Faroe, briefly

Too short. As we were passing the last cliffs after Vestmanna, heading towards Iceland, I could not help but regret that we did not have more time to explore the Faroe Islands. We thought two weeks, including the passage to Iceland, would be plenty to get the gist of it. But the weather quickly shortened our stay. The only decent window to cross to Iceland opened after less than a week, reducing our planned eight-stop exploration to only three stops. Last cliffs before the open ocean From the day of our very slow arrival into Tvøyrori fjord, which gave us plenty of time to appreciate the scale of Faroese scenery, the Faroe showed us how wrong we had been not to set more time aside for them. Our first hike, on the afternoon of the arrival, took us to a mountain pass opening onto a 180-degree view over the ocean, dotted with steep islands lit by the setting sun. Going down towards the view and then following a narrow path above the sea, we arrived at a lake ringed by dark cliffs draped…