Archive for the 'General' Category

Part 1 – What language is that, again?
I have been visiting the Faroe Islands off and on for more than eleven years. I doubt that there is any place else where one can learn this language.
My first few visits were for a few weeks at a time during the summer. I knew that […]

Usually I look at Fuglafjørður, the mountains, and the bay from the windows of my little house beside the bay. This week I took pictures from higher up the mountainsides and from across the bay, to show some different views of Fuglafjørður.
There are not very many hours during the day this time […]

Eleven years ago this past June, I began a very unusual journey – a journey into the past.
My father was born in the Faroe Islands in the town of Fuglafjørður in 1896. He began sailing full time when he was 14 or 15 years old, sailing all around the world, and finally settling in […]

The storms and snow and wind have left us alone this week. Some days the pavement even has a chance to dry. Early one morning when I looked out of my window, the sky was clear and the morning sun was just beginning to paint the sky a little orange. What a […]

The sun shone through the clouds and into my windows, and I decided that I really needed to get out and take a walk. This has happened several times since my arrival in the Faroe Islands three weeks ago, but this is the first time that I actually got my coat and scarf on […]

The calendar says it is still autumn, but there are lots of signs of winter around.
There is a flock of geese that live across the road, but they wander freely in the neighborhood, grazing beside the road and in empty fields. A Christmas goose is a favorite Faroese Christmas dinner.
The past few […]

On Wednesday there were several hours with no rain, little wind, and even some sun, and I took advantage of it by walking around the town with my camera. I have learned that the weather can change very quickly. Clouds can come quickly and dump rain, snow, and hail, and then quickly disappear […]

This morning the mountain tops were all covered in snow, and it has lasted all day. This isn’t the first snow of the season, but it is the first since I arrived. My rental car has winter tires, and today I bought a snow scraper for my windshield, so I think my car […]

I have been back in Fuglafjørður for a week now, and I am getting used to being here again.
I wear wool in layers and put on boots, scarves, and raincoats to go outside. I know that I can get very wet just walking to my rental car, which is parked at the […]

I am in Fuglafjørður again for a few months. My trusty little Canon camera has filled up my computer with pictures of the Faroe Islands. I have resorted to an external hard drive to save all of my old pictures, and now I am starting the process again of filling up my computer […]