All about the Faroe Islands

Oh, I know, I was so bad when it came about writing lately.
I have so many things going on, I wish I could share everything with you, but I've just never managed to sit down, have a cup of tea and write...
Although soon I'll have 24h for me and to spend it the way I want. As I mentioned before, I'm leaving my job and starting my own projects, including writing. Reckless, ehhh, I know! But that's an other story.

Now I'm here to tell you some great news!
First of all, it's all confirmed, I'm travelling to Iceland again this summer.
2nd: my 3 weeks long journey will include 1 whole week on the Faroe Islands.
So I'm all super happy and excited, but have to tell I'm also nervous and stressful a bit.

I though I have plenty of time to organize, but  these days I'm realizing that I'm totally late... Come on, it's only March, and 90% of accommodations are booked!?
Nobody can tell me, I started to organize in the last minute, I have more than 3 months left!

So yeah, I'm in panic and all my thought are about organizing, booking, checking, reading, e-mailing, asking, organizing, organizing, organizing...
As always, I'm very accurate when it's about travelling. I don't want to set every minutes, but a real adventurous, eventful and memorable journey needs a lot of work. And when everything is ready, when you found out where to stay, which part you visit, what are the must do things, then of course you can fully enjoy you journey and you can let spontaneous moments colour the trip.

That means, soon I'm able to write a travel guide of Fare Islands without visiting it actually. :D
Conversations with me can include only travel costs, accommodation booking, why don't get replies from Couchsurfing:P and of course you can ask questions about the characteristics of all the 18 islands'....;)

If you know Faroe Islands by heart, or if you happen to live there, then I guess you won't read any new stuff now.:)
But actually now that I tell to more and more people about my journey, I keep hearing the questions...

Where the hell is it?
The Faroe Islands are located in the North Atlantic Ocean at 62º latitude North and 7º longitude West, approximately 430 kilometres south-east of Iceland, 600 kilometres west of Norway and 300 kilometres north-west from Scotland. (Now you understand why I'm in love with Faroe Islands already)
Population is about 50.000 people and the capital called Tórshavn.
Autonomy within the Kingdom of Denmark.
Total area is app. 1,400 km² .
And as I mentioned before, Faroe Islands comprise 18 islands. (I guess I won't be able to visit all of them, right?!:D)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And more...

 

 

So... What do you think? Do you feel like having Faroe Islands on your travel list?

 

 

 (Photos are from Pinterest, can be found on my Adventures board. The rest are found on Google and linked directly. I don't own any of these photos.)

 

 

Favorite hobby: buy flight tickets

Pretty much a good end of the day.
I love to be spontaneous, but even better when you can share this with others.
I have to tell, I'm proud of my family:) Today I found a cool deal to fly to Bari, (Italy) and within an hour, I've booked a ticket for 3 of us.
It's usual that I find a good priced ticket and in the case I have some money on my account, I just find myself booking it. But it's more rare to catch someone coming with me that fast.
All of us were kind of busy lately, so it's gonna be cool to travel together with my parents.
And Bari is very close to my heart, two years ago I had a fun trip with a very good friend of mine. I guess it was the perfect hippie style summer holiday!;)

Bari, see you in May... till that, I have my memories...:)

Don't be normal

Craving for fresh air, Ocean, flying, discover, get lost in new places, visit old places again, just be free, write, be creative, smile, laugh and feel the happiness comes from the deepest part of my heart.

 

 

 

 

 

Photo sources: Pinterest, www.pinterest.com/szandart/inspirations  and Keep Calm and Pretend You're at the Beach.

A year to think

One day when I'll have my own family, I definitely want to do that! To travel around the World with my loved ones. I think that's the greatest life experience you can give to your children.

"This film takes one second from each day and strings them all together.  When we watch this mind-bending mash-up — our personal Around The World In 365 seconds — we are instantly transported back to the experience of the trip.  The feeling of openness and adventure and discovery and togetherness.  It’s incredible how the days really did seem to move past in seconds, and the best year of our life — while it seemed long while we were living it (to paraphrase Finn) — seems like it flew by in minutes."

- www.ayeartothink.com -

So this is the 2nd day of 2014 and all about 2013

So here I am. First Thursday of 2014, sitting in a cafe, drinking a latte and thinking about last year, about all the things I did, and preparing my list for this brand new year, where I still have 364 days to enjoy.

