{"id":7510,"date":"2014-08-06T19:00:38","date_gmt":"2014-08-07T00:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.metzroth.com\/katie\/?p=7510"},"modified":"2014-08-06T19:13:11","modified_gmt":"2014-08-07T00:13:11","slug":"ireland-episode-one","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.metzroth.com\/katie\/?p=7510","title":{"rendered":"Ireland &#8211; Episode One"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Travelers: My Mother in Law (A), her best friend (C), the best friend&#8217;s daughter (B), and me.<br \/>\n<br \/>We arrived at the airport and had tea and delicious lemon muffins whilst waiting for the rest of our group. We met a couple of women on our tour. One expressed surprise that I&#8217;d be traveling with my mother in law without my husband. I commented, &#8220;Yes, it is surprising how well we get along. Meeting us is like finding a unicorn.&#8221; (Ok, let&#8217;s be honest, it&#8217;s nothing like finding a unicorn, but it&#8217;s kind of weird to need a response for &#8220;You REALLY get along with your mother in law?&#8221; when she&#8217;s sitting right there. Yes, I do. and I like her son too. He&#8217;s got excellent taste in women.) <br \/>\nEventually, the whole group arrived and we headed to Bunratty Village&#8230;<br \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_7525\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7525\" src=\"http:\/\/www.metzroth.com\/katie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/IMG_3912.jpg\" alt=\"flower and knit sock\" width=\"640\" height=\"359\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7525\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.metzroth.com\/katie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/IMG_3912.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.metzroth.com\/katie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/IMG_3912-300x168.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-7525\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The flowers in Ireland are unbelievable.<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_7524\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7524\" src=\"http:\/\/www.metzroth.com\/katie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/IMG_3945.jpg\" alt=\"enchanted moss\" width=\"640\" height=\"359\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7524\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.metzroth.com\/katie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/IMG_3945.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.metzroth.com\/katie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/IMG_3945-300x168.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-7524\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The moss in Ireland is enchanting.<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_7521\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7521\" src=\"http:\/\/www.metzroth.com\/katie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/IMG_3932.jpg\" alt=\"troll bridge\" width=\"640\" height=\"359\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7521\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.metzroth.com\/katie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/IMG_3932.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.metzroth.com\/katie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/IMG_3932-300x168.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-7521\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">If I were a troll, I&#8217;d live under this bridge.<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_7516\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7516\" src=\"http:\/\/www.metzroth.com\/katie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/IMG_4098.jpg\" alt=\"flowers\" width=\"640\" height=\"359\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7516\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.metzroth.com\/katie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/IMG_4098.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.metzroth.com\/katie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/IMG_4098-300x168.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-7516\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">See, I wasn&#8217;t kidding about the flowers. Unbelievable.<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_7526\" style=\"width: 279px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7526\" src=\"http:\/\/www.metzroth.com\/katie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/IMG_3897.jpg\" alt=\"TARDIS\" width=\"269\" height=\"480\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7526\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.metzroth.com\/katie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/IMG_3897.jpg 269w, https:\/\/www.metzroth.com\/katie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/IMG_3897-168x300.jpg 168w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 269px) 100vw, 269px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-7526\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">What the TARDIS looks like in Ireland<\/p><\/div><div id=\"attachment_7517\" style=\"width: 279px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7517\" src=\"http:\/\/www.metzroth.com\/katie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/IMG_4016.jpg\" alt=\"tree\" width=\"269\" height=\"480\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7517\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.metzroth.com\/katie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/IMG_4016.jpg 269w, https:\/\/www.metzroth.com\/katie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/IMG_4016-168x300.jpg 168w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 269px) 100vw, 269px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-7517\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">I am Groot.<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<br \/>And we saw Bunratty Castle.<br \/>\n<br \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.metzroth.com\/katie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/IMG_4188.jpg\" alt=\"Bunratty Castle and Rainbow Sock\" width=\"480\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7527\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.metzroth.com\/katie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/IMG_4188.