After a full day at sea, today we stopped in at Faroe Islands.
The Faroe Islands are a self-governing archipelago of 18 volcanic islands in the North Atlantic Ocean, located roughly halfway between Iceland and Scotland. As an autonomous territory of the Kingdom of Denmark, they feature a population of about 56,000 people.
We pulled into Runavik port to see mountainous shores, dotted with houses, surrounded by mist,
I noticed a road tunnel disappearing into the mountain side. More on that later!
Today we had an excursion booked to take a coach ride. We learned that 17 of 18 islands are connected with underwater tunnels. We made use of them, including an undersea roundabout!
I had not realised, but we were booked on a two hour boat ride. This was a comfortable boat, very modern with plenty.of seating inside and out. It was not raining, and although cold it was bearable outside where we could take the best photos.
The view of town from the water was quite picturesque.
Soon we headed out the fjord toward open sea.
The land has scars from its formation, and the cliffs are incredibly tall.
We went out in two boats. You can see the second boat in the photo below, to give the cliffs some scale. They are most impressive! We noticed sheep grazing up there on near-vertical sections. They must be some hardy sheep.
We went right inside some caves and caverns among the cliffs.
The rock formation below looks like an elephant and is incredibly high.
The ride continues out to see where we see logs of bird life amongst the cliffs. Surprisingly, we saw lots of puffins. Some were even catching fish. They are quite small birds, difficult to pbotograph.
Soon enough we were turned around and heading back to the wharf to find our bus waiting.
From here, we retraced out route to the ship, taking some different roads, which provided amazing views looking down on small settlements from road way up high on clifftops.
This photo shows the steep terrain, that is inhabited and farmed, with steep roads along the countryside.
We noticed some traditional houses which have a living grass roof.
After around 3.5 hours, we were back at the ship. Today is Sunday. We did a walk into town at Runavik but most shops were closed. I did purchase a locally made wool hat as a souvineer that I can actually use.
We returned to the ship where we had lunch, took part in some games on the ship, and had a small siesta.
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