Blogs from Eysturoy, Faroe Islands, Europe

Day 2 of the Faroe Islands It was Saturday 12 July and at about 9.30am we headed west to the village of Eiði, another lovely little willage with multi-coloured houses. We then drove on every other road on the island of Eysturoy, admiring the multiple harbour towns along the 7 fjords that the island had.....and this was on the very cloudy day. Several highlights of the day was viewing the 140m waterfall Fossa, on the other island across the fjord. The river cascades over several rocky ledges into the sea. We could hardly see it but fortunately, the last day on Faroe the sun shone and we were able to get some great pics. Another highlight was seeing Rinkusteinar (the rocking stones) - a strange natural phenomenon at Oyndarfjørður, where two very large boulders which permanently ... read more

Dont worry people... we are not travelling again (we wish!) but our holidays this year in the Faroe Islands were unusual and photogenic enough to warrant a little write up and a few photos. So here we go mini-blog! For any (most) people who have no idea where the Faroes are; they are a small group of islands north of scotland in the north sea midway between Iceland and Norway. I have a lot of family on my fathers side who live there and so I have been lucky enough to visit a few times as a child but having not visited in 12 years, marc reluctantly joining the family holiday (what do you mean there arent any nightclubs?) and with Sar onboard as a Scancinavian first timer everybody was genuinely excited about this trip as ... read more