Wow! The Faroe Islands did not fail to impress. After recently writing my blog entry on my first few days on this amazing archipelago, I realised what an amazing time I had had there. But there was more in store for me, and this second and final blog entry on my time there aims to relate my adventures for a further four days that I spent on these incredible islands. I really enjoyed the second half of my week there, the scenery remained stunning, the experiences unique, and the people just as lovely.
On the Saturday morning after spending the previous day with puffins, I had to move on from my spectacularly located on a hillside overlooking central Torshavn below and the island of Nlsoy in the distance. Although the place was peaceful, had everything I needed, and the host was lovely, I realised that the place was really quite a dump. The furniture and fittings were from the 1970s at least, the sofa bed was made of half wood and half mattress whose every spring you could feel while lying down on it. The part of it which I slept on was on very moveable
wheels, so every time I turned in the night, the whole bed moved along the floor with me. It really was quite a shambles. When originally booking, I was initially hoping to have it for all of my seven nights there, but it was only available for the first three. In hindsight I was so glad about this, and for the remaining four nights I booked myself into a slightly more expensive place further out of town and into the northern Torshavn suburb of Hoyvk. What an amazing decision! This place was a dream, although I think anything would have been adequate after the dump, and given my previous experience I think I appreciated this place even more. It was swish and swanky, with a great amount of space, modern appliances, all the right things in all the right places, including an oven and a cooker so I could make myself bacon and eggs for breakfast rather than noodles and yoghurt. The owner was also very kind and left me bread, milk, butter, jam, cheese and muesli for an even wider breakfast experience - how lovely. The location was also perfect too, and the bus that stopped at the bottom
of the road of my former amazingly took a direct route through town and out again, a distance of around three miles, and dropped me at the bottom of the road for my next one. It was also only a miles walk away from the bus stop with services to all the places on the islands I was planning to explore next, meaning I didnt have to take a bus back into the bus station in town again, but just catch it as it left the urban area. It seems just amazing how many things just seem to work out for the better anyway when one is travelling.
After settling into my new place, my initial plan for the day was to visit the island of Nlsoy, a short boat ride away from Torshavn and apparently a good spot for some walking and sea views. However, the weather was wet that day, in fact raining heavily all day, and after arriving in this palace of an I decided this isnt a place just to leave my stuff in for the day and sleep in at night, but a place to be enjoyed and get my
moneys worth from. I thus called it a day, and lolled about the digs for the best part of the morning, and then spent the rest of the day visiting interesting places nearby. I wanted to get to know the real Faroe Islands.
So after a lovely rest, I first walked through an incredible untouched beauty spot around the nearby Hoydals stream on my way to my destinations for the day. I followed a lovely route for a mile or so along and curvy paths, wandering up hills, along a gushing stream, through pastures, moorlands, past rocks, a sizeable waterfall, and even through chicken, duck, sheep and pigeon (!) enclosures. Passing the chickens and ducks, they all came out to greet me, clucking and quacking, probably thinking I was going to feed them - poor little things.
