Touring Tórshavn

The morning festival event was a dip in the ocean. We toyed with the idea of going, but came to realize it was actually a 40 minute walk versus the advertised 20 minute walk to the cove. M&C were planning to go and we were to join them... there was a communication hiccup, and they left without us🤔. So we just stayed to chill, and enjoy our coffee, while A looked in to our next steps of the journey. The hot tub and sauna weren't ready as planned, so it was serendipitous.

By 10am all four of us headed to the nearby cafe to join in a 10km trail run around Tórshavn. It was a sizeable group that convened, with pretty decent weather, and it surprisingly warm out. The run was meant to be at a leisurely pace, so we had the breath to chat with other runners along the trail.

Back at the flat, we had a delicious breakfast of fruit and avocado toast. M&C took off to see a waterfall at the north end of Streymoy island. We decided to stay local and walk around Tórshavn. Our main destination was the mall with the mobility shop to verify the SIM account balance, since the web site kept giving an error. On the way we came upon a walking path along a stream. It took us on a bit of a detour, but was nice to walk in a forest finally.

As the weather was still dry decided to meandered around town once finished at the mall. We noticed a faint chemical aroma in the air that just keeping getting stronger. It was similar to a smell we noticed while staying in Klaksvik. Come to find out they were injecting a resin in to the sewer pipes, and setting with steam... Not the healthiest procedure 🤢

On the walk J was having a craving for cinnamon buns, so went in search of a Bakery, or something similar. Sadly we didn't end up find anything. We did stop by the old Skansin fort, initially built in the 16th century, by the Tórshavn harbour. Then walked back to the accommodation through Reyn, the cities oldest district.

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The evening social event planned was a pub crawl run of 7km. We figured the 11km run in the morning was sufficient. So after dinner we headed to a different pub social gathering. Compared to the night before it was very quiet. We savoured a $20cad pint each 🫠. It was supposed to be a early night, but ended up getting back until closer to 11, after a walk in pouring rain☔🙃Read more