Today and tomorrow we are in Torshavn, Faroe Islands. But first I have to catch up on our previous 2 ports in Iceland. Thursday we were in Seydisfjordur. The interesting thing about the port is that, on Thursday mornings, there is a ferry in port. That meant that the Sirena had to be at anchor and using tenders until the ferry left. So we spent the morning on the ship until she was in port. We saw the very prominent Budareyrarfoss Waterfall and knew that we would be heading that way after we got off.
We walked over to the waterfall but the path that would take us closer would not accommodate Linda's walker. So we walked a bit around the town.
Note the price of gas here - almost 9 dollars per gallon! Makes California look cheap.
Don't worry, despite what it looks like, the Sirena did not run aground!
After Linda returned to the ship, I walked back to the waterfall and got closer.
My next objective was the sound sculpture, the Tvisongur, that I had read about. Along the way, I passed the Technical Museum that had an exhibit about the landslide of 2020 which destroyed 13 houses.
When I got to the trailhead for the sound sculpture, I saw the sign indicating that the sculpture was 700 meters up a very steep trail. I opted to head back into town.
Seydisfrordur sits on both sides of a river. I walked over to the left bank, past the Swedish Consulate and the church and discovered another rainbow walkway.
I then headed over to a park where I found yet another bounce pad. I've concluded that the Icelandic children are not very nice. Again, they wouldn't let me jump with them!
The day concluded with some much welcomed sunshine for another good view of the falls.
Friday we were in Djupivigor, a village of fewer than 400 people. We were anchored near a 3000 passenger Holland America ship. Between us, we increased the population tenfold! We took a tender in and did a short walk.
After lunch, I went out for a longer walk. I walked out to the Eggs - 31 sculpted stone eggs positioned along the waterfront.
I then walked a dirt road and found the site of the former home of Jakob Gunnar Gunnarsson, a cobbler and poet.
By then I felt that I had seen all that there was to see and I took the tender back to the ship.
We agree that Djupivigor was the least impressive port we've stopped at. And there were no waterfalls!
Peace an blessings,
Linda and Larry
I love the paint job on that house!
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