Day 5: Narrated by Alaina

I will admit that waking up and realizing that this would be our last day in the Faroes made me very sad. I loved our cottage, I loved exploring all the different islands, hiking all over the place and just the general vibe.

In order to take it all in, I woke up early, grabbed my headphones and iPhone and decided to go explore one of the waterfalls in the area.

It was a gorgeous morning, no wind, sun was shining (rare) and I just wanted to be outside, listen to music and breath the freshest of air.

I began my climb, figured out the best route and was hoping to explore a canyon of sorts that was made by the constant flow of water. As I climbed I also kept looking back because the view kept getting better and better.

 

 

I got to the top of the stream and started walking into the canyon, and there it was… the record-scratch to my morning (and not in a good way). A dead sheep lay in the water not three feet away from me… and you could tell it was a somewhat new carcass. I loudly said a few things… tried not to keep looking and attempted to still do my exploring.

It appears luck was not on my side as I couldn’t go very much farther so I had to turn around all while avoiding any staring at the poor sheep.

I decided to find a new lookout spot, far from the stream and came across a nice perch with a nearby alive sheep grazing, but what I didn’t realize is that there was a baby lamb soundly sleeping in the grass! I enjoyed watching them for a bit and then I put on my headphones and listened to my zen music. I may try to start my mornings like this more often (no dead sheep though).

I returned back to the cabin and Mike was packing up for our flight later that afternoon. We also heard Hans and Heidi outside and I wanted to say goodbye. They were so hospitable and I can see why they are favorites in town! I mentioned the sheep and within ten minutes I learned that a sheep had been missing for two weeks and sadly, she had a baby. Fortunately the lamb was being taken care of but they had no idea what had happened. So I was actually able to help the village solve a mystery!

We said our goodbyes, and decided to grab some photos of a nearby octagonal church, explore Saksun a bit more (Mike had no luck with petting a sheep) and slowly make our way over to the airport.

For such a small country, the Faroes has a really cool, modern airport. It was nice just hanging out, catching up on all our social media and gearing up for Iceland. Our flight was great outside of a crazy, weebly wobbly landing due to high winds, but we arrived safe and sound.

We were really excited to explore Reykjavik so for our first night, we checked out our neighborhood (yay for our AirBnb apartment which was centrally located), bought some souvenirs and finally got the charger for our GoPro which we left at home. ? Of course we couldn’t stay in the city and not grab a cocktail at Lebowski Bar. ?

Words of advice. Iceland is expensive. People had told us repeatedly to expect some sticker shock, but I will give you an example. Mike and I were really tired (and Mike was also not feeling very well) and really hungry. We went to a burger shop next door (basically Five Guys). The bill was $40… two burgers, fries and a soda. Yup. Welcome to Iceland!