(This is a trip report to Faroe Islands and Ireland using 150,000 British Airways Avios points for a first class round trip “Travel Together” ticket, paying taxes/fees).

If you’re like me, you’ve never heard of the Faroe Islands and have to google to see where it’s even located! But it is amazingly beautiful and I’m so glad my friend knew of this out of the way place! FYI, it’s in the middle of the North Atlantic Ocean about halfway between Iceland and Norway.

We used BA Avios points to fly first class and were served by the BEST flight crew I’ve ever had, those Brits certainly weren’t reserved with us! I even emailed BA about their extraordinary performance!

When we arrived, we went to the first class arrivals lounge and had a fifteen minute spa treatment (not that great, but it was all part of the package). We were just too stuffed to eat a bite of any food.

It took all day to get there, with a stop in Copenhagen, where we used our new Priority Pass lounge card, which came with our new Citi Prestige credit card!

On our flight to Faroe, I met these two lovely ladies, who gave me lots of helpful hints about what to do!

And our first glimpse of the islands from the air…

After landing…it stays light almost all night.

We used airbnb to book a studio apartment, which was wonderful! Marjun was a great hostess, and she even had food for breakfast! Here’s our cozy two bedroom home for the next few days…

 

 

The stairs lead to her apartment; we were on the lower level.

 

Marjun even provided coats and hats, which I used one day when we went out on a boat!

And now the Faroe Islands…I will let the pictures speak for themselves!

We rented a car and visited all six of the islands that are reachable by car. The islands are connected by tunnels, bridges, and of course, ferries.

So many colorful little villages just nestled beside the water!

 

Bedraggled looking sheep are everywhere, there are no fences. But we met a shepherd later who had just moved his sheep and he knew every single one of them and where they were, so that was reassuring!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Faroe Islands are part of Denmark, but have been self-governing since 1948, with a population of about 50,000, most of whom are native Faroese.

 

The circular things are where they put salmon.

We went for a boat ride one cold afternoon and it was fantastic!!

The captain took us through about six of these narrow little slot canyons IN THE BOAT!

Torshavn, the capital city, is where we stayed. The old part of town, Tinganes, is made up of these small wooden, turf roofed houses, the oldest is 500 years old!

 

One night we ate delicious seafood and this was our server!

 

These are my very favorite pictures one evening in Torshavn.

Next up, Ireland where we were fortunate with absolutely stunning weather!