It's scary, especially if I think about how fantastic things happened to me in the past year. But I have to mention all the tears, all those blue days, depressed times... Yeah, from that perspective, I see, I can not only expect pink clouds, love, happiness, stressless days, but most definitely I have to be ready to LIVE life the fullest and accept it as a package. A package with good and bad things, but I'm pretty sure, that we are on this World to enjoy, to smile, to laugh. And after all those deep points, the good and bad things are slowly start to make a little sence. (Here is the time to listen to Pascal Pinon: Good and Bad Things:))

I've missed lots of opportunities to share my life events, although day by day I'm just dieing to write more. My mind is a big chaotic novel and I keep typing every seconds of my life. A big goal for 2014 is to use more pen and paper, buy a real old typewriter... Or worst case, use my ipad and write blog!;)

So, let's try to overview the coolest achievements of 2013, including all the big great adventures and the tiny crazy moments..

- Adventures

~ I was travelling 6 times in 12 months.

~ Visited Sicily, Iceland, Portugal, Kiev, Malta and Rome.
~ I was flying by plane exactly 14 times.

~ I managed to see as much as possible from Iceland in 2 weeks on a wild, spontaneous and adventurous way. I met with the loveliest, open minded people and after all I had a cool daytrip to Grimsey, the northernmost island of Icleland and so typically being me... lost my coat on the way to the Arctic Circle. And so what?! It was even more special that way, especially that i met really great guys there and I can still call them my friends since this day.

 

 

 

~ In Portugal, I spent lovely days with my parents, fell in love with Lissbon and enjoyed the sunshine and Ocean of south parts, glad to say I went parasailing and visited the westernmost extent of mainland Portugal and continental Europe.

 

-Let's jump a bit back from journeys to Hungary, especially the 5th of August...

If any of you have ever checked my bucket list, you know, on first place I have hot air balloon ride.

And so we did it! I got it as a surprise experience from my boyfriend as this was the day we we're together exactly one year ago. I have to admit, this was the coolest present, so he put the level pretty high!;)

That was such an old dream... and finding no words to describe the feeling when you are up in the air, you're free and feel the fresh air, above the lake Velence, so it was the perfection of fire meeting with air and water. Now I can check it on my list, but it doesn't mean I don't want to experience this again and again. Definitely have to visit a big hot air balloon festival, those seem so wonderful!

 

~ Oh and here comes the event I can talk about the most passionate way!! t.A.T.u.

I'm a fan since.... At least 10 years ago. And it was a very top wish of mine to see them at least once again in my life on a big concert. And it happened 27th of September, including a nice long weekend in Kiev. And not only a long, live, big concert, but a wee talk with Lena, autographs and photos with both of them! Secretly, not that I'm insatiable, but still hoping for a concert, maaaybe in Moscow this time... and that would be the 5th concert I visit. But ok, we'll see what future brings!:)

 

~ And Malta... Was really a nice journey. Lot of people was trying to convince me before that it's not nice at all and boring, but glad I didn't listen to them as I experienced the opposite. I'm a fan of northern places, but still, this one became one of my favorite places. So anytime, anyone is thinking about offering me a house there, do not hesitate!;) 

We not only visited Malta, but spent the half time in Gozo, and from there we had a daytrip on the island of Comino, famous about the Blue Lagoon.

 

~ Rome. Won't talk too long about it. Once, because this post is becoming a quite long novel, twice, because I drank all my coffee.

It was not my first time there. I visited Rome about 6 years ago, but this time was special, because I went alone (some last minute changes in plans.) and I have to say it was still good. Long weekend alone, just me and my thoughts, I needed this.

 

~ Oops. 

I forgot to talk about Sicily that was the first trip of the year. But I guess, both me and Sam are on the same opinion. There were nice momenrs and pretty places... But... Alltogether it was not the journey of our life. Too busy, too noisy, too dirty. I mean, mostly I'm talking about Catania. I admit there are lovely places out there.

 

- Except adventures... This year I've got some new tattoos! Exactly 5. Oh wow... That sounds a lot!:D Sorry Mum!;)

 

And I could talk about more concers, parties, moments with friends, moments alone, but it's time to go out and have a walk, breathe fresh air, because after all... it's a new year, that's a new day, and I can not sit for ages in front of my ipad. So I keep my 2014 list for later...