https://landofmaybe.com/2024/06/27/faroese-is-on-google-translate-the-faroes-are-on-google-street-view/https://landofmaybe.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/screenshot-2024-06-27-at-3.19.03e280afpm.pngScreenshot 2024-06-27 at 3.19.03 PMhttps://landofmaybe.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/screenshot-2024-06-27-at-3.15.29e280afpm.pngScreenshot 2024-06-27 at 3.15.29 PMhttps://landofmaybe.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/screenshot-2024-06-27-at-10.45.33e280afam.pngScreenshot 2024-06-27 at 10.45.33 AMhttps://landofmaybe.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/screenshot-2024-06-27-at-3.09.54e280afpm.pngScreenshot 2024-06-27 at 3.09.54 PMhttps://landofmaybe.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/screenshot-2024-06-27-at-2.38.57e280afpm.pngScreenshot 2024-06-27 at 2.38.57 PMhttps://landofmaybe.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/screenshot-2024-06-27-at-2.29.42e280afpm.pngScreenshot 2024-06-27 at 2.29.42 PM2024-06-27T20:06:18+00:00monthlyhttps://landofmaybe.com/2024/06/05/10-years-later/https://landofmaybe.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/screen-shot-2024-06-05-at-4.37.33-pm.pngscreen-shot-2024-06-05-at-4.37.33-pm2024-06-20T22:06:22+00:00monthlyhttps://landofmaybe.com/2014/06/02/silly-foreigner-miranda/https://landofmaybe.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/screen-shot-2014-06-02-at-2-31-33-pm.pngBitstrips Cliffhttps://landofmaybe.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/screen-shot-2014-06-02-at-2-31-02-pm.pngBitstrips Fog2024-06-05T23:06:12+00:00monthlyhttps://landofmaybe.com/2014/05/15/whatamidoinginthefaroeislands/https://landofmaybe.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/sheep-muli.jpgMúli was the last village in the Faroe Islands to get electricity. Now it is all but abandoned, but many sheep live there and walk among it's houses.Múli was the last village in the Faroe Islands to get electricity. Now it is all but abandoned, but many sheep live there and walk among it's houses.https://landofmaybe.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/tinganes.jpgThe Old Town of Tórshavn, the capital of the Faroe Islands.The Old Town of Tórshavn, the capital of the Faroe Islands.2024-06-05T22:30:28+00:00monthlyhttps://landofmaybe.com/2014/05/22/through-bergen-with-love/https://landofmaybe.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/through-bergen-2-1.jpgDamsgårdsfjellHigh above the sea on Damsgårdsfjell!https://landofmaybe.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/through-bergen.jpgKvæðiSinging Kvæði on Syttende Maihttps://landofmaybe.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/through-bergen-2.jpgSyttende Mai 2Spectators at the Syttende Mai Paradehttps://landofmaybe.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/through-bergen-1.jpgSyttende Mai 1The Syttende Mai Paradehttps://landofmaybe.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/through-bergen-3.jpgSandvikenFishing and picnicking on Mt. Sandviken.https://landofmaybe.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/through-bergen-5.jpgUlrikenHiking on Mt. Ulriken, high above the city.https://landofmaybe.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/through-bergen-4.jpgFløyenBergen as seen from the top of Mt. Fløyen.https://landofmaybe.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/through-bergen-1-1.jpgThrough Bergen 1 (1)Bergen's historic wooden wharf (Bryggen), the tallship Statsraad Lehmkuhl and a Ferris Wheel for the Bicentennial celebrations.2024-06-05T22:29:39+00:00monthlyhttps://landofmaybe.com/2014/05/29/my-life-in-nordragota/https://landofmaybe.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/verticle-faroes.jpgVertical FaroesThe Faroe Islands in Vertical: Here you can quickly see the difference between the Bøur, or infield, and the Hagi, or outfield, where sheep are kept in different seasons.https://landofmaybe.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/old-church.jpgOld ChurchTraditional Faroese church in Norðagøtahttps://landofmaybe.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/horses.jpgHorsesHorses and mountains from my window in Norðagøta.https://landofmaybe.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/faroes.jpgFaroesThe stream going past my house in Norðagøta...https://landofmaybe.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/lolli.jpgLolliMy room here in Norðagøtahttps://landofmaybe.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/faroe_stamp_232_husini_hja_peri.jpgFaroe_stamp_232_husini_hja_periA Faroese Stamp featuring Húsini hjá Peri, the old part of Norðragøta with its lovely turf roofs.2024-06-05T22:29:13+00:00monthlyhttps://landofmaybe.com/2014/06/03/a-weekend-in-suduroy/https://landofmaybe.