Fun Fragments

I promise to get the pictures up today of Bunratty Castle, but I'm going to be a part of Friday Fragments this week. I've been wanting to join this bog carnival for quite some time, but have never had enough random things to write down LOL I have tons of random things running through my head though, so maybe I'll get in the habit of getting them written down.

Remember when I talked about the little notes I was going to take with me to Ireland? They are called Pocket Mods. Well those little babies came in handy! Here's some random bits that I wrote down on the Pocket Mods while we were in Ireland.



My family stopped off at a pub to have some lunch. One of the signs in the pub said...
"Happy as Larry! an internationally beloved saying known throughout the English speaking world." The rest of the trip we'd quip - WOW I'm Happy as Larry!



In the Isle of Man my husband and I took the electric train on one of our sightseeing adventures. As the train rounded one of the corners, blasting its horn, all of a sudden the train came to a complete stop. There was a road that crossed the electric train track and a student driver was in the middle of the track with a whole line of cars behind her. The train conductor started laughing and shaking his finger at her and giving her a scolding (which she could hear because they were literally just a few feet away from each other.) Finally the whole line of cars backed up enough so she could get off the tracks. I'm thinking she didn't pass her drivers test.



Tom and I stopped in a little town called Carrigaline, Ireland for lunch on our way to Kinsale, Ireland. He got something called a Monster Burger. When it arrived I realized that the fried egg that I thought was some sort of odd side dish, was actually ON the burger! I'd never seen anything like it. He of course picked the whole thing up and took a bite. He had egg all over himself after one bite. sigh. He did say that the burger was absolutely delicious though!





We had two cars on our adventure through Ireland. One car had a GPS system, that my Dad brought with him, the other just had a map. (Guess which car I was in lol) If you know nothing about those little GPS devices, I'll let you in on a secret...the woman's voice becomes a bit annoying after awhile. In the case of my Dad's system, they started calling her Naggy. Examples: "I had to turn off Naggy because she was confused." "I programmed the B&B into Naggy before we left." "The roads in Ireland are not very well marked, so every so often Naggy would say - Turn Left on road."



and last but certainly not least...

At the Dublin Airport, as we were getting ready to get out flight to the Isle of Man, my mother decided to pop into the single handicapped bathroom to use the bathroom. She thought she had locked the door, until a rather large gentleman opened the door as she was just standing up. He backed up, and closed the door. When my mother came out of the bathroom she walked over to him to say she was sorry (or something along those lines) and the gentleman said to her, "You have nothing to be embarrassed about, you look adorable in your underpants!"




If you are looking for more Friday Fragments, which are a hoot to read, please go over to Half-Past Kissin' Time and see who else is participating. Thanks!

Kristin