Archive for October, 2007

This past weekend, the Gøta-Leirvík choir had a vocal workshop with Súsanna Brattaberg. We met in small groups on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday to work on vocal technique with Súsanna. We rehearsed our choir music with our director on Friday night, Saturday night, and Sunday morning. Sunday we sang three of our […]

When people at home ask me about the Faroe Islands, I often mention that it rains a lot, maybe 300 days a year, but that it doesn’t rain all day, every day. After this past week of rain, I may change my story. It rained all day, every day, for most of the […]

The weather is constangly changing here in the Faroe Islands, and the view from my windows is different nearly every day. Most of these pictures are taken from the windows of the little house I am renting here by the Fuglafjørður bay. A few of them are taken from the road near my […]

Let me start by saying that at home in America, I am quite an adequate cook, maybe even a good cook. People eat the food I prepare and say nice things about it. However, I find international cooking to be a challenge. There are countless ways that something may go wrong, and […]

The schools in the Faroe Islands have had their fall holiday this past week. This is the week when the six month old lambs are brought down from the high fields, and end up as meat for the coming year in drying sheds all around the country. If you are a vegetarian, feel […]

This morning I woke up to find snow on all of the mountain peaks on all sides of Fuglafjørður. I drove around the town to get pictures of my favorite mountains from many different perspectives. If there are too many photos, just look at them quickly. I have my good map with me […]

I can almost always see ships docked across the bay, but a large red-orange ship turning around in the middle of the bay outside my window really caught my attention. A small tugboat was pushing it into its place along the dock. A day later, a second ship was pushed into place right […]

Yesterday I spent the day in Tórshavn, and this time I remembered to take a few pictures. I had a good view of the Norrøna ferry as it maneuvered its way into the small harbor. This ferry links the Faroes with the rest of the world, making weekly trips to Denmark, Norway, and […]

This morning I was awakened by bright sunshine shining through my bedroom window. I noticed that it took a couple of hours before the sun made it around the mountain to shine on the other side of the bay. They get the afternoon sun, when my house has been in the shade for […]

Yesterday I bought a new car - well actually an old car. It is a Suzuki Alto, and it is smaller than any cars for sale in the USA. It has four seats, and will seat 4 people with very short legs, very uncomfortably. However, it works fine for one person with […]