00f3tt \u00ed gar\u00f0inum, oftast f\u00e1ir \u00e1 ferli, nema dugna\u00f0arlegar konur a\u00f0 skj\u00f3tast \u00e1 milli h\u00fasa me\u00f0 sk\u00faringaf\u00f6tur. En \u00fati \u00e1 g\u00f6tunni er ys og \u00feys. \u00dea\u00f0 er engu l\u00edkara en, a\u00f0 ma\u00f0ur detti beint inn \u00ed fj\u00f6rlega leiks\u00fdningu, sem er reyndar l\u00f6ngu hafin. Efst \u00e1 svi\u00f0inu tr\u00f3nir r\u00e1\u00f0h\u00fasi\u00f0, t\u00edguleg bygging me\u00f0 sex n\u00fdklassiskum s\u00falum \u00ed forgrunni. Kaffih\u00fas og barir hafa breitt \u00far s\u00e9r um allt torgi\u00f0, rau\u00f0k\u00f6fl\u00f3ttir d\u00fakar blakta \u00ed vorgolunni, bor\u00f0 vi\u00f0 bor\u00f0. Samt er ekkert s\u00e6ti laust. \u00dej\u00f3nar eru \u00e1 hlaupum me\u00f0 bakka og gl\u00f6s, allir hl\u00e6jandi og mas-andi. S\u00f3lin er enn heit, \u00fe\u00f3tt dagur s\u00e9 a\u00f0 kveldi kominn. Og engum liggur \u00e1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
Allt \u00ed einu finnst m\u00e9r \u00e9g vera komin til Andal\u00fas\u00edu. \u00dear kl\u00e6\u00f0a konur sig upp \u00e1 eftir siestuna og fara \u00ed b\u00e6inn til a\u00f0 s\u00fdna sig og sj\u00e1 a\u00f0ra \u2013 l\u00e1gar \u00ed loftinu, me\u00f0 sv\u00f6rt augu og uppsett h\u00e1r. \u00de\u00e6r eru jafnvel me\u00f0 bl\u00e6v\u00e6ng \u00ed h\u00f6nd og gefa m\u00f6nnum gaum \u00ed laumi. Kvenlegar \u00e1 sinn h\u00e1tt, \u00ed n\u00e6rskornum bl\u00fassum og s\u00ed\u00f0um pilsum, sem sveiflast \u00ed takt vi\u00f0 g\u00f6ngulagi\u00f0.<\/p>\n
H\u00e9r fara konur l\u00edka \u00ed b\u00e6inn s\u00ed\u00f0degis til a\u00f0 s\u00fdna sig og sj\u00e1 a\u00f0ra. En \u00fe\u00e6r bera sig \u00f6\u00f0ruv\u00edsi a\u00f0. Eru ofur kvenlegar, \u00fea\u00f0 vantar ekki, en \u00e1 allt annan h\u00e1tt, meira undir r\u00f3s, ef svo m\u00e1 segja. Lith\u00e1iskar konur eru norr\u00e6nar, lj\u00f3sar yfirlitum, h\u00e1ar og grann-vaxnar. \u2013 \u00de\u00e6r g\u00e6tu flestar veri\u00f0 \u00ed k\u00f6rfuboltali\u00f0inu. Hver og ein er \u00fe\u00e1tttakandi \u00ed \u00feessu g\u00f6tuleikh\u00fasi og n\u00fdtir kvenleikann til a\u00f0 styrkja yfirbur\u00f0ast\u00f6\u00f0u gagnvart veikara kyninu. \u00de\u00e6r kl\u00e6\u00f0ast kj\u00f3lum, hugsi\u00f0 ykkur. \u2013 Hvar annars sta\u00f0ar s\u00e9r ma\u00f0ur \u00fea\u00f0 nor\u00f0an Alpafjalla? \u2013 s\u00ed\u00f0um kj\u00f3lum \u00ed \u00f6llum regnbogans litum, heimasaumu\u00f0um, s\u00fdnist m\u00e9r. Og \u00feegar \u00fe\u00e6r ganga fram hj\u00e1 me\u00f0 berar axlir og flaxandi h\u00e1ri\u00f0, finnst manni svo auglj\u00f3st, a\u00f0 \u00fea\u00f0 eru \u00fe\u00e6r, sem hafa t\u00f6glin og hagldirnar \u00ed \u00feessu \u00fej\u00f3\u00f0f\u00e9lagi.<\/p>\n
