It seems that the owners of the ferry that transport tourists between Denmark and Iceland are from the Faroe Islands (a small patch of land about midway between the two end points of the route) and in order to boost tourism for their little patch of paradise they force travelers like us to stop at the Faroe Islands on one leg of the journey. Hence our return to Denmark was to be a two stage affair. The first leg was from Iceland to Torshaven (the capital of the Faroe Islands), then a 2.5 day wait and opportunity to explore the islands and then the second leg back to Denmark.

The ferry docked in Torshaven at 3:00 am and all the disembarking tourist vehicles made a beeline to the local campground and within an hour the place looked like a chaotic parking lot.

We had no plans for what we might see in the Faroe so after a late "sleep in" to compensate for our 3:00 am landing we drove out of Torshaven to a campground called Giljanesi on the nearby island of Vagar.

The Faroe Islands have an interesting political arrangement. They are part of the country of Denmark but have an independent government. Vehicle license plates show the country as FO, not DK. Our Garmin digital road map of Europe does NOT any roads for the Faroe islands, and when we google "the countries" in Europe the Faroe Islands do not get mentioned.

Am I too much of a cynic if I feel that this is a case of "we are independent until it comes to paying the bills".

On the positive front the weather is 10 °F warmer, it is not raining and in fact this afternoon there was some sunshine.