Day 9 (Tue): Documentary of Gásadalur and horse back riding!

Weather: foggy rain

Walked: about 7km

On Tuesday 15th June we had our language lecture in the morning, but our Norse ballads lecture in the afternoon was cancelled because the teacher was ill. Instead, we watched a documentary movie about the isolated valley of Gásadalur. The documentary was old("ish"), from 1990 and it told the story of 16 valley people living in an isolated valley on the island of Vágar. The documentary was titled 1700 metrar frá framtiðini = 1700 Metres To The Future, that refer to the length of the tunnel that finally came in the year 2003.

We really enjoyed this documentary , because some of the things the people said or did seemed so out-dated and funny to us. F.e. the most important man, the helicopter-coordinator-man, had a cell phone. The cell phone was the size of a brick stone and had an antenna that was maybe 50-60cm long:) Also, one of the men had climbed up the mountain and carried a stove for his kitchen (a real superman!) The valley people had but only one young child: a boy, 9 years old, that lived with his grad parents. He had a teacher come and teach him in periods, during which the teacher stayed and lived in Gásadalur... I really liked this documentary, it was both informative and very pleasant!

After school we had arranged for a 2 hour horse back riding tour. It was outside of town. The riding instructors had prepared 10 small Icelandic horses for us to climb on: and it was so much fun!!! Loved it, loved it, loved it! I'm considering going again, when the course is over and I have some free time.. We'll see..

Fog and mist on the paths above Tórshavn.

The sensation was ancient!