Away to Faroe

Have my very expensive breakfast at the hotel and set of from the airport for BIHN Hofn Hornafirdi.  The weather is not great but it looks doable if we follow the coast.  The ground below is all volcanic lava flow, which on many occasions is really discernible.  

It is a good thing that we did follow the coast as the cloud started to turn to mist and fog a few miles east of Vik.  Enroute we pass two beautiful water falls that I visited while on my cycle trip "Cycle with Schmeichel - Fire and Ice Challenge". Due to mountains and glaciers on the left we are forced to follow the volcanic beaches below.  

It starts to clear just before the Iceberg lagoon some 40 miles out from BIHN.  The approach and landing at BIHN was straight forward and the fuelling was efficient.  The man from the tower greets us and sells us his lodgings for when we return.  

Customs clearance is straight forward and now for the cold sea crossing over to the the Faroe Islands.  At about 27nm out from Hofn Hornafirdi I spot another whale, this one was a very large species.  A pretty cool site.  Some 45 miles out we are forced to 650'ft due to low cloud and start to wonder about sea fog.

At 44 miles land is spotted.  The Faroes are pretty impressive rocks and the path to the airport is along a Fjord, we are luck with the weather!  The views along the fjord to the airport are amazing, this is an approach everyone should put on there bucket list!

It is some 50 minutes from Vágar  to Tórshavn and like Iceland, the Faroes are expensive.  Luckily we manage to get a lift form a young man who works at the hire car kiosk, saving us a few pennies.  Not only did this save us some pennies but it also resulted in a small tour.  We were taken on the old country road and shown some spectacular scenery and views as well as and old hut used for drying out fish.

Our hotel was meant to have a restaurant but not tonight, it is reserved for some gathering so we have to find something in town to eat.  This is not so easy as it would appear that most places need reservations.  On top of this Peter wants fish and I of course want beef, I do not eat fish.  Most restaurants in Torshavn are either one or the other.  After walking through town we eventual find a restaurant and sit down to a fairly lacklustre meal.

Later this evening I find the Irish pub, there is always one somewhere and try the Guinness.  The Guinness was good but the bar was too hot and uncomfortable.  I pop down stairs to another bar for a couple before heading of to bed.

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