Weather: a little rain, sunshine in the afternoon
Walked: 7 km
On Thursday 17th June we took an whole day excursion to the island Vágar. We visited Sandavágur, Miðvágur, took a boat trip from Sørvágur out to the cliffs of Tindholmur, had lunch in Bø and ended the excursion in Gásadalur.
Sandavágur
Sandavágur was settled already in the viking era about 1000 years ago. In Sandavágur we visited the town church and saw the famous runestone of Thorkæl Onundarsøn. The (in)famous, bewitching Barbara (pseud. for Beinta Broberg) had also lived her last days in Sandavágur and had been buried in holy ground under the church.
Inscription: Thorkild Onundarson,
man from the east, from Rogaland,
built (on) this place first.
At a home museum. Home of the priests.
Miðvágur
In Miðvágur we visited the oldest still standing house. It was built on a slope and was made of stone, a grass roof and a mould floor. Lady Barbara had also spent time and lived some of her unmarried years in this house. The house had still had an old lady live there in the 1950's.
House of Barbara.
Sørvágur
From Sørvágur we got on a small boat that took us out to sea. The seas were a bit rough so we only went a little towards Mykines, as far as Tindholmur. From the sea we could see Gásadalur, too!
Tindholmur, a big rock with a hole.
Village of Bø [bœ:h]
In the lovely and tiny village of Bø we were served lunch in an old pack house. We had been out for quite a while and we were starving! The food was awesome, I have never had such good fish soup in my life! It wasn't really very traditional, though, the soup was seasoned with curry and peaches - but it was absolutely delish!
At lunch there was the opportunity to try some dried lamb and whale meat. I didn't even consider trying the lamb (FYI: I like cooked lamb meat), because it smelled strange. The whale meat was served on a tooth pick with small piece of cooked potato and a thin-thin slice of whale lard. So I gathered courage to try the whale meat but... It had an awful taste! I must be honest and say that I almost threw up! It took a lot of effort to keep from gagging, uhh.. The Norwegians and the Icelanders liked the whale meat, though, so I guess this is all about what you're used to eat and consider to be a delicacy... Sorry, Faroe Islands, this wasn't a best seller for ms. Uitto.
The delicious fish soup and the
not-so-delish whale meat on a stick.
Gásadalur
After lunch we continued the trip to Gásadalur, the isolated village that had gotten its tunnel in the year 2003. It was a God forsaken place. The valley surrounded the few tiny houses that were all trembling together in the brisk wind; the small tunnel entry is but a small opening in the gigantic fjellside; there was a water fall from which the water fell of the cliffs straight into the sea. Gásadalur was a beautiful place! The last stop of the excursion had a special feeling to it, because we had all seen the documentary "1700 meters from the future" (1700 meter fra fremtiden : en film om den færøske bygd Gásadalur)
The gorgeous valley of Gásadalur.
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