Let's get one thing straight, right off the bat: With some of my neighbors, making conversation is rather challenging. When it comes to Faroese sheep, they are either uncommunicative or scandalmongers – exceptions prove the rule. Depending on the season, I meet them everywhere …
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The return of the Vikings
Fasten your seat belt, hold on tight and join me in traveling through time. Whoosh! Bang! And touchdown, some 55 million years ago. Europe and Greenland have started to separate, exposing just what will become the Northeast Atlantic Ocean. Simultaneously, a vast number of violent volcanic eruptions take place. Lava flows, volcanic ash rains down …
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Sleepless In Elduvík
After ten hours of driving through Germany and Denmark and 35 hours travelling by ferry, this morning I arrived back in the Faroe Islands. For another 45 minutes, I drove from the capital Tórshavn to our village. In some places the only light that I could see was the headlight of my car. I have been driving these roads before, I know my way. Lucky me …
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An Extraordinary Spa Experience
Today I would like to tell you about an extraordinary Faroese-spa-experience. Nice lighting, pleasant variations of sounds, courteous front office manager. My hands are still soft as a baby’s bottom. This is because I ordered the full-luxury-lanolin-package. You wish to get this treat, too? Become part of a Faroese sheep shearing gang …
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