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/suduroy-5.jpgSkúladepilin í SuðuroySheep graze beside Skúladepilin í Suðuroy, which serves as the island's high school and a school for health professionals. The school opened in 2009 and has been a rare new construction on an island that continues to experience population loss.https://landofmaybe.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/suduroy-9.jpgSandvíkSandvík, the northernmost village on Suðuroy and the spot where saga hero Sigmundur washed up from the sea to meet his death.https://landofmaybe.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/suduroy-8.jpgSuduroy 8Hálsgjógv and tidal pools near Tvøroyri.https://landofmaybe.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/suduroy-11.jpgSuduroy 11Tvørgjógv and Ásmundarstakkur in the north of Suðuroy.https://landofmaybe.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/suduroy-10.jpgSmyrilPassengers doze off on Smyril, the two-hour ferry that connects Suðuroy to Tórshavn.https://landofmaybe.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/suduroy-7.jpgSuðuroyA lamb sleeps on Suðuroy, in view of seacliffs and the island of Lítla Dímun.https://landofmaybe.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/suduroy-6.jpgRøðinThe sea-cliff view from Røðin.https://landofmaybe.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/suduroy-4.jpgTug of WarTug of War is serious business at a boat's birthday party in the village of Vágur on Suðuroy.https://landofmaybe.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/suduroy-3.jpgVágur Vágur: A child plays on the Johanna TG 326 during the celebration of the boat's 130th birthday.https://landofmaybe.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/suduroy-1.jpgHeimalambTvøroyri: Holding a heimalamb, a lamb raised at the farmer's home because its mother didn't want it. Cute, right?2024-06-05T22:28:30+00:00monthlyhttps://landofmaybe.com/2014/06/05/cultural-background-the-faroese-language/https://landofmaybe.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/gjocc81gv-gjogv-gorge.jpgGjógv Gjogv Gorge"Gjógv" is the name for this village and the Faroese word for Gorge. Think it's pronounced Jogv or Gyoegv? Think again. It's more like Jeggv!https://landofmaybe.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/blog-post.jpgFaroese Emergency ExitEmergency Exit Row instructions in Faroese on at Atlantic Airways flight.https://landofmaybe.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/screen-shot-2014-06-07-at-3-22-26-pm.pngScreen Shot 2014-06-07 at 3.22.26 PM2024-06-05T22:24:41+00:00monthlyhttps://landofmaybe.com/2014/06/16/the-first-interviews/https://landofmaybe.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/screen-shot-2014-06-17-at-3-29-48-pm.pngTeitur Ring DanceA two-page spread from Visit Faroe Islands' new tourism booklets. This is one of the images I ask respondents to consider during the last part of the interview.https://landofmaybe.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/kvindeflugt-fra-fc3a6roerne.pngKvindeflugt fra FæroerneA screenshot and description of the Danish tv documentary, "Kvindeflugt fra Færoerne," which is about the gender disparity in the Faroe Islands.https://landofmaybe.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/sheep-muli1.jpgSheep MuliA sheep walking on the road leading to the village of Múli.https://landofmaybe.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/faroeseculture.jpgFaroese CultureThe celebration of the 130th birthday of a boat, Johanna TG 326, in the village of Vágur on Suðuroy.2024-06-05T22:23:35+00:00monthlyhttps://landofmaybe.com/2014/06/17/the-sea-shepherd-grindstop-2014-invasion/https://landofmaybe.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/screen-shot-2014-06-17-at-1-21-44-am.pngBan Sea ShepherdBan Sea Shepherdhttps://landofmaybe.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/screen-shot-2014-06-17-at-12-42-59-am.pngFake Grindadráp in VatnsoyrarFake Grindadráp in Vatnsoyrarhttps://landofmaybe.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/screen-shot-2014-06-17-at-12-21-32-am.pngBan Sea ShepherdBan Sea Shepherdhttps://landofmaybe.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/screen-shot-2014-06-17-at-12-22-32-am.pngFaroe Islanders Against the GrindFaroe Islanders Against the Grindhttps://landofmaybe.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/screen-shot-2014-06-16-at-10-08-23-pm.pngSea ShepherdImage: seashepherd.orghttps://landofmaybe.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/grindadrap.pngGrindadráp Pilot WhalesPhoto: FaroeIslandsPhoto.com / Kasper Solberghttps://landofmaybe.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/screen-shot-2014-06-15-at-11-03-48-pm.pngGrindstop Social MediaFaroese social media is exploding with commentary about Sea Shepherd's Grindstop 2014 anti-whaling campaign.2024-06-05T22:22:26+00:00monthlyhttps://landofmaybe.com/2014/06/17/we-are-not-anti-faroese-grindstop-logo-changed/https://landofmaybe.