{"id":2266,"date":"2012-09-28T01:57:59","date_gmt":"2012-09-28T07:57:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.keloland.com\/lund\/?p=2266"},"modified":"2023-07-20T21:00:06","modified_gmt":"2023-07-20T21:00:06","slug":"king-for-a-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/king-for-a-day\/","title":{"rendered":"King For A Day"},"content":{"rendered":"

So far this week out Holiday Vacations tour group has enjoyed exceptional weather for visiting all the tourist places; a bit of rain and wind but, hey, this is Ireland. Linda and I have, in a short time, grown to love it here. Our traveling companions are all top notch; our tour guide is wonderful and our driver guide, well, he\u2019s been exceptional not only with his motoring skills but his knowledge of the country and dry wit. The scenery is spectacular, of course, but I think it\u2019s the Irish people themselves that have won us over.\u00a0 Oh, I know, most of the people we encounter on these jaunts put on the charm because they\u2019d like our money..but there\u2019s a difference with the Irish we\u2019ve encountered. They\u2019re just friendly and nice; genuinely so, I believe.<\/p>\n

Anyway, it\u2019s all going way too fast.<\/p>\n

Here are a few more photos with comments..<\/p>\n

Ta La for now.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"Our

Our one rainy day at the Cliffs of Moher. This was as close as Linda wanted to get to the edge.<\/p><\/div>\n

\"What

What a cute Irish family at the Cliffs, I thought. Turns out they were from Atlanta and the little boy's name was, of all things, Grant. Thank goodness the war is over for some.<\/p><\/div>\n

\"On

On to Limerick and a tour of Bunratty Castle dating back a thousand years or so.<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Inside

Inside Bunratty Castle that evening we were treated to a medieval banquet with plenty of honey wine (mead) ribs, chicken and other courses all served without silverware. The entertainment was fit for a king.<\/p><\/div>\n

\"And

And who should be named Lord and Lady of the evening but Linda and Me. We were presented with crowns and got to sit at the head table. Everyone on the tour are still calling us your highness. I thought about discouraging them but figured, nah..it's good to be king.<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Our

Our bus is basic white on the outside but looks like a 1960's nightclub inside. A few of our colorful guests taking in the sights of our swing around the Ring Of Kerry.<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Spectacular

Spectacular views of the Atlantic from "The Ring."<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Tried

Tried to have a visit with Tim..who had his own corner at this Killarney pub. He, like everybody else in this country, was really friendly especially after I bought him a pint. But I couldn't understand a word he said.<\/p><\/div>\n

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\"Our

Our group sure knows how to have crack..(fun)<\/p><\/div>\n

\"More

More Mead wench<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Lady

Lady Linda and her subjects<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Climbing

Climbing the 105 winding stairs to the top of Blarney Castle. I'm shocked that I made it considering my fear of tight places.<\/p><\/div>\n

\"The

The line to kiss that bloody stone. Linda is part Irish and wanted to do it but is deathly afraid of heights. This would require special bravery.<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Down

Down she goes to be suspended out the castle wall to plant a wet one on that Blarney Stone. I was sure she'd chicken out. <\/p><\/div>\n

\"But

But NO! She did it. Thumbs up. So proud of her. Of course the only camera angle where you can actually see the kiss is hogged by a professional photographer and you can purchase the moment for ten Euros. We bought two for 18.<\/p><\/div>\n

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So far this week out Holiday Vacations tour group has enjoyed exceptional weather for visiting all the tourist places; a bit of rain and wind but, hey, this is Ireland. Linda and I have, in a short time, grown to love it here. Our traveling companions are all top notch; our tour guide is wonderful…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[60],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2266","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lund-at-large","category-60","description-off"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2266","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2266"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2266\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11700,"href":"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2266\/revisions\/11700"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2266"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2266"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2266"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}