{"id":5685,"date":"2013-07-23T13:48:00","date_gmt":"2013-07-23T13:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/2013\/07\/23\/more-german-cycle-tourists-on-recumbents-this-time-in-ireland-2\/"},"modified":"2023-10-18T20:06:58","modified_gmt":"2023-10-19T03:06:58","slug":"more-german-cycle-tourists-on-recumbents-this-time-in-ireland-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/2013\/07\/23\/more-german-cycle-tourists-on-recumbents-this-time-in-ireland-2\/","title":{"rendered":"More German Cycle Tourists (on recumbents this time) in Ireland"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div class=\"tiled-gallery type-rectangular tiled-gallery-unresized\" data-original-width=\"1100\" data-carousel-extra='{&quot;blog_id&quot;:1,&quot;permalink&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.bikeroute.com\\\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\\\/2013\\\/07\\\/23\\\/more-german-cycle-tourists-on-recumbents-this-time-in-ireland-2\\\/&quot;,&quot;likes_blog_id&quot;:58030937}' itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageGallery\" > <div class=\"gallery-row\" style=\"width: 1100px; height: 826px;\" data-original-width=\"1100\" data-original-height=\"826\" > <div class=\"gallery-group images-1\" style=\"width: 1100px; height: 826px;\" data-original-width=\"1100\" data-original-height=\"826\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/2013\/07\/23\/more-german-cycle-tourists-on-recumbents-this-time-in-ireland-2\/dscn0436\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"1096\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"822\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"6185\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/DSCN0436.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"4320,3240\" data-comments-opened=\"\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;COOLPIX S1100pj&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1374409469&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;6.9&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;80&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.01497005988024&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"DSCN0436\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/DSCN0436.jpg?fit=600%2C450&#038;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/DSCN0436.jpg?fit=1024%2C768&#038;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/DSCN0436.jpg?w=1096&#038;h=822&#038;ssl=1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/DSCN0436.jpg?w=4320&amp;ssl=1 4320w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/DSCN0436.jpg?resize=600%2C450&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/DSCN0436.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/DSCN0436.jpg?w=2200&amp;ssl=1 2200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/DSCN0436.jpg?w=3300&amp;ssl=1 3300w\" width=\"1096\" height=\"822\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"1096\" data-original-height=\"822\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"DSCN0436\" alt=\"DSCN0436\" style=\"width: 1096px; height: 822px;\" \/> <\/a> <\/div> <\/div> <!-- close group --> <\/div> <!-- close row --> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>Not a good idea to stop cycle tourists from Germany outside of a bar. I wanted to find out about their recumbents and their ride, but everyone in the pub, having seen my picture in the paper, wanted to talk to me.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-RUsFdmhx5p4\/Ue5q36Qc84I\/AAAAAAAABJY\/cKnDi7WQuIw\/s1600\/DSCN0427.JPG\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-RUsFdmhx5p4\/Ue5q36Qc84I\/AAAAAAAABJY\/cKnDi7WQuIw\/s400\/DSCN0427.JPG?resize=400%2C315\" width=\"400\" height=\"315\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div>I was dressed in the County Mayo, Ireland colors for a Gaelic football game&#8230;&#8230;.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Not a good idea to stop cycle tourists from Germany outside of a bar. I wanted to find out about&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/2013\/07\/23\/more-german-cycle-tourists-on-recumbents-this-time-in-ireland-2\/\">read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,1,73],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5685","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ireland","category-uncategorized","category-uncategorized-2"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3VuuR-1tH","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1289,"url":"https:\/\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/2013\/07\/23\/nbg-sf-to-dc-map-progress-eagle-in-irish-colors\/","url_meta":{"origin":5685,"position":0},"title":"NBG SF to DC Map Progress | Eagle in Irish Colors","author":"awakeagainmartin@gmail.com","date":"July 23, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Per the overview map below, in synthesizing all the notes our NBG Scouts have compiled since 2002, our National Bicycle Greenway coast-to-coast route will soon be available on line! 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