A few days ago, I opened our front door and felt it right away. Something had changed. Winter hovered in the air, a different smell, sense of life, state of being. Nights are dark again. A storm embraced shaking streetlights. In front of our living room window, a whirlwind danced down the hillside. Afterwards, I drove to Oyndarfjørður …
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Ranvá’s Dream Cakes: From A Faroese Kitchen With Love
A heather color day, overcast sky and a spoonful of fog at lake Toftavatn. The autumnal setting of the gem, made of heather varieties and deep brown mounds. Not very far from the lake, in a Faroese kitchen, pretty much the same colors. The home of Ranvá’s Dream Cakes. Visiting Ranvá Knudsen, pedagogue and passionate baker …
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Thrill of Chill: The Mountain Bathtub Hideaway
A beautiful piece of private land up in the mountains, owned by a dear friend. My all-time favorite lake, bathtub hideaway and cold water retreat. That day: Wind tickling brown grassland while simultaneously drawing soft ripples on the surface of the water. Twittering birds every now and then. For the rest: absolute silence. Not a soul around …
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Eiðisvatn “Picture Puzzle” & The Out Of The Ordinary Pieces
Snowcapped mountains, winding road, ice-blue water. Eiðisvatn and surroundings. The usual setting, according to Faroese standards? Absolutely not. Encircling the out of the ordinary pieces of a picture looked upon as puzzle. Solving of the case, step-by-step. Image foreground: Hairpin bend. Background: …
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Cliff and waterfall: A walk to Trælanípa and Bøsdalafossur
No one else around, just us. Jógvan K. Henriksson (39) has taken me for a walk along the largest lake of the Faroe Islands, Leitisvatn, Sørvágsvatn or simply Vatnið. Overcast sky, water surface barely moving. The only sounds: bird calls and our feet on grass. Trælanípa and getting close to the waterfall Bøsdalafossur, video link included …
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