August 11, 2010 · 5:07 am

Fjord focus

Once you get past the whale hunting and the lack of meteorological fortitude,

Once you get past the whale hunting and the lack of meteorological fortitude,

the Faroe Islands is actually pretty great.

the Faroe Islands is actually pretty great.

The sheep are the only thing taller than the grass

The sheep are the only thing taller than the grass

And moss covers the country like a quilt

And moss covers the country like a quilt

It may be the least populated place I've ever been.

It may be the least populated place I’ve ever been.

Just 50,000 people, spread across a few dozen islands

Just 50,000 people, spread across a few dozen islands

The maps specify which villages have services like food, since many are just settlements

The maps specify which villages have services like food, since many are just settlements

The landscape doesn't look like anything I've seen before

The landscape doesn’t look like anything I’ve seen before

You can't really farm it, so mostly sheep and cow pastures

You can’t really farm it, so mostly sheep and cow pastures

The vikings arrived here about 1,000 years ago.

The vikings arrived here about 1,000 years ago.

And little seems to have taken place since.

And little seems to have taken place since.

I don't know when religion got here, but it stuck.

I don’t know when religion got here, but it stuck.

Movie theaters here wouldn't show The Da Vinci Code because it was deemed sacreligious.

Movie theaters here wouldn’t show The Da Vinci Code because it was deemed sacreligious.

The gays are the whispered-codes-and-reststops variety you found in the states in the '50s.

The gays are the whispered-codes-and-reststops variety you found in the states in the ’50s.

I genuinely have trouble understanding places like this.

I genuinely have trouble understanding places like this.

See? I'm dumbfounded at these lifestyles. 'How does all this work?!' I kept asking.

See? I’m dumbfounded at these lifestyles. ‘How does all this work?!’ I kept asking.

I can't imagine growing up in geologic time, but it's a great way to spend a weekend.

I can’t imagine growing up in geologic time, but it’s a great way to spend a weekend.

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2 responses to “Fjord focus”

Bookmole

August 11, 2010 at 1:58 am

Great pictures.

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The Munky House

August 11, 2010 at 10:24 pm

That's gorgeous, thanks to your photos. I want to go there. Definitely don't want to live there, but it would be an epic photo destination. Only if there's whale guts, though. – Derek

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