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  Day 6 – Kunoy forest- Norodepil- Muli- Vioareo

The unique feature of The Faroe Islands is that there are no trees on this island. All the trees that one sees have all been planted by the Faroese folks. That makes Kunoy Forest all the more a special place to visit, as seeing such a cluster of trees you would never doubt that this island has no trees. There is a nice walk through the forest, the quiet of this place will make you hear the sound of your own heartbeat- strong and happy, just like this place is.

As we were driving, hunger pangs were getting harder to contain and just like that out of the blue, driving around by the ferry docks we stumbled upon The Cafe old school. Run by volunteers in the village of Norodepil,  in an old school that still has the same furniture from 1932 and world map from yesteryears. Met Myrna, who went to this same school as her mum, and was taught by the same teacher who taught her mother.

Sweet Myra, outside The Old School Cafe 

The municipality asked for the community to put forth an idea on how to utilize this school that was no longer in commission. People put in suggestions and the idea to turn it into – an old school cafe won the prize. The community just didn’t want this idea to simply fizzle off so they decided to employ kids to run the cafe and earn a wage during the summer months between 1:30 pm- 5:30 pm. There is no set advertisement in place except for a Facebook and an Instagram page. My suggestion is to go visit the Faroe Islands and grab a bite of the most delicious chocolate cake served with vanilla ice cream and deliciousness of Cappuccino to keep you going till your dinner time.

Day 7

Fuglafjordur- Runavik- Toftir

Overcast day, chatting with Jon came to know that in Fuglafjordur at 3 pm- 5 pm there will be a rowing competition taking place between regional teams. It was lovely to witness it perched over the rocks by the pier overlooking the Fjord. The dull overcast skies were brightened by the energy of the involved people and visitors from other nearby villages. The cheering was contagious and we joined into the celebration by picking the underdogs and cheering for them and then moving on to the winners and cheering equally hard for them! Both girls and boys teams were equally pumped and ready to hit it hard, rowing towards the finish line with strength and fervor.

We decided to have lunch at Mccafe in Runavik, run by a gentleman from Bangladesh who got married to a Faroese woman whom he met in the UK. The Faroe Islands aren’t open to immigration but the people from outside who end up making this place their new home, not only adopt the Faroese way of living but also their mannerism. People here seem to have a hard time saying no and they shyly bow their heads and look up at you with these puppy eyes, almost apologizing for denying you something they can’t provide you with. We literally help them out by saying – it’s ok if it isn’t available or it’s ok if you don’t have it or it’s ok if you can’t provide me with it.. so on and so forth. We finished off the evening by walking around Lake TOftir and getting my hands on the Puffin.

I finally found a puffin.

Well, I stole it. Nothing new there, anyone who has any information on my past knows that it shouldn’t come as a shock. To set the record right- no, I am not a thief, I have a strong maternal instinct towards birds and have in my yesteryears my own fair share of successfully raised bird babies. This time though it was a puffin drawn on a stone so that makes it an immortal puffin. It was lying under the rock with a few other painted rocks and I decided that it was calling out my name and was only fair for me to take it back home with me. So I did! I broke the most important thing this Island runs on- TRUST. This is the problem they will face if they ever open this island for immigration- that’ll be the first thing that they’ll lose, the very thing that has kept them so pure for the past so many years!

I am sorry Faroese folks.

This vacation will be re-lived by looking at the gazillion pictures I have of this “one of a kind” vacation spot some people are lucky to call Home! We spend 14 days in this beautiful place and the feeling we departed with, led us to make a very important decision in our lives. To be able to live in a place where people come to vacation. It isn’t possible to immigrate to The Faroe Islands, but that shouldn’t stop you from finding your own happy place in your country of residence. We fear change and that is more to do with the uncertainty and the feeling of being uncomfortable. BUT, when you commit to transforming your life, you commit to getting uncomfortable over and over again.

The good thing is that we don’t know where life is taking us hence we are never lost. This place transformed me, visit The Faroe Islands and I guarantee you, it’ll transform you!

I think I found heaven on earth

The Faroe Islands- Day 6&7 Day 6 - Kunoy forest- Norodepil- Muli- Vioareo The unique feature of The Faroe Islands is that there are no trees on this island.