Faroe Islands

Foroyar.: FAROE ISLANDS:

A nice surprise recently arrived ..A PIF-RAS card from a fellow card member ..Thank you so much Rosmarie for remembering me by sending this hard to get card...Posted also from origin and postmarked so...great thank you. another "Flags of the World" for my collection..
Posted Foroyar : Faroe Islands .07 May : Arrived Sydney 22 May : Traveled 15 days.

Greetings from the Faroe Islands :
THE FAROE ISLANDS :  cover an area of  1,399 KM2.
POPULATION of The Faroes' is 49,188
CAPITAL CITY : of the Faroe's is Torshavn
UNIQUE ; is the Cap Enniberg :and is the highest cliff worldwide (754 mtrs )that comes absolutely vertical at a right angle out of the sea,
SPECIAL BREEDS :to The Faroes are : The Faroe pony ,The Faroe cow, The Faroe sheep,and Faroe goose and duck.
FAMOUS.: The Island of Sheep.: The origin name comes from the Danish word (foer ) and is an old Norse word for sheep (oerne) = plural of Island.
FOOD.: Skerpikjot.:the most popular treat..well aged wind dried mutton.
HISTORY : Logting.The oldest parliament in Europe and goes back to the year 900.
ARCHAEOLOGY :The first human evidence between 400-600 Archaeology finds suggest settlements earlier than the viking arrivals in the 9th century.
FAROE ISLANDS: has been a self governing country since 1948 within the country of Denmark.

Faroe Islands

Torshavn,: FAROE ISLANDS.:

Thank you so much Rosmarie for organising this swap for me a very difficult card from this location...Thanks again..This is a Greetings from card from the Faroe Islands giving all the Islands relative information..
Posted Torshavn :15 March : Arrived Sydney 14 May. Traveled 72 days...Thank you Rosmarie.

GREETINGS FROM THE FAROE ISLANDS.:
FAROE ISLANDS : Covers an area of some 1,399 KM2
POPULATION: of The Faroes is 50 ,322 inhabitants.
CAPITAL CITY :is Torshavn.
NATIONAL BIRD of The Faroe Islands is the Oyster catcher.
LOCATION.: The Faroe islands lie northwest of Scotland and halfway between Iceland  and Norway.and consists of 18 individual Islands.
EARLIEST SETTLERS.: The Irish hermit Monks are now thought to be the earliest settlers on the Faroe Island and they arrived in the sixth Century bringing with them sheep as well as the very early Irish language.
BIRDS.: A total of 305 bird species have been recorded in The Faroe Island as of January 1st 2012of these around 50 different species breed regularly o the Islands and another 60 are regular visitors.
WEATHER,:The weather here is so shifty that there is a local saying: if you don't like the weather just wait five minutes.!!
FISHING.: is the islands single most important industry providing more than 97% of the export industry.
FAMOUS PEOPLE : of the Faroes are : William Heinesen , Gunnar Neilsen , Neils Ryberg Finsen
POST CROSSING : There are only 11 Postcrossing members on the Faroe Islands.

Faroe Islands DK.

Foroyar.: FAROE IS. ( DK )

Another surprise in my mailbox for an unusal island.. Thank you so much for this card from The Island of Foroyar in The Faroe Islands group..The card shows the steepness of this vantage point that these people have chosen on the Island..quite a walk up there I think!!..Thank you so much for this card.
 Posted Foroyar 22 December 2104 Arrived Sydney 02 January 2015: Traveled 11 days..
Thank you..