Archive for December, 2005

Yesterday there was blue sky and sun on the mountain peaks. I decided that I wanted to actually see the sun, so I got in my car and drove over the mountains to the southern end of Eysturoy, where the sun was shining. The Skálafjørður Bay is the longest fjørd in the Faroes, […]

Christmas celebrations are just about over in the Faroe Islands. I celebrated Christmas Eve with Poul Jacob’ s family, Christmas Day with Gunnleyg’s family, and then Christmas night with her nephews, to whom I’m not really related, and then the second Christmas day I had dinner with Poul Jacob’s family.
There are some things […]

I woke up this morning to blue skies and still bay waters. To be honest, I’m glad it isn’t a white Christmas, because I still find it difficult to get around in the white stuff, either on foot or by car. The sun and the still waters created interesting reflections of my mountains, […]

Today is shortest day of the year. I will be glad to have the days start getting a little longer. I confess that I have a hard time getting up in the morning when it is so dark and cold. Of course, this could also be because I have retired and I […]

On Saturday some of my relatives celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary with a party for more than 300 guests. This party was much more elaborate than anything I have been to in the U.S. The dinner, with several courses, was served family style, and the meal was interspersed with many speeches and many […]

Yesterday I drove to Runavík and bought myself a new thermometer. It has a remote sensor that you can put outside, as well as an indoor sensor. I put the outdoor sensor in my mailbox by the front door. A new storm came up last night, and we have had snow and […]

Once in a while, I completely miss some important information because I don’t understand the language. Tonight I went to choir rehearsal at 6:30 and found the rest of the choir in black concert dress. The date of our concert was changed from Thursday to Tuesday, and somehow I missed getting that information. […]

This was a busy weekend with choir concerts in three different cities. I have been rehearsing with the Gøta/Leirvík choir once a week for the past couple of months. We joined with two other choirs, one from Vestmanna and one from Tórshavn, for joint concerts in the three cities, accompanied by the orchestra […]

There are quite a few salmon fisheries at the southern end of the Fuglafjørður bay. During the day I see a small boat going back and forth almost constantly between the fisheries and the small dock near my house. My guess is that they are monitoring the feeding of the salmon.
Thursday morning […]

A new stone wall is in the process of being built just up the street from my house. A man from Vestmanna is building it, and he has been working on it for several months. Today a dump truck was putting rocks between the wall and the hill behind it.
This afternoon I noticed […]