\u00dea\u00f0 er gaman a\u00f0 l\u00e1ta sig t\u00fdnast \u2013 e\u00f0a t\u00fdna sj\u00e1lfum s\u00e9r \u2013 \u00ed \u00fer\u00f6ngum g\u00f6tum gamla hverfisins. H\u00fasagar\u00f0arnir a\u00f0 baki eru leyndard\u00f3msfullir. Stundum leynast \u00fear litlir veitingasta\u00f0ir, spennandi b\u00f3kab\u00fa\u00f0ir e\u00f0a fataverslanir, sem bj\u00f3\u00f0a g\u00f6mul f\u00f6t til s\u00f6lu \u00e1 spottpr\u00eds. \u00c9g stenst aldrei sl\u00edkar sjoppur.<\/p>\n
A\u00f0 sumu leyti minnir Viln\u00edus \u00e1 Vinstri bakka Par\u00edsarborgar \u00e1 hinni \u00f6ldinni. \u00de\u00e1 f\u00f3r \u00e9g \u00ed fyrsta skipti a\u00f0 heiman \u00ed alv\u00f6ru og var a\u00f0 reyna a\u00f0 einbeita m\u00e9r a\u00f0 n\u00e1mi \u00ed Sorbonne. Samt man \u00e9g best eftir kaffih\u00fasunum og l\u00f6ngum setum \u00fear, \u00fdmist me\u00f0 caf\u00e9-au-lait e\u00f0a \u2013 hugsanlega \u2013 rau\u00f0v\u00ednsglas. \u00dea\u00f0 passa\u00f0i einhvern veginn betur vi\u00f0 gla\u00f0v\u00e6ra stemninguna og dr\u00f3 \u00far \u00f3gninni af st\u00f3rborgarl\u00edfinu.<\/p>\n
\u00c9g haf\u00f0i aldrei upplifa\u00f0 kaffih\u00fas \u00e1\u00f0ur \u2013 ekki \u00ed alv\u00f6ru. En \u00feetta var l\u00edka \u00ed fyrsta sinn, sem \u00e9g var alein \u00ed st\u00f3rborg. \u00c9g s\u00f3tti m\u00e9r f\u00e9lagsskap \u00e1 kaffih\u00fasin \u00e1n \u00feess a\u00f0 yr\u00f0a \u00e1 nokkra manneskju \u2013 bara me\u00f0 \u00fev\u00ed a\u00f0 sitja \u00ed mannhafinu og horfa \u00e1 andlit, sem runnu hj\u00e1. Hvert og eitt haf\u00f0i s\u00f6gu a\u00f0 segja. Og af lestri b\u00f3ka t\u00edskuh\u00f6fundanna, Si-mone de Beauvoir og elskhuga hennar, Jean Paul Sartre, var \u00e9g sannf\u00e6r\u00f0 um, a\u00f0 allar umr\u00e6\u00f0ur, sem snertu kjarna mannl\u00edfsins, f\u00e6ru fram \u00e1 kaffih\u00fasum \u00e1 Vinstri bakkanum.<\/p>\n
Og n\u00fa sit \u00e9g aftur \u00e1 kaffih\u00fasi \u00ed gamalli borg \u2013 n\u00fa drekk \u00e9g a\u00f0 v\u00edsu hv\u00edtv\u00edn \u2013 og gef \u00edmyndunaraflinu lausan tauminn \u2013 alveg eins og \u00ed Par\u00eds for\u00f0um daga. \u00c9g er enn a\u00f0 l\u00e6ra, enn forvitin. Og leiks\u00fdningin ver\u00f0ur \u00e6 fj\u00f6rlegri eftir \u00fev\u00ed sem l\u00ed\u00f0ur \u00e1 kv\u00f6ldi\u00f0, konurnar skrautlegri og karlarnir h\u00e1v\u00e6rari. \u00dea\u00f0 er ekki fyrr en \u00e1 mi\u00f0n\u00e6tti, sem lj\u00f3sin eru sl\u00f6kkt og tjaldi\u00f0 er dregi\u00f0 fyrir. Allt fellur \u00ed d\u00fanalogn \u2013 alveg eins og \u00ed leikh\u00fasinu \u2013 en sk\u00f6mmu seinna birtist sk\u00faringali\u00f0i\u00f0 til a\u00f0 gera allt kl\u00e1rt fyrir n\u00e6stu s\u00fdningu.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
