Sheep

Sheep sheep... sheep everywhere. The whole island is pretty much used for sheep grazing and the people living here make a living out of taking care of them for other people.

The lighthouse

The hike to the lighthouse is the most popular tourist route, and it is, even I have to admit, quite spectacular.

 The hike is about 1-2h depending on how much you stop to take pictures, but it's quite a straining one which goes up and down steep cliffs. Nothing too heavy though.

The pictures do it no justice though, since you can't seem to judge the true height you're at from them.

Sheep sheep sheep in sheep colon

I ate sheep rectum stuffed with sheep... Don't say I'm not trying to embrace the culture!


They eat a lot of sheep meat here...

Drinking

Dear me, the faroese drink... A LOT. At last night's party we were literally swimming in alcohol (seriously the floor was covered). I thought Finnish people drink a lot, but we don't even come close.

Also, in a drunk weak moment I ate whale meat wrapped in whale blubber. Urgh!

Jogging route

This is one of the standard paths to walk. I tried to jog, had blood taste in my mouth by the time I got up the hill. Thought I would puke a few minutes later. Decided to walk so that I wouldn't fall over the edge...

Sirkus

Fun fact, when I was a Nordjobber in Reykjavik the place to be was Sirkus, a really cool bar/club. One of the employees in the Icelandic Sirkus was Faroese and when the bar closed down in Reykjavik she moved back to the Faroes and opened Sirkus in Torshavn! So now I can reminiscence about my last Nordjobb experience in almost the same bar, but in a different country. Coincidences.

Torshavn festival fun

Crashed a music festival in Torshavn last night, listened to some Faroese metal and Danish pop over plenty of Faroese beer. It is very bright outside all night, even more so than in Finland. The picture above was taken around 9-10 PM but it still looks like broad daylight. I like it though, even though you turn into an insomniac.