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Road trip: Klaksvik (impromptu but necessary morning coffee break). Amusing part about this part was that somewhere just near the edge of town Google Maps, our navigation Flossie, totally wigged out, and had us going around the block, looking for…
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Mykines trip to puffins cancelled! Investigated Nólsoy instead. Sometimes it has puffins.
Not today though. Fog/drizzle/weather visibility about twenty metres most of the day, so might have passed a few and wouldn’t have noticed. Did, however, have a fantastic late lunch of cod and potatoes at a cafe on Nólsoy. Real find.…
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Yesterday: Streymoy, Tjørnuvik to Kirkjubøur
Started with a visit to Saksun and hike to the ocean inlet. Picnic lunch at Saksun, then drive the east coast to Tjørnuvik. Then back to the apartment for a nap. Headed south then to see the mediaeval church and…
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A good day
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On the Faroe Islands OK
Car hire took a little longer than expected, because somehow I had lost the extra hour of time zone, so we actually arrived at 1:30PM, instead of the 2:30PM that it would have been had we still been in Copenhagen.…
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Made it to Copenhagen
The flight from Brisbane to Hong Kong was a real eye-opener. Going to be tough to go back to flying steerage long haul. Flat-bed sleeper class is totally worth it. The other advantage of splurging on the ticket class was…
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On the move, in Brisbane
Notes for beginners: Yes, it is a good idea to take a couple of extra days of leave before flying. Finishing up a work project on Friday leaves you too tired to pack on Friday night, so all of the…
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Decentralized social media – Scuttlebutt
I came across this page (about Scuttlebutt) via today’s “Four Short Links” post. Since I’m interested in the internet, and have played on Usenet since before it was part of the internet (who remembers uucp?), the idea seemed cool. Since…