\u00c1ri\u00f0 2009 fagna\u00f0i Vilnius \u00fe\u00fasund \u00e1ra afm\u00e6li s\u00ednu og er, a\u00f0 s\u00f6gn, ein af elstu heillegu borgum Mi\u00f0-Evr\u00f3pu. H\u00e9r m\u00e1 ekki hr\u00f3fla vi\u00f0 neinu, \u00fev\u00ed a\u00f0 UNESCO hefur teki\u00f0 gamla b\u00e6inn undir s\u00edn v\u00f6kulu augu og forb\u00fd\u00f0ur, a\u00f0 heildarsvipnum s\u00e9 raska\u00f0. Borgin er \u00fdmist nefnd A\u00feena nor\u00f0ursins, e\u00f0a Baroque borgin nor\u00f0an Alpafjalla. H\u00e9r m\u00e6tast austri\u00f0 og vestri\u00f0. \u00deannig hefur \u00fea\u00f0 veri\u00f0 alveg fr\u00e1 \u00fev\u00ed a\u00f0 Lith\u00e1ar voru st\u00f3rveldi og l\u00f6g\u00f0u undir sig l\u00f6ndin \u00ed austri, allt su\u00f0ur til Svarta hafsins, \u00fear til landi\u00f0 lenti undir hrammi tveggja st\u00f3rvelda sitt til hvorrar handar, R\u00fassa og P\u00f3lverja. \u00d6llu sl\u00e6r saman \u00ed eina \u00f3rofa harm\u00f3n\u00edu lita og l\u00f6gunar. Borgin hefur r\u00f3andi \u00e1hrif me\u00f0 s\u00ednum l\u00e1greistu h\u00fasum og mildu litum. M\u00e9r er sagt, a\u00f0 \u00fea\u00f0 s\u00e9u fimmt\u00edu og \u00ferj\u00e1r kirkjur \u00ed Viln\u00edus. \u00dea\u00f0 er sama, hvar ma\u00f0ur tyllir ni\u00f0ur f\u00e6ti \u00e1 g\u00f6ngufer\u00f0 um borgina, alls sta\u00f0ar blasa vi\u00f0 hinar fegurstu byggingar, \u00fdmist orthodox, ka\u00fe\u00f3lskar, l\u00fatherstr\u00faar e\u00f0a s\u00ednag\u00f3gur \u2013 hver me\u00f0 s\u00ednu lagi. \u00deetta bendir til \u00feess, a\u00f0 Lith\u00e1ar hafi veri\u00f0 mennta\u00f0ir og frj\u00e1lslyndir.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-120","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","category-greinar_og_vidtol"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jbh.is\/bs\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jbh.is\/bs\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jbh.is\/bs\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jbh.is\/bs\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jbh.is\/bs\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=120"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/jbh.is\/bs\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":552,"href":"https:\/\/jbh.is\/bs\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120\/revisions\/552"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jbh.is\/bs\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=120"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jbh.is\/bs\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=120"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jbh.is\/bs\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=120"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}