Day 20 (Sat): Exams & Grande Finale

On Saturday we had our last day, which to me, consisted of exams - one for Faroese language, one for Faroese literature. The exam took 2+2 hours and no lunch in between. I thought that it went OK and I had pretty much everything covered. (The results came in and I got a B+ for language and a B for literature, "B" standing for "good knowledge of the subject with lacking just some small details" and A being the best you could get -> me very happy!:)

Katri working on her exam.

After the exam I was happy that we had food at home: the Finns came to our house to finish the rest of the food and we were all happy. Afterwards I had the luxury and the time to take a little nap! And then it was time to go to the University for our last evening together. And I cried and I cried and then I cried some more after all the sentimental speeches: I had had such a wonderful time with the summer course, the Faroe Islands, new friends and all of it, and I was so sad that it was all over for us! :'(

The food at the going away party was awesome! The atmosphere was heartfelt! We sang, we drank, we had fun and stayed up very late. I sympathized with the ones leaving with the early morning bus to the airport - and was so happy that I had decided to stay for a couple of extra days! I could sleep in all day the following day if I wanted to (and so I did).

Sofia, me and Hjördis at the farewell party.

At our farewell party we also danced some Faroese chain dancing: a very simple "one step right, two to the left" - choreography with singing (chanting) old norse verses. Our course leader stood in the middle and served everyone a shot of aquavit (schnaps)! I don't think that there were many sober dancers after that session!

I also went out a small trip to see what was going on at Bar Circus. I also got hit on (my first and only time in Tórshavn) when a guy asked if I wanted to spend the night with his friend. I was so baffled that I couldn't respond with anything witty, but when I think about it, it would've bee nice if he had asked for himself (we're not in first grade anymore)...

Day 19 (Fri): Study-for-exam-day

Weather: sunny and unbelievably warm!

Walked: 5 km

We had Friday (actually, Misdummer's eve!) off so that we could study for our exam on Saturday. I slept quite long after the night at Circus, then we had the Finns come over to our house and we prepared lunch of all the food we had left. We made a vegetarian pasta salad, fried potatoes and a Spanish veggie omelet (tortilla, as they call it).

We spent the day studying together but it was just so UNFAIR that this study day was perhaps the most beautiful day we had experienced so far on the islands!! Of course. Murphy's law, or something...

After the serious and anxious cramming we went to get a pint of Faroese cider at Café Natur. The day went by very quickly!

Day 18 (Thu): Last day of school & Sushi

Weather: nice, cloudy but no rain

Walked: 5km + evening walks

Day 18 was a Thursday and we had our last lectures. It was a long day! We had to stay for some extra teaching in Faroese language. Phew! At the same time it was sad and also nice to get out of class and start planning the last evening with my course friends.

After the lectures we took a quick pit stop at home and then we headed out to get some sushi at Tórshavn's one and only (?) sushi restaurant Etika (click on the link to see more!). It was one of the coolest restaurants I've ever been to. The interior design was awesome! I was surprised that the price was actually reasonable, maybe even cheap (?) considering that sushi food is still thought to be a bit "hip"and "cool", so I expected a pricier menu. (Ps. Etika also has a restaurant in Copenhagen, I'm sure it's also worth a visit.)

And as it seems, I only eat sushi abroad!:) This was my second time at a sushi restaurant, my first was in St. Petersburg last year (2009). So I'm definitely not a connoisseur, but I have to say that I loved it! The Norwegians ordered a ton of small things (a larger portion than ours) and we all did our best with the chopsticks.. Hah, great fun! A tired old joke: No wonder the Asians are so skinny, they have to eat with chopsticks!:)

Our sushi plate. Delish!

Needed some help with the eating;)

Afterwards we went to get hold of the rest of the group that were watching a football (soccer) game, Denmark vs. Japan - the Danes didn't want to miss the game, which is why we didn't have any Danes with us at the sushi restaurant. Apparently Denmark had lost: a surprising turn of events!

It was a bit cold outside so we headed in to cafe/bar Circus, an underground bar in the heart of Tórshavn. I stayed out until maybe 01 o'clock? Headed home because Circus closed shortly after we arrived. Hmph! *dislike* Just when we started having some serious linguistic fun!

Wall painting at Bar Circus. Turned out

photos weren't allowed. Oops. My bad:)

Bar Circus. The kitschiest bar í Havn!

Encouraging writings on the wall

@ the unisex toilets of Bar Circus.