Iceland – Meeting on Another Planet XXI
Published: 12.4.2015
After a long time we slept in we woke at 9:30. Night was peaceful only one thing was unpleasant, that is air temperature in couchettes which was more than 30 degrees Celsius. It is not optimal given the combination of air temperature on the deck – too hot in the cabins, too cold outside.
29. 8. 2013
Norröna
It is possible
to ask for tax returns from your shopping on Iceland. If you kept tax receipts then you have to fill a certain document, include the receipts and then they return you axes. You get DKKs, not ISKs so you would pay with them on the ship. They give you 15% and only from purchases above 4000 ISK.
Our lunch is in the restaurant on the second floor. As on our way to Iceland we can choose from couple of options including salad . You pay only for beverages. At 15:00 we land on the Faeroe Islands at the city of Thorshavn. We have to return back to the ship at 19:45 and the ferry set sails at 21:00. We go to visit the city. This time weather is better than during our first visit. Torshavn is located on Stremoy island. It is the capital and the largest city of the Faeroes.
The walk starts at the port. We see luxurious yachts and small boats anchored at the Atlantic shore. There are many container ships supplying the Faeroes with all kinds of goods. Yet the biggest ship there is without any doubt Norröna.
We walk in narrow streets, for the last time enjoying small turf roofed houses; in the shopping mall in Niel Niels Finsens Gota street, we see offerings of local butiques, sometimes someone buys a small souvenir. We return to the town park through which flows a gentle stream. We climb up to paintings gallery, then we return while stopping at the library. There they serve perfect coffee. They even have free internet, which is good.
At around 19 o’clock we are back at the ship getting ready to set sails. I spend my time on the deck. There we have great vista of the town, so we can make some of the last pictures. Northern gannet make us company. You can observe gannets in the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. Even more you can see them above the shores than on the ocean. They have very aerodynamically shaped body which helps them to hunt. White body gets cream yellow on the head. Very distinct is black colour around the eyes.
The evening we spend in the restaurant on the third floor. Every night young artists perform there, they present folk songs as well as world art. Some of them are very talented thus It is very pleasant to listen to their music.
Next and the last part of this travelogue will be available next week.
Text and photo: Magdaléna Radostová
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