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.metzroth.com\/katie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/IMG_4188-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.metzroth.com\/katie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/IMG_4188-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><br \/>\n<br \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.metzroth.com\/katie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/IMG_4041.jpg\" alt=\"Bunratty Castle\" width=\"640\" height=\"359\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7523\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.metzroth.com\/katie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/IMG_4041.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.metzroth.com\/katie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/IMG_4041-300x168.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><br \/>\n<br \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.metzroth.com\/katie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/IMG_3984.jpg\" alt=\"Bunratty Castle\" width=\"269\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7514\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.metzroth.com\/katie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/IMG_3984.jpg 269w, https:\/\/www.metzroth.com\/katie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/IMG_3984-168x300.jpg 168w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 269px) 100vw, 269px\" \/><br \/>\n<br \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.metzroth.com\/katie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/IMG_4038.jpg\" alt=\"Bunratty Castle\" width=\"640\" height=\"359\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7522\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.metzroth.com\/katie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/IMG_4038.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.metzroth.com\/katie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/IMG_4038-300x168.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Durty Nelly&#8217;s pub (This pub dates back to 1620, when legend has it, castle guards would grab a pint there.)<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.metzroth.com\/katie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/IMG_3998.jpg\" alt=\"Inside Durty Nelly&#039;s\" width=\"640\" height=\"359\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7512\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.metzroth.com\/katie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/IMG_3998.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.metzroth.com\/katie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/IMG_3998-300x168.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.metzroth.com\/katie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/IMG_3958.jpg\" alt=\"Durty Nelly&#039;s Pub\" width=\"640\" height=\"359\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7519\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.metzroth.com\/katie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/IMG_3958.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.metzroth.com\/katie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/IMG_3958-300x168.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><br \/>\n<br \/>We had lunch. (The food was scrumptious, but I still don&#8217;t know what all of it was.)<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.metzroth.com\/katie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/IMG_4014.jpg\" alt=\"lunch\" width=\"640\" height=\"359\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7518\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.metzroth.com\/katie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/IMG_4014.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.metzroth.com\/katie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/IMG_4014-300x168.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><br \/>\n<br \/>And there was a shop filled with all things Irish. I was overwhelmed by all the cool Irish stuff and wondered how on Earth I was going to decide what to buy. I figured out I should only buy stuff I really love. like the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.crystalclassics.com\/waterford\/bowls\/156858.htm?gclid=CMzinfnI_b8CFWwQ7AodfRcA9w\" title=\"Shamrock and Celtic Knot Waterford Bowl\" target=\"_blank\">Waterford bowl with shamrocks and celtic knots etched into it<\/a>. It came with free shipping&#8230;for over 400 euros. ok. maybe not.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Travelers: My Mother in Law (A), her best friend (C), the best friend&#8217;s daughter (B), and me. We arrived at the airport and had tea and delicious lemon muffins whilst waiting for the rest of our group. We met a couple of women on our tour. One expressed surprise that I&#8217;d be traveling with [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,140],"tags":[388,389,390,387,55,394,395,386,42,391,309,25,75,392,393],"class_list":["post-7510","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-knitting","category-travel","tag-bunratty","tag-bunratty-castle","tag-bunratty-village","tag-durty-nellys","tag-flowers","tag-groot","tag-handknit","tag-ireland","tag-knitting-2","tag-moss","tag-rainbow","tag-socks","tag-tardis","tag-trolls","tag-unicorns"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metzroth.com\/katie\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7510","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metzroth.com\/katie\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metzroth.com\/katie\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metzroth.com\/katie\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metzroth.com\/katie\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7510"}],"version-history":[{"count":30,"href":"https:\/\/www.metzroth.com\/katie\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7510\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7560,"href":"https:\/\/www.metzroth.com\/katie\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7510\/revisions\/7560"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metzroth.com\/katie\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7510"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metzroth.com\/katie\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7510"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metzroth.com\/katie\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7510"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}