tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9454941.post6639677411215604924..comments2024-01-21T03:26:23.301-05:00Comments on Musings: The Faroe Islands (My 1000th Post!)sagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17499891950639742366noreply@blogger.comBlogger30125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9454941.post-45486389359811075392013-06-04T11:49:31.532-04:002013-06-04T11:49:31.532-04:00Oh my goodness I've never even heard of these ...Oh my goodness I've never even heard of these island but I've added them to my bucket list! Loved the photos and your narrative. <br /><br />Congrats on the 1000th post. Hope you keep writing to your next marker. I so enjoy your style and commentary.WR https://www.blogger.com/profile/05730763054918340998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9454941.post-12324028254668828612013-06-03T11:35:36.019-04:002013-06-03T11:35:36.019-04:001000 posts! Congratulations! That is a lot of work...1000 posts! Congratulations! That is a lot of work.<br />When we first crossed paths, I didn't even know about this blog. I love "Riding Rails" and spent many hours reading most of it, post by post. You had a truly amazing adventure. I believe there are still posts there for me to read and I will do so. I still have a direct link to that blog on my desktop. <br /><br />This post makes gives me a large case of wanderlust and makes me want to hit the road, sea, or rails. Pat Tilletthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17699973774273291205noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9454941.post-7948733197394945242013-06-02T13:41:07.172-04:002013-06-02T13:41:07.172-04:00It is advertising free traffic on Facebook if you ...It is advertising free traffic on Facebook if you have a mobile phone from Føroya Tele.Hydhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03014082085347279487noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9454941.post-6250144202170531252013-06-02T13:36:31.318-04:002013-06-02T13:36:31.318-04:00It looks like a gorgeous land. Thanks for sharing...It looks like a gorgeous land. Thanks for sharing. I'd never heard of the Faroes until now. Or if I had, I've long since forgotten. How awesome would it have been to be one of the first people to sail to and settle an island! Of course, if I had, I'd be dead by now, so there's always a downside.<br /><br />Congrats on one thousand, my friend. Here's to a thousand more.Bonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10096591352278195759noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9454941.post-10466733783482457422013-06-02T09:24:36.633-04:002013-06-02T09:24:36.633-04:00Congratulations on your tenure. And thanks for sha...Congratulations on your tenure. And thanks for sharing the images. Like most people, the Faroe islands are not real familiar to me. The Geezershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12132213545989946724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9454941.post-30753110939374842432013-06-01T21:50:43.978-04:002013-06-01T21:50:43.978-04:00Congratulations, intrepid blogger and world travel...Congratulations, intrepid blogger and world traveler! That was a very interesting post. Looks like a beautiful place.SandyCarlsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10752798823532580733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9454941.post-27277416916519909602013-06-01T07:57:27.133-04:002013-06-01T07:57:27.133-04:00Congrats on your 1000th post. Looks like a simple ...Congrats on your 1000th post. Looks like a simple and close-knit community. And, the island seems to still have some greenery around. Hope that won't disappear in the name of development. Nice read.cyclopsevenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11440123931878867581noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9454941.post-90379680976366989272013-05-31T22:15:08.771-04:002013-05-31T22:15:08.771-04:00I'd been upset to have paid that much not to s...I'd been upset to have paid that much not to see any, but I would have enjoyed seeing them. I really enjoyed seeing the islands via motorcoach.sagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17499891950639742366noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9454941.post-76643231204342916682013-05-31T22:13:56.966-04:002013-05-31T22:13:56.966-04:00Murf, i don't always wear blue (but when I do ...Murf, i don't always wear blue (but when I do it's Carolina blue, not Michigan blue). And I'll write more about Nova Scotia, but haven't been to PEI.sagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17499891950639742366noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9454941.post-31388342055221530652013-05-31T22:11:58.828-04:002013-05-31T22:11:58.828-04:00Sherry, not able to read the language (except for ...Sherry, not able to read the language (except for the word Facebook) it might be advertising mobile phones.sagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17499891950639742366noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9454941.post-25831476483920940312013-05-31T22:10:06.288-04:002013-05-31T22:10:06.288-04:00Thanks, Lynn. It's not exactly the last post ...Thanks, Lynn. It's not exactly the last post on the trip--I still need to post on Dublin, Greenland, Newfoundland and Nova Scota as well as sailing through an arctic hurricane with 75 knot winds between Greenland and Newfoundland.sagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17499891950639742366noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9454941.post-35820826716469029742013-05-30T19:58:44.431-04:002013-05-30T19:58:44.431-04:00I was thinking I would have paid to see the puffin...I was thinking I would have paid to see the puffins until I read they already migrated. Still...if it was an addition to the lifelist...