{"id":43010,"date":"2025-04-08T13:21:00","date_gmt":"2025-04-08T13:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/?p=43010"},"modified":"2026-01-31T13:30:01","modified_gmt":"2026-01-31T13:30:01","slug":"on-a-red-light-show-the-swedes-family-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/2025\/04\/on-a-red-light-show-the-swedes-family-time\/","title":{"rendered":"On a Red Light Show\/ The Swedes \/ Family Time"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

[Photos taken 08 – 12 April 2025, posted online 31 January 2026. Still almost no precipitation on our shores, while the UK is getting drenched<\/a>.<\/em>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Swedish contingent arrived for an Easter visit, which was fun for us! I was cultural and went to a show (of the one-woman-kind), and almost peed my pants laughing. Us, the siblings, managed to book ourselves and mom for a lunch, and the weather kept oscillating between spring and winter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tuesday 08 April 2025<\/h2>\n\n\n
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The National Theater in downtown Reykjavik, where I spent the evening.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n
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Earlier that day, I drove to the airport to help ferry the Swedes (aka my brother and his family) to civilization.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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We made a super quick pit stop at our home, before ferrying them onwards to another one of the brother’s, where they would be staying.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Krist\u00edn \u00de\u00f3ra Haraldsd\u00f3ttir<\/a>, the evening’s writer and performer. The show, On a red light<\/a>, was born out of desperation, as an acting gig she’d signed up for fell through, and she found herself stressed out of her mind, and financially in dire straits. She recounts events with such gusto, warmth, and hilarity that the room howled with laughter.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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The show was in the theater basement, and the audience was about 95% female, but the following winter the show was promoted to a weekly showing on the big stage, where it has essentially been sold out all winter.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Wednesday 09 April 2025<\/h2>\n\n\n
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Always fun to spot one of my brothers at the gym.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Fish for dinner! Yay!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Friday 11 April 2025<\/h2>\n\n\n
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Hail! In April!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Pretty big ones too, although not nearly up to Colorado standards.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Instant white-out!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Work-week survived, time to chill!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Saturday 12 April 2025<\/h2>\n\n\n
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Us, the siblings, invited mom out to lunch.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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My duck-confit (?) waffle.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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The place was unusually empty, these days it feels perpetually full. If one arrives late in the day to just have a cup of something, and a slice of cake, they reserve the right to kick you out if actual dinner patrons arrive!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Perhaps the weather was too good?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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[Photos taken 08 – 12 April 2025, posted online 31 January 2026. Still almost no precipitation on our shores, while the UK is getting drenched<\/a>.<\/em>]<\/p>\n

The Swedish contingent arrived for an Easter visit, which was fun for us! I was cultural and went to a show (of the one-woman-kind), and almost peed my pants laughing. Us, the siblings, managed to book ourselves and mom for a lunch, and the weather kept oscillating between spring and winter.<\/p>\n

Tuesday 08 April 2025<\/h2>\n
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The National Theater in downtown Reykjavik, where I spent the evening.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

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