Torshavn; Monday, 26 July, 2010

The final approach to the Faroe Islands turned out to be quite bumpy with a couple of sudden drops and quite a steep approach, but the final few minutes of the flight, once we had descended below the level of the clouds were stunning with the islands rising up out of the sea and the final approach up a fjord towards the runway.

A very swift journey through the airport left me concerned that I was going to end up with a pretty long wait for the bus into town, but it appeared that the bus company puts on an extra service to meet the twice weekly London flights as there was one parked up outside the terminal building waiting as I emerged from it.

A 40 minute, rain-lashed journey later we arrived in Tórshavn, with the rain starting to abate. It was a short walk to the hotel and after checking in and dropping my stuff off in the room I headed out for a wander around the town.

I had no particular route in mind, and in the end ambled over a large area, although given the size of the Capital City on several occasions I managed to end up wandering back past places I had already been past.

I stopped for a bite to eat in a restaurant in the centre of town, before having a bit more of a wander and then heading back to the hotel for an early night as I had to get up early the following morning.