Hallo!!!
Hope you are all well, I realized that it's been some time since I last posted on here! It has now been about 50 days since the day I left sweet green Oregon for the even more sweeter and greener Faroe Islands. Life here is becoming even more normal as the days go on, things are less strange, and I am now use to the weird school schedule that I have and the weekends are left with just having fun with friends.
I haven't done anything extremely new, I have now figured out how the buses work (which is always a good thing). I'm still getting use to how the town is built and finding my way around on the streets ( thank god it's not that big of a city, or I'd be lost a lot) but for the most part it only takes about 15-20mins at the most to walk anywhere in the city.
I visited Klasvik with some friends of mine for a day, it is the second biggest town on the Islands and it takes about 45 minuets by car, but way longer if you take the bus. which is what we all did, we left right after school on a Friday and just spent the rest of the day there swimming, shopping, and eating. It was incredibly stormy while we were there, it was crazy windy, rainy, and at one point we were walking through hail, but besides the fact that the weather was terrible it was still a very fun day spent with lovely friends.
I've hit that time period in your exchange year when homesickness is most likely to hit you, but luckily for me that has not been the case. I'm having way too much fun here to even think about missing home. But of course there are some certain things that I miss, like getting Dutch bros in the morning before school, and some of my favorite junk foods that I love to snack on, but that's pretty much it. And of course I miss my family and friends but to the extent of getting homesick.
Fall has definitely hit the Faroe Islands and I'm excited for winter to come, hopefully I'll get the chance of seeing some northern lights while I'm here. Sorry for the short update, but its been awhile and I thought that I should at least write a little something! and some pictures below just from hanging out with friends and giving you all some more glimpse at the islands beauty, sorry for the poor quality.
By for now, Allie.
Hope you are all well, I realized that it's been some time since I last posted on here! It has now been about 50 days since the day I left sweet green Oregon for the even more sweeter and greener Faroe Islands. Life here is becoming even more normal as the days go on, things are less strange, and I am now use to the weird school schedule that I have and the weekends are left with just having fun with friends.
I haven't done anything extremely new, I have now figured out how the buses work (which is always a good thing). I'm still getting use to how the town is built and finding my way around on the streets ( thank god it's not that big of a city, or I'd be lost a lot) but for the most part it only takes about 15-20mins at the most to walk anywhere in the city.
I visited Klasvik with some friends of mine for a day, it is the second biggest town on the Islands and it takes about 45 minuets by car, but way longer if you take the bus. which is what we all did, we left right after school on a Friday and just spent the rest of the day there swimming, shopping, and eating. It was incredibly stormy while we were there, it was crazy windy, rainy, and at one point we were walking through hail, but besides the fact that the weather was terrible it was still a very fun day spent with lovely friends.
I've hit that time period in your exchange year when homesickness is most likely to hit you, but luckily for me that has not been the case. I'm having way too much fun here to even think about missing home. But of course there are some certain things that I miss, like getting Dutch bros in the morning before school, and some of my favorite junk foods that I love to snack on, but that's pretty much it. And of course I miss my family and friends but to the extent of getting homesick.
Fall has definitely hit the Faroe Islands and I'm excited for winter to come, hopefully I'll get the chance of seeing some northern lights while I'm here. Sorry for the short update, but its been awhile and I thought that I should at least write a little something! and some pictures below just from hanging out with friends and giving you all some more glimpse at the islands beauty, sorry for the poor quality.
By for now, Allie.