Blogs from Faroe Islands, Europe - page 3

Friday 2nd August, 2013. Klaksvik, Bordoy, Nordoyggjar, Faroe Islands The Faroes or Faeroe Islands (in Faroese Føroyar) are 18 islands in the middle of the North Atlantic Ocean, northwest of Scotland and halfway between Iceland and Norway. The Islands are a self-governing island territory of Denmark, although they politically aim for higher independence. The Islands have a population of nearly 50,000, and a language and culture of their own. Faroese is the national language which is rooted in Old Norse. Although part of the kingdom of Denmark, the islands are not part of the EU. Wherever you are on the Faroes you are never more than 5 km (3 miles) away from the ocean. The countryside is dominated by steep mountains and there are about 70,000 sheep and some 2 million pairs of seabirds, including the ... read more

-SP- Por la noche ha hecho bastante viento y lluvia, pero mi tienda se ha portado muy bien y te dabas poca cuenta de lo que pasaba fuera desde dentro. A eso de las 4 me he despertado y la tormenta ya habia pasado. A eso de las 5 un polaco asilvestrado, de un grupo que viaja con un minibus se ha salido de la tienda y se ha puesto a hablar a gritos con un colega suyo, al final el Scott, el americano que va en bici tambien, les ha dicho algo como "shut the fucking mouth up!", muy divertido. Por la mañana desayuno tranquilo mientras todo se secaba y a eso del mediodia recoger e ir a Torshavn, a comprar pilas para el velocimetro de la bici. Las actuales han palmado, igual por la ... read more

-SP- A las 6 de la mañana despertarse y recoger. A eso de las 7 cafe de gasolinera y en marcha. He deshecho el camino de ayer, y pasado el puente me he desviado a Saksun (11km ida, 11km vuelta) para visitar eso tambien, lo recomiendan y el camino es fácil. Luego vuelta hasta el cruce donde tenia que decidir si volver a Torshavn o ir a Vestmanna. Lo segundo supone hace 37km mañana antes de las 5 de la tarde, si no pierdo el barco a Islandia. En la gasolinera me han dicho que la niebla y la lluvia que se llevaba formando todo el dia no iba a disiparse y que no iba a ver nada, asi que vuelta a Torshavn al camping, y mañana dia de descanso. -EN- At 6 in the morning ... read more

Monday was a rainy day all over Faroe Islands, so we decided to stay in Torshavn to look around the town and to rest our feet after several days of hiking. We started by taking a little walking tour around an old citadel and lighthouse, as well as Tinganes, which is the old town of Torshavn and is still home to Faroe Islands government buildings, for example office of the prime minister (which btw is located in a cute, bright red wooden house with grass roof :). After a coffee break we walked some more around the town, via a church to a shopping mall. We thought we would possibly buy a book about Canada, but couldn't find any. In the afternoon we attended a free concert at the Nordic House, which is a Nordic cultural ... read more

Suðuroy Setting out early in the morning when the rain was pouring down and the winds were close to 20 m/s to sit in a ferry heading out on the Atlantic ocean didn't seem that good an idea at the time, but luckily our faith in the Norwegian weather site yr.no paid off. The ferry ride was a bit bumpy, but when we arrived to Suðuroy at nine the rain stopped and after maybe one hour we had the sunshine promised. We didn't really have a clear plan of what to do once at Suðuroy, the southermost of the Fareo islands, so once there we walked to Tvøroyri. Tvøroyri is the second biggest town on Suðuroy, and close to the ferry. It proved to be a quite outstretched town, maybe 5 houses wide between coast and ... read more