Whale-hunter, blubber-chomper, puffin-slayer… Sebastian!
Hi!
I’m way behind, aren’t I? And this will be the first blog entry that I’ve written before 4am so it might even make a little more sense than usual! I might even use a few long words, if I’m feeling saucy.
Today I ate puffin! I won’t go into too much detail as some people might find it disturbing (let’s face it, they’re really cute). It tasted awesome. The best meat I’ve ever tasted; like duck, chicken and pigeon all rolled into one delicious, delectable package. And the GRAVY! God knows how it was made — probably from the fat of the puffin and the love juice of 42 vestal virgins — but it was so good. On the side we had a portion of boiled-and-gently-roasted potatoes which were also divine. After covered in puffin gravy of course.
In other news — went to G! Festival yesterday. Left around 6pm, got home at 5am — and the best bit despite the great music from Teitur (the closest thing to ‘international pop artist’ in the Faroes) and Frændur (one of their ‘legendary’ rock/folk bands from the 80s) — and the best bit was that we got both another sunset and, this time, a sunrise too! The beautiful Nordic sun slipping out of the Atlantic and into a glacial valley, illuminating the lazy, deep-purple fjords. And then the light as it begins to crest over a nearby cloud-topped hill creating shades of pinky-grapefruit that I thought impossible to find in nature.
Anyway, two photos — first sunset and then dawn.
(Note the seagull in the top left!)
There’s a huge national holiday coming up on Tuesday so I might not be around a lot; I don’t even know if there’ll be lots of photos to come either. There’ll be lots of stories though I am sure… If I am sober enough to remember them…
We’re off to Tórshavn, the capital city, for Ólavsøka!
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Hope you’re having fun though.
July 27th, 2009 at 9:05 amThe dawn is amazing! Love the seagull!
July 27th, 2009 at 9:06 amYou should send it in to National Geographic!
You’re right, I should! Will go and mail them now.
July 27th, 2009 at 3:02 pmThe photos have been amazing Seb and you seem to be having quite the experience. I’m jealous, a bit.
July 27th, 2009 at 3:34 pmIs this when we chatted? LOL you told me you’d be out for some puffins, yes?
July 27th, 2009 at 5:20 pmI think that’s the most exclamation marks you’ve ever used in one post!!! hehe
Do the virgins have to be vestal, do you think?
July 27th, 2009 at 7:13 pmI once ate a kangaroo burger.
And it was DELICIOUS.
July 28th, 2009 at 2:06 amI know, Hez… when I don’t proof-read, and when I write with little sleep and/or time I tend to use a lot of exclamation marks. It’s like I’ve regressed to the ripe ol’ age of 16 or something!!
They certainly have to be vestal; what’s the point otherwise? Flame guardians or nought!
I’ve heard kangaroo is really nice, Lilu! And crocodile actually. I’ll have to try both when I finally get my ass over to the Far East… where I will spend at least 5 days sitting on Andhari while tickling her mercilessly.
July 28th, 2009 at 3:07 amErr…..that sounds delicious?
July 28th, 2009 at 3:14 amBeautiful pics!! Stunning.
Mmm, puffin! The only problem with delicious exotic animals is that you pretty much have to leave the USA to get them. Unless you want them in the form of jerky, which can be found anywhere. Gross. But I digress. You should set up a puffin-steak export business!
July 28th, 2009 at 3:46 amWell that’s the thing… they don’t come as steaks.
They come as carcasses — legs/wings removed. And then you cut their breasts off…
I don’t think the genteel public would ever warm to it
But I could try!
July 28th, 2009 at 4:00 am