June 14– Fly to Faroes Iceland, Wander Tórshavn

We were up very early, had a light breakfast, and caught our taxi to the airport.  We dealt with filing for our VAT tax refund and got in line to check in.  Our fare required that we pay for any checked luggage beyond our first piece.  And we had to check our small pieces since they didn’t fit into the sizer. 

We were then directed to the sales office to pay the fee.  Of course, the sales office then directed us back to the ticket counter to pay.  A lady there took the ticket and said she would take care of it…we didn’t have to pay.

When we got to the gate of course the system then said we hadn’t paid for the extra luggage.  Sigh.  They finally were able to wave the fee.  What a hassle.  But at least we didn’t have to pay. 

The flight to the Faroes was only about 1 ¼ hours long and totally uneventful.  We had an hour drive to the town (and capital) Tórshavn.  After settling in to our room we parked the car in the lot down by the harbor and spent some time wandering this area. 

The port is crowded with boats…

and there were interesting buildings surrounding the harbor.  

Many looked like they were fish processing or related facilities and one time.  And they were all pretty picturesque.

There was one that stood out.  It was very modern.

Along the waterfront there were some places set up for the fishermen to sell their catch.

We found an Irish pub and ate a very late lunch there.  Since we ate lunch so late we headed back to the pub for dinner and just had dessert.