Slower start today since our excursion did not leave until noonish. The first sop on our bus ride was to walk over the Atlantic Ocean! So we walked the Clachan Bridge, 72 feet long and 35 feet high which spans the Clachan Sounds who drinks into the Atlantic Ocean. This is the only place in the world where you can walk over the Atlantic Ocean!! We thought it pretty funny that the highlight of our excursion was to walk over a bridge! But then we headed into the interior of the island to Saxon and it got much more interesting. They have something like 60,000 sheep and 56, 00 residents. The landscape got craggier and more dramatic the deeper in we went. By the time we stopped at the farm museum, the landscape was incredible! Waterfalls, lakes, “green” roofs, sheep, horses, and even a couple of puffins! 

Our guide was a history buff so we heard more than we probably wanted to: The Faroe Islands were once part of Norway, once part of a union between Norway, Denmark, and Sweden, and finally ended up part of Denmark.

A detour back to the ship was through a sub sea tunnel with a roundabout in the middle!!! Really pretty amazing! Located in the Eysturoyartunnil, the world’s first undersea roundabout sits 236 feet below the Atlantic Ocean. Opened in 2020, this jellyfish-shaped traffic circle connects three tunnel branches. It features a steel sculpture by artist Tróndur Patursson and cuts travel time between Tórshavn and Runavík from over an hour to just 16 minutes. 

I then headed to the tea: Tea sandwiches, scones with clotted cream (I am now a fan!), desserts, and teas accompanied by a cello/violin duet. It was quite relaxing.

 Jackie and I then headed into the town of Runavik to see a performance that they put on everyday for tourists. A young lady sang some Farese songs accompanied by a guitar and it was lovely. This was followed by some traditional dancers performing the Farese Chain dance while singing acapella a few of the several hundred verses. (yes, you read that right!). It is two steps to the left, one step to the right, repeat. They danced for a few minutes then invited us to join in. We danced so long I thought we were going to miss our “all aboard! It was a lovely way to wrap up the tour of the city.

Dinner tonight was an English dinner: think Shepherds’ Pie, Fish Pie, Haggis, Colcannon, etc. I did try the haggis for the first time; (it was actually a croquette stuffed with different ingredients including Haggis and was  was pretty nondescript.) But the English desserts were awful! I was looking forward to the bread pudding but it was just ok. And don’t get me started on how awful Spotted Dick is!!

Overall, the food here has been quite good. Too good. Really going to have to get exercising when I get home but since embarking on this journey, I have walked over 71 miles!! That has got to count for something!!!