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/22239_r_660_358.jpgThe new GrindStop logoThe new GrindStop logohttps://landofmaybe.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/news-130909-1-grindstop-2014-logo.pngOriginal Grindstop LogoOriginal Grindstop Logo2025-04-12T23:01:29+00:00monthlyhttps://landofmaybe.com/2014/06/25/the-halfway-point-by-the-numbers/https://landofmaybe.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/cjlcq_7dtwv.pngCJLCQ_7DTWVhttps://landofmaybe.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/txlcq_7dtwv.pngFoggy Sunrise2024-06-05T22:20:25+00:00monthlyhttps://landofmaybe.com/2014/06/27/torshavn-on-a-sunny-day/2024-06-05T22:19:18+00:00monthlyhttps://landofmaybe.com/2014/07/17/g-comes-to-gota/https://landofmaybe.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/g-14.jpgG! Tent Village in NorðragøtaG! Tent Village in Norðragøtahttps://landofmaybe.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/g-9.jpgG! Tent RushG! Tent Rushhttps://landofmaybe.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/g-5.jpgG! Tent RushG! Tent Rushhttps://landofmaybe.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/g-4.jpgG! Tent RushG! Tent Rushhttps://landofmaybe.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/gkicks-1.jpgPreparations for G!Preparations for G!https://landofmaybe.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/g-3.jpgSkopunhagenHerri from Skopunhagen is ready for the Tent Rush at G!2024-06-05T22:18:34+00:00monthlyhttps://landofmaybe.com/2014/07/18/faroese-high-summer/https://landofmaybe.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/g.jpgFaroese Beach DayThe Faroese version of a "Beach Day" at the G! Festival -- not exactly for the Miami crowd!2024-06-05T22:17:04+00:00monthlyhttps://landofmaybe.com/2014/08/27/180-reflections-from-half-a-world-away/https://landofmaybe.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/summer-in-missouri.jpgSummer in MissouriSummer in Missouri -- what's always been familiar suddenly feels unfamiliar.https://landofmaybe.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/summer-in-the-faroes.jpgSummer in the FaroesSummer in the Faroes -- an experience I would never have imagined.2024-06-05T22:16:46+00:00monthlyhttps://landofmaybe.com/2014/08/29/from-island-to-island/https://landofmaybe.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/faroese-house-copenhagen.jpgFaroese House Copenhagenhttps://landofmaybe.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/ireland-faroe-islands.jpgIreland Faroe Islandshttps://landofmaybe.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/isle-of-man-faroe-islands.jpgIsle of Man Faroe Islandshttps://landofmaybe.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/cotswolds-islands.jpgCotswolds Islandshttps://landofmaybe.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/copenhagen-faroe-islands.jpgCopenhagen Faroe Islands2024-06-05T22:16:18+00:00monthlyhttps://landofmaybe.com/2014/09/03/sea-shepherd-update-a-tale-of-two-grinds/https://landofmaybe.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/screen-shot-2014-09-05-at-2-30-30-pm.pngArrestArresthttps://landofmaybe.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/paul-watson.jpgPaul Watson”The objective of Sea Shepherd is to get the Faroese people caught in all the traps that they lay out in front of us."https://landofmaybe.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/haraldsund.jpgHaraldssundThis is Haraldssund, where the grind came on July 30th. The causeway completely blocks the channel between the open ocean and Klaksvík, so the whales could not have been driven in towards a whaling harbor. The possible plan the next day would have been to drive the whales back out towards the sea and around the island of Kunoy (on the left). https://landofmaybe.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/c3a6c3b0uvicc81k.jpgÆðuvíkGrind-free seas off the village of Æðuvík. No grindadráp occurred during my two-and-a-half month stay in the Faroe Islands.https://landofmaybe.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/tjornuvik.jpgTjørnuvíkOur photoshoot in Tjørnuvík, which was filmed by Sea Shepherd for unknown purposes.https://landofmaybe.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/screen-shot-2014-09-05-at-12-51-05-pm.pngScreen Shot 2014-09-05 at 12.51.05 PM2024-06-05T22:13:33+00:00monthlyhttps://landofmaybe.com/2014/09/10/in-the-wake-of-the-grind-reactions-and-a-whos-who/https://landofmaybe.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/paul-watson1.jpgPaul Watson”The objective of Sea Shepherd is to get the Faroese people caught in all the traps that they lay out in front of us."https://landofmaybe.