{"id":7555,"date":"2014-08-12T22:07:25","date_gmt":"2014-08-13T03:07:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.metzroth.com\/katie\/?p=7555"},"modified":"2014-08-13T08:45:33","modified_gmt":"2014-08-13T13:45:33","slug":"ireland-episode-two","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.metzroth.com\/katie\/?p=7555","title":{"rendered":"Ireland &#8211; Episode Two"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After arriving in Galway, my MIL and I went to explore. We stumbled across some interesting architecture<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.metzroth.com\/katie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/IMG_4123.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_4123\" width=\"640\" height=\"359\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7570\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.metzroth.com\/katie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/IMG_4123.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.metzroth.com\/katie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/IMG_4123-300x168.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><br \/>\n&#8230;and St. Nicholas Collegiate Church (finished by 1320). The history there was tangible.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.metzroth.com\/katie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/IMG_4157.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_4157\" width=\"640\" height=\"359\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7573\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.metzroth.com\/katie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/IMG_4157.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.metzroth.com\/katie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/IMG_4157-300x168.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_4145.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_4145\" width=\"640\" height=\"359\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7572\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.metzroth.com\/katie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/IMG_4145.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.metzroth.com\/katie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/IMG_4145-300x168.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_4141.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_4141\" width=\"640\" height=\"359\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7571\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.metzroth.com\/katie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/IMG_4141.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.metzroth.com\/katie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/IMG_4141-300x168.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><br \/> <br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.metzroth.com\/katie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/IMG_4185.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_4185\" width=\"269\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7574\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.metzroth.com\/katie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/IMG_4185.jpg 269w, https:\/\/www.metzroth.com\/katie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/IMG_4185-168x300.jpg 168w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 269px) 100vw, 269px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.metzroth.com\/katie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/IMG_4249.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_4249\" width=\"269\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7567\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.metzroth.com\/katie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/IMG_4249.jpg 269w, https:\/\/www.metzroth.com\/katie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/IMG_4249-168x300.jpg 168w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 269px) 100vw, 269px\" \/><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.metzroth.com\/katie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/IMG_4194.jpg\" alt=\"Stained Glass\" width=\"640\" height=\"359\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7575\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.metzroth.com\/katie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/IMG_4194.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.metzroth.com\/katie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/IMG_4194-300x168.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_4215.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_4215\" width=\"269\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7563\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.metzroth.com\/katie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/IMG_4215.jpg 269w, https:\/\/www.metzroth.com\/katie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/IMG_4215-168x300.jpg 168w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 269px) 100vw, 269px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.metzroth.com\/katie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/IMG_4205.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_4205\" width=\"269\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7562\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.metzroth.com\/katie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/IMG_4205.jpg 269w, https:\/\/www.metzroth.com\/katie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/IMG_4205-168x300.jpg 168w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 269px) 100vw, 269px\" \/><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.metzroth.com\/katie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/IMG_4230.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_4230\" width=\"640\" height=\"359\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7564\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.metzroth.com\/katie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/IMG_4230.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.metzroth.com\/katie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/IMG_4230-300x168.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.metzroth.com\/katie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/IMG_4241.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_4241\" width=\"640\" height=\"359\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7566\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.metzroth.com\/katie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/IMG_4241.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.metzroth.com\/katie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/IMG_4241-300x168.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><br \/>\n<br \/>We also visited O&#8217;Maille House of Style. She had amazing stuff. Soft lace cashmere and wool scarves, gorgeous woven blankets, and wool yarn. After looking around and finding the yarn I liked most to be worsted gray wool yarn, I asked the shopkeeper if she had any sock yarn. She picked up the scratchy gray wool I was looking at and declared it &#8220;perfect for socks.&#8221; The thing is that perfect for socks in Ireland isn&#8217;t necessarily the same as perfect for socks in Texas. Winters in Austin are pretty stinking mild which means that even though I was completely charmed by the pretty gray wool that surely came directly off happy Irish sheep, I had decided ahead of time not to buy yarn that I did not like the feel of. But, I took her card. You know, just in case.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.metzroth.com\/katie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/IMG_4263.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_4263\" width=\"640\" height=\"359\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7569\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.metzroth.com\/katie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/IMG_4263.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.metzroth.com\/katie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/IMG_4263-300x168.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After arriving in Galway, my MIL and I went to explore. We stumbled across some interesting architecture &#8230;and St. Nicholas Collegiate Church (finished by 1320). The history there was tangible. We also visited O&#8217;Maille House of Style. She had amazing stuff. Soft lace cashmere and wool scarves, gorgeous woven blankets, and wool yarn. 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