The Faroes are a nature lover & hiker's paradise. We have several hikes planned while we are here & today we drive to the second largest village on the islands, Klaksvik. From here we ferry to the island of Kallsoy to walk along a sheep's trail that has been used by village people for hundreds of years. Our "walk" as Tummas calls it, takes us to a location featured on the cover of National Geographic...
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| The weather here is unpredictable- This morning fog covers the sky...still beautiful... |
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| The ferry at Sydradalur will take us to the village of Trollanes (means Trolls Point) |
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| The front bow of the ferry raises to allow the cars to disembark |
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| The islands road system consists of narrow winding paths that tunnel through the mountains- a majority of the tunnels are only wide enough for one car...inside are areas to pull to the side to allow oncoming traffic to pass...yikes! |
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| Near the trail head of Kallin, we come upon this beautiful garden patch of rutabagas |
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| We sure are glad to have Tummas leading us...do you see the path?!? |
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| Up, Up we go! |
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| The grass really is this green |
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| Faroese sheep |
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| We stop at the top to admire the beauty and feast on packed sandwiches- It is difficult to see but there is a small black dot on the left side of the cliff...it is a sheep enjoying his lunch too! The Faroese sheep are surefooted and fearless! |
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| Troll's Point- (after we descended!) |
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| Easy to understand why this landscape is featured by Nat Geo- In this photo you can see our narrow trail. |
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| Many parts of the trail felt like walking on a balance beam, allowing us to hike only in a single file line |
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| The statue of the Seal Woman in Mikladalur- We viewed her on a day when the sea was calm...Tummas tells us that it is not uncommon for the waves to come crashing over her. |
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| Of course there is a story about her... I will not share the full story here but legend tells that the seal people come to land once a year at midnight and shed their seals skins to dance until the sun rise. Do we see her shedding her skin or getting ready to return to the sea??? |
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| The ferry coming to take us back to Torshavn |
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| One of the dishes...Horse mussels |
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| Drying fish outside of the restaurant- **notice that it looks like daylight still...it is close to 10pm |
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