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/screen-shot-2014-09-09-at-8-09-00-pm.pngScreen Shot 2014-09-09 at 8.09.00 PMCoverage of the event from Kringvarp Føroya -- click image for their story.https://landofmaybe.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/propagandabuster.jpgPropagandaBuster"The Propaganda Busters"https://landofmaybe.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/screen-shot-2014-09-09-at-9-11-59-am.pngTony Marano DiscussionTony Marano Discussionhttps://landofmaybe.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/screen-shot-2014-09-09-at-7-20-58-pm.pngEd Ou and Elise Coker filming for a Vice documentary about the Grind.Ed Ou and Elise Coker filming for a Vice documentary about the Grind.2024-06-05T22:12:32+00:00monthlyhttps://landofmaybe.com/2015/03/29/foreign-shipwrecks-in-the-faroe-islands/https://landofmaybe.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/screen-shot-2024-06-05-at-3.55.46-pm.pngScreen Shot 2024-06-05 at 3.55.46 PMThe village of Viðareiði, where the surviving crew of the Marwood were taken in by the local people. © Miranda Methenyhttps://landofmaybe.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/screen-shot-2024-06-05-at-3.50.12-pm.pngScreen Shot 2024-06-05 at 3.50.12 PMThe tiny, nearly inaccessible island of Lítla Dímun. © Miranda Methenyhttps://landofmaybe.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/faroe-island-shipwrecks.jpegFaroe Island Shipwreckshttps://landofmaybe.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/tocc81rshavn-cathedral-bell-norske-lc3b8ve.jpgTórshavn-Cathedral-Bell-Norske-LøveThe bell in Tórshavn Cathedral was taken from the wreck of the Norske Løve.2024-06-05T22:10:14+00:00monthlyhttps://landofmaybe.com/2015/03/21/faroese-eclipse/https://landofmaybe.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/faroese-eclipse.pngFaroese EclipseScreenshot from the BBC's timelapse of the eclipse.2024-06-05T21:48:24+00:00monthlyhttps://landofmaybe.com/2014/08/29/the-sandoy-toilet-paper-crisis/https://landofmaybe.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/screen-shot-2014-09-13-at-11-22-23-am.png"An Interesting Toilet Paper""An Interesting Toilet Paper"https://landofmaybe.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/screen-shot-2014-09-13-at-11-15-38-am.pngThe Toilet Paper ScandalThe Toilet Paper Scandalhttps://landofmaybe.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/screen-shot-2014-09-13-at-11-08-27-am.pngSea Shepherd steals on Sandoy"Sea Shepherd steals on Sandoy" coverage by in.fo.2024-06-05T21:38:43+00:00monthlyhttps://landofmaybe.com/about/2024-05-29T21:05:48+00:00weekly0.6https://landofmaybe.com/2014/10/08/parrot-time-faroese-edition/https://landofmaybe.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/parrot-time-cover.pngParrot Time CoverNorðragøta on the cover of Parrot Time's special Faroe Islands issue.https://landofmaybe.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/coming-home-to-faroese.pngComing Home to FaroeseFrom my article "Coming Home to Faroese" in Parrot Time's special Faroe Islands issue.2024-06-07T13:01:27+00:00monthlyhttps://landofmaybe.com/2014/06/30/the-missing-missing-women/https://landofmaybe.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/thai-woman.jpgThai-FaroeseA young Thai-Faroese woman attends the Joansøka festival in Vágur, Suðuroy, with her boyfriend and another friend.https://landofmaybe.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/jona.jpgSMS Shopping CenterJóna Venned walks with a friend outside of the SMS shopping center in Tórshavn. Jóna has been abroad to work in Switzerland and travel and visit friends in several other countries. She will leave next year to study in Denmark, but plans to move back home to the Faroe Islands afterward.https://landofmaybe.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/women.jpgWomen GraduatesGraduates of the Studentaskúlin (junior college) in Eysturoy gather on the beach in Gøtu as part of their graduation ceremony. This year's graduating class was more than two-thirds female.2020-05-19T03:59:40+00:00monthlyhttps://landofmaybe.com/2014/06/09/faroese-montage/https://landofmaybe.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/montage.pngMontage Comic2014-08-27T17:18:41+00:00monthlyhttps://landofmaybe.com/2014/06/02/driving-in-the-faroes/https://landofmaybe.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/driving-2.jpgTrawling LinesTrawling lines laid out for reorganization on the Old Mountain Road between Gøta and Leirvik.https://landofmaybe.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/driving-1.jpgLeirvik - GotaThe sunset from the Old Mountain Road from Gøta to Leirvik.https://landofmaybe.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/screen-shot-2014-06-02-at-2-47-40-pm.pngBitstrips Driving2014-06-17T14:37:38+00:00monthlyhttps://landofmaybe.comdaily1.02025-04-12T23:01:29+00:00