{"id":7628,"date":"2014-04-10T00:01:41","date_gmt":"2014-04-10T05:01:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/?p=7628"},"modified":"2014-03-14T14:24:34","modified_gmt":"2014-03-14T19:24:34","slug":"atozchallenge-ice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/?p=7628","title":{"rendered":"#AtoZChallenge – I is for Ice"},"content":{"rendered":"

ICE<\/h1>\n

\u00a0\"ice\"<\/a>\u00a0\"ice<\/a><\/p>\n

Whether you like your ice cubed, shaved or chopped, creating a chip off the old block *groan*, frozen water is very versatile. You can use it in various forms to keep your drinks cold, place bottles of champagne in it to chill…<\/p>\n

\"ice\"<\/a><\/p>\n

It can be real or artificial and you can skate on it – figure skating, speed skating, hockey or even just a struggle to stay on your feet.<\/p>\n

\u00a0\"ice<\/a><\/p>\n

But here’s\u00a0ICE that runs on rails. The European I<\/span>NTER-C<\/span>ITY E<\/span>XPRESS<\/a><\/strong> high-speed trains. Imagine whizzing\u00a0over the rails at a speed in excess of 200 km\/h!<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

ICE \u00a0\u00a0 Whether you like your ice cubed, shaved or chopped, creating a chip off the old block *groan*, frozen water is very versatile. You can use it in various forms to keep your drinks cold, place bottles of champagne in it to chill… It can be real or artificial and you can skate on … Continue reading #AtoZChallenge – I is for Ice<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_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":[396,173],"tags":[1070,420,421,1031],"class_list":["post-7628","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-atozchallenge","category-ice","tag-atozchallenge","tag-frozen-water","tag-high-speed-trains","tag-ice"],"yoast_head":"\n#AtoZChallenge - I is for Ice - Celtic Connexions<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"When you think ice, it's usually for keeping your drinks cool or for winter sports. But, there's the ICE trains - trains that travel over 200 km\/h.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/?p=7628\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"#AtoZChallenge - I is for Ice - Celtic Connexions\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"When you think ice, it's usually for keeping your drinks cool or for winter sports. But, there's the ICE trains - trains that travel over 200 km\/h.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/?p=7628\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Celtic Connexions\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2014-04-10T05:01:41+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/www.melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/ice-cubes.png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Melanie\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Melanie\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/melanierobertson-king.com\\\/wp02\\\/?p=7628#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/melanierobertson-king.com\\\/wp02\\\/?p=7628\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Melanie\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/melanierobertson-king.com\\\/wp02\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/fc1dc45dd87a15ec9c0044a4fe9cd612\"},\"headline\":\"#AtoZChallenge – I is for Ice\",\"datePublished\":\"2014-04-10T05:01:41+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/melanierobertson-king.com\\\/wp02\\\/?p=7628\"},\"wordCount\":104,\"commentCount\":7,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/melanierobertson-king.com\\\/wp02\\\/?p=7628#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.melanierobertson-king.com\\\/wp02\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2014\\\/04\\\/ice-cubes.png\",\"keywords\":[\"#AtoZChallenge\",\"frozen water\",\"high-speed trains\",\"ice\"],\"articleSection\":[\"#AtoZChallenge\",\"ice\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/melanierobertson-king.com\\\/wp02\\\/?p=7628#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/melanierobertson-king.com\\\/wp02\\\/?p=7628\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/melanierobertson-king.com\\\/wp02\\\/?p=7628\",\"name\":\"#AtoZChallenge - I is for Ice - Celtic Connexions\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/melanierobertson-king.com\\\/wp02\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/melanierobertson-king.com\\\/wp02\\\/?p=7628#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/melanierobertson-king.com\\\/wp02\\\/?p=7628#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.melanierobertson-king.com\\\/wp02\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2014\\\/04\\\/ice-cubes.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2014-04-10T05:01:41+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/melanierobertson-king.com\\\/wp02\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/fc1dc45dd87a15ec9c0044a4fe9cd612\"},\"description\":\"When you think ice, it's usually for keeping your drinks cool or for winter sports. But, there's the ICE trains - trains that travel over 200 km\\\/h.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/melanierobertson-king.com\\\/wp02\\\/?p=7628#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/melanierobertson-king.com\\\/wp02\\\/?p=7628\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/melanierobertson-king.com\\\/wp02\\\/?p=7628#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.melanierobertson-king.com\\\/wp02\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2014\\\/04\\\/ice-cubes.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.melanierobertson-king.com\\\/wp02\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2014\\\/04\\\/ice-cubes.png\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/melanierobertson-king.com\\\/wp02\\\/?p=7628#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/melanierobertson-king.com\\\/wp02\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"#AtoZChallenge – I is for Ice\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/melanierobertson-king.com\\\/wp02\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/melanierobertson-king.com\\\/wp02\\\/\",\"name\":\"Celtic Connexions\",\"description\":\"My Scottish roots and writing by Melanie Robertson-King\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/melanierobertson-king.com\\\/wp02\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/melanierobertson-king.com\\\/wp02\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/fc1dc45dd87a15ec9c0044a4fe9cd612\",\"name\":\"Melanie\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/ac3ad22152d09e4a7bd2cb3bae125e6661