<br /><br />Jenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12573262524755768643noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9454941.post-30161261202764383162013-05-30T17:56:29.977-04:002013-05-30T17:56:29.977-04:00I forgot to ask...will you be writing about any No...I forgot to ask...will you be writing about any Nova Scotia/Canada adventures? As an Anne of Green Gables fan, I've been wanting to get to Prince Edward Island.Murfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07859630977737647681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9454941.post-88686730186735537962013-05-30T17:55:29.553-04:002013-05-30T17:55:29.553-04:001000?!? I'm kind of envious. I need to get b...1000?!? I'm kind of envious. I need to get back at it. Nice to see that your coat is a non-blue color. :-)Murfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07859630977737647681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9454941.post-7483635525113129512013-05-30T14:28:37.218-04:002013-05-30T14:28:37.218-04:00Congratulations on reaching 1000 posts! I enjoyed...Congratulations on reaching 1000 posts! I enjoyed seeing the photos. That's kind of funny that there was actually a billboard advertising Facebook. I didn't think Facebook needed advertising!Sherry Ellishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07844837212122243321noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9454941.post-66358457749570128662013-05-30T12:48:23.417-04:002013-05-30T12:48:23.417-04:00Sorry to be late to the 1000th party! I'm pla...Sorry to be late to the 1000th party! I'm playing blog catch up after being away for a few days. <br /><br />I love that you posted this final post for your big trip and that you always strike up conversations with people. <br /><br />Happy 1000th post!Lynnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13984802196897920610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9454941.post-71224614399823522332013-05-30T12:09:40.513-04:002013-05-30T12:09:40.513-04:00Thanks everyone for all the congratulations! Thanks everyone for all the congratulations! sagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17499891950639742366noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9454941.post-61954717752885891342013-05-30T12:09:16.711-04:002013-05-30T12:09:16.711-04:00It'd be a great place to write and I would enj...It'd be a great place to write and I would enjoy hiking across the islandssagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17499891950639742366noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9454941.post-56825927479850727862013-05-30T12:08:35.477-04:002013-05-30T12:08:35.477-04:00Not at all... Michigan's Isle Royale is wet an...Not at all... Michigan's Isle Royale is wet and rocky like this, but with trees.sagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17499891950639742366noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9454941.post-20482461735168228002013-05-30T12:07:20.788-04:002013-05-30T12:07:20.788-04:00Vince, thanks for the link to GAP--it is an intere...Vince, thanks for the link to GAP--it is an interesting concept that may have helped a small nation like Britain to maintain such a significant navy. I remember learning that the first thing the British did when the "occupied" the Faroes in WW2 was to build an airfield--although it was probably used to ferry in supplies, it was also probably used to for anti-submarine flights. sagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17499891950639742366noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9454941.post-56309577781284323732013-05-29T10:51:03.877-04:002013-05-29T10:51:03.877-04:00Cheers to your next 1000 posts!Cheers to your next 1000 posts!Edhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13214319366049620074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9454941.post-60035432086705158522013-05-29T07:09:04.870-04:002013-05-29T07:09:04.870-04:00Detroit is an island but it looks nothing like tha...Detroit is an island but it looks nothing like that!the walking manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10058913927297370740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9454941.post-39754723066525085112013-05-29T04:44:12.503-04:002013-05-29T04:44:12.503-04:00Congrats on the thousand posts.
Lovely photos. Di...Congrats on the thousand posts.<br /><br />Lovely photos. Difficult to catch just how vertiginous those slopes actually are. Goodly numbers of Irish go there for the soccer a few time a year. <br />Oh, those tunnels were built because of the cold war. The islands were seen as being of such strategic importance that's hard to credit now. In a way the Mercator projector we have in our heads is vastly different to the one your kid holds. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GIUK_gapAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9454941.post-22588708722762122082013-05-29T01:37:22.816-04:002013-05-29T01:37:22.816-04:00There's something very cool about islands. A l...There's something very cool about islands. A little microcosm. I love the concept of it, though I've never spent much time on one.Charles Gramlichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02052592247572253641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9454941.post-48980656067290139832013-05-29T00:09:02.560-04:002013-05-29T00:09:02.560-04:00Great photo of you too, for this most delightful a...Great photo of you too, for this most delightful and amazing post # 1000! You did it up just right too, interesting and the best of the best with spectacular photos of places, I'll probably only see in pictures! I hope to follow you into the next what 1000 more right?!21 Witshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00071361755673253230noreply@blogger.com