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| Faroe Islands have a distinct flag from Denmark |
RAIN!!
Steps – 7, 255
Northness - 62º (Calgary - 51º)
Sunrise – 3:56, sunset – 10:28, hours of
daylight – 18hrs 31min
Last night was a bumpy one! We had to make sure the
bathroom and closet doors were closed tightly, otherwise they would have been slamming.
We didn’t have trouble sleeping and feel fine this morning, I wonder how many
others here didn’t sleep or are barfing today.
Gasadalur falls
We stayed in the room this morning, taking advantage of the
sleep in. Unfortunately, I’m pretty sure I won’t use the balcony much if at all
for the rest of the cruise. A typical cruising morning in warmer weather would
be spend outside, but not this cruise. It’s quite foggy with bits of sun this
morning causing the horn to be blasted all morning. I guess we are far enough to
the rear of the ship to not hear it too loudly.
When researching this trip and learned that Tórshavn’s
climate is described as ‘subpolar’ I was reminded that packing
wouldn’t be the usual theme of what can I wear to stay the coolest. It wasn’t
too
local bus beer
bad today, not as rainy as I expected. I think I’m getting myself psychologically
prepared for terrible weather and when it’s OK, it seems better.
depicts a Danish lenged
Today we learn that Tórshavn means 'Thor's harbour’. It is the
capital and largest city of the Faroe Islands.
Population - 14,099. We also learn that The Faroe Islands are home to more sheep
than people. I believe
this…they were everywhere…big ones, little ones, an occasional ram, black ones,
white ones. Once off the bus we could hear the bleating from the lambs.
multiply this by many, many!
Today’s tour is about village life on Vagar - one of
the Faroes’ westernmost islands and waterfalls. To reach Vagar from Streymoy where the ship is
docked, we drive through a three-mile-long tunnel beneath the sea – before 2002
you could only do this by ferry.
We
visited the village Sandavágur and its Midvágur church where the guide shared
stories and legends. We also visited Gasadalur, which perches at the edge
of a seaside cliff.
Lastly we visited Bøur, along the coast with many sod-roofed buildings with
black-tarred wooden
Midvágur church
walls. Here we had tea and cake, while listening to the owner tell us how the hose we were in came to be. After the tea, we found ourselves a local beer...$10CAN!!! I guess that's whatcha get for how remote we are.
Today was a day to admire nature’s beauty throughout Vagar,
with its waterfalls and rugged mountains.
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