...anywhere the wind blows: Hello Hello

Hello everyone! Just a quick update while I have a moment on the internet. We're currently staying in a fantastic guesthouse on the island of Suðuroy. The helicopter ride was great and we arrived here in one piece! Last night we even had coffee and dessert with a Faroese family in their home. It was so much fun.

James enjoying the views from our helicopter ride

Now we are in the second largest town on this island, in the school's library, grabbing what little time on the internet that we can. We head back to the capital of Torshavn tomorrow by a 2hr ferry ride. But since the national holiday festival begins on Saturday, we're not sure how much internet access we will have. So I just wanted to check in and say hello, and though it's very rainy and foggy here we are still having a great time.

Here's a recap of our last few days from James:

...we moved quickly to the wild coastal landscapes of Vestmana, a truly lost world that illustrated the fragility of the islands' environment. Birds like puffins and guillemots are leaving their nests too early in the season -- something that would have been a disaster in earlier generations. It had not rained properly for nearly two months, something highly unusual for the Faroes with its very wet climate (that has changed of late!). We crossed over to Mykines, with its one lonely hamlet and its lonely light house on the westernmost point of the islands. But, again, no puffins much to my disappointment.

Now we are in the very south, on the island of Suduroy, having helicoptered here from Mykines (sorry mom and dad!) -- the birds'-eye views were spectacular. And we encased in dense fog, which thankfully only rolled in after we landed.

But tomorrow it will be on to Torshavn once again, where we will experience the most important time of year in the Faroe Islands, the Olasvsoka Festival. A full circle we will have made....