{"id":26155,"date":"2019-12-31T11:50:31","date_gmt":"2019-12-31T11:50:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/?p=26155"},"modified":"2020-07-05T12:11:25","modified_gmt":"2020-07-05T12:11:25","slug":"goodbye-2019-hello-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/2019\/12\/goodbye-2019-hello-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Goodbye 2019, Hello 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

[Photos taken 31 December 2019 to 01 January 2020, posted online 05 July 2020. What a difference six months make.<\/em>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n

New Year’s Eve was a traditional one, with us hanging out with Finnur’s family at his parents’ place. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Happy New Year, everybody!? (60-ish images total)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tuesday 31 December 2019<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Celebrating the arrival of 2020. If only we knew then what we knew now!<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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Emma with grandma Anna.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Hard at work in the kitchen.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Deep-fried “bread”, called Leaf-bread (Laufabrau\u00f0).<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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A hung leg of lamb.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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A sauce in the making.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Anna by the tree.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Bjarki passing the time by playing with magnets.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Gravlax on the table.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Pizza buns.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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One of the yule-tide symbols from the flower world.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Cute yule-children.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Adorable train.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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The kitchen master.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Checking out one of the newest members of the family.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Concentration.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Proof I was there.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Excited for fireworks!<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Emma.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Table filling up. The party is now an organized pot-luck.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Hungry yet?<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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The hosts just before everyone was invited to start chowing down.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Eating in progress.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Soooo, who wants to go outside and shoot fireworks?<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Bjarki on fire duty.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Bamm!<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Action shot!<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Emma with a bright flare.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Woooosh!<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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The shooters.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Men walking away from fireworks.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Bzzzzzz!<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Emma with a starlight.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Co-operation.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Never gets old.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Neighbors being busy.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Inside it was time for dessert.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Om-nom-nom.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Everyone watching the year-end-annual-comedy-hour.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Back outside again, for the finale.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Daughter and mother.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Cake.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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6 minutes before midnight.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Lighting a cake.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Every year a white van full of massive cakes is driven to an empty spot below those houses, and then it’s cake-o-rama!<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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So much banging!<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Fireworks everywhere!<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Siblings playing at 4 minutes before midnight.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Bjarki lamenting the dying of his flare, Anna victorious.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Sisters.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Explosive Bjarki.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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The sky.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Midnight has arrived, hello 2020!<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Back inside, toasting time.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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17 minutes past midnight, time to start thinking about heading home.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Looking a little tired.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Bjarki, happy with his sugary drink.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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The hosts checking social media.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Wednesday 01 January 2020<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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It was a calm day, but I did manage to find a cafe that was open (Kaffibrennslan) so that’s where I went to sort through some photos and blog a bit. And thus 2020 had begun!<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

[Photos taken 31 December 2019 to 01 January 2020, posted online 05 July 2020. What a difference six months make.<\/em>]<\/p>\n

New Year’s Eve was a traditional one, with us hanging out with Finnur’s family at his parents’ place. <\/p>\n

Happy New Year, everybody!? (60-ish images total)<\/p>\n

Tuesday 31 December 2019<\/h3>\n
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Celebrating the arrival of 2020. If only we knew then what we knew now!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

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