TORSHAVN, FAEROE ISLANDS, DENMAK (MAY 19, 2012)

Spent my birthday in the Faeroe Islands which lie halfway between the Shetland Islands and Iceland.  Tlhere are 18 islands in total and has a population of about 50,000 total.  Not a whole lot to see there except for birds although I still haven’t seen any puffins.  It’s quite a windy island with very little farming.  I guess the land is just way to rocky and hilly.  A few sheep here and there.  About the only thing going on there is fishing.  There is only about 4,500 people on this particular island.  The younger generation are finding opportunities elsewhere.  Most interesting to us was the fact that most houses are either black or white and most have grass roofs.  It is very alien to our way of life but we enjoyed our visit and the people that we had a chance to talk to.