Reykjavík Grapevine - 06.01.2017, Blaðsíða 4

Dear Reykjavík
Grapevine,
I'm probably the biggest
fan of your magazine
and Iceland itself in the
world. I love Iceland more than any other
thing in the world, and I like seeing it as
my own country (even though I live about
5000 km away from it). You guys there in
Iceland are the best people in the world
and you're very lucky to have such a great
country. I'm trying to learn Icelandic
with the help of a book but I'm currently
too busy studying for the high school en-
trance exam here, so I'm currently unable
to study it.
I've been obsessed with Iceland at
least since I was 9, and two years ago,
when I was 11, a dream that I thought was
impossible to become true, became true!
My family and I paid a five day visit to
Iceland, and those five days were truly
unforgettable for me.
I first saw the Reykjavík Grapevine
when my family was buying a day tour
to the south coast and Jökulsárlón at the
Gray Line sales office near Lækjartorg,
and since then I've been a daily visitor to
the website and the Facebook page (gotta
admit that I'm a daily visitor of Iceland
Monitor too). Last year, my parents gave
me the money to become a print sub-
scriber of the Reykjavík Grapevine as new
year's present (we don't have Christmas
here) and since January I've been a print
subscriber—probably the only one from
Turkey. That is, up until now, as the
subscription cost has nearly tripled and
an economic crisis-ish thing has made
the cost a lot more than it previously
was for me. So very sadly I'm not a print
subscriber anymore.
I love the Grapevine. I become so
happy whenever a new issue arrives
in my mailbox (I even store the paper
envelopes that come with the magazine).
And just reading the magazine makes me
feel so happy. I feel like I'm refreshing
my ties with Iceland, my self-proclaimed
motherland. I especially enjoy the travel
section, and when it's about my favourite
region—the East—I just can't finish
reading it. Thank you so much for keeping
me updated about Iceland with real time
news all the time!
I will definitely come again to Ice-
land, and when I come, I'll never go back.
I would like ask you for a tiny, tiny fa-
vor. If you ever interview Sigur Rós (a.k.a.
READER
LETTERS
The Reykjavík Grapevine
Issue 01 — 2017
4You. Your lettersSend us a letter to: letters@grapevine.is
ot talk to us on Facebook & Twitter.
LÓABORATORIUM
the best band in the world that cannot be
surpassed by anyone) in the future, can
you say hi to them for me?
Best-est regards,
- Efekan
Dear Efekan,
Wow, thanks for the praise. Making
a newspaper or two every month, and
then another, and then another, some-
times makes us feel slightly detached
from all you lovin’ readers out out
there, so we’re always really heartened
to hear from someone who loves the
magazine.
But, seeing as you also read Iceland
Monitor, I’m afraid we can’t give you
the usual prize of a t-shirt. That’s just
for serious loyalists who become will-
ingly unemployed to live in a bucket and
not do anything other than reading back
issues of the Reykjavík Grapevine, ever.
But seeing as you’re so very enthusi-
astic and kind about our magazine, and
all things Iceland, we’ve decided to give
you a 2017 subscription for free. Maybe
you can use all those envelopes and
make your own Grapevine t-shirt?
Love. Your friends at
The Reykjavík Grapevine
Whoever sends in the LOVELIEST
LETTER of the issue usually gets a
free REYKJAVÍK GRAPEVINE
Royal Crest Reykjavík Style
T-shirt, designed by Icelandic
Graphics Legend HÖRÐUR
KRISTBJÖRNSSON. But for this
time only, it ś a different prize—a
year's subscription to the magazine.
Want a subscription, or a shirt?
Go to: SHOP.GRAPEVINE.IS.
Loveliest
Letter:
Special Prize:
A Free 2017
Subscription
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