Sun, puffins, rocks...

Although we got up to thick mist, it was all gone by the time we took the ferry to Mykines. On the way we passed the iconic Tyndhólmur, the island on the right in my main blip, and assorted rock formations. On Mykines, you need to go on a guided tour, and we saw many puffins - there is a colony of 200,000 puffins there - but after the tour we could carry on along the top of the cliffs seeing even more puffins (extra). We decided against going to the top of the island as it would have been tight for time and we didn't fancy a rush. Instead, we explored the village, had the famous fish soup, and chatted to a local at the "swimming pool" (a dammed part of the stream). Then it was time to take the ferry back.
Back on Vágar, we picked up a hire car to make the most of a the sunny days, and also because there are fewer buses at the weekend, and drove to
Gasaladur, the village famous for the waterfall into the sea (Múlafossur - extra).
Finally, after grabbing some food in Tórshavn, we went to Kirkjubøur, where you can see the shell of St Magnus cathedral (13th century) and the oldest continuously habited wooden house in the world (10th century), as well as the oldest church in the Faroes (11th century). Quite extraordinary to find a cathedral in a place like this! (extra).