Time in Tórshavn
I am spending three weeks in Tórshavn, the Faroese capital city, living with my cousin Ninna while I take an intensive language course at the local college.
Last night I went to a concert at the Nordic House. The first half of the program was a Faroese opera singer performing part of an old Icelandic saga (in the old Icelandic language). The second half was his wife singing some classic opera arias accompanied by the Faroese Symphony Orchestra. The orchestra also performed several works. I saw several people there who I met in New York from the Tórshavn choir.
Tomorrow our class will go on a trip to the Vestmanna bird cliffs. We will first have lunch in a restaurant in Vestmanna. They are supposed to serve us some traditional Faroese foods, and hopefully some other more palatable foods as well. Tonight I will be going to dinner at the house of Henry, my cousin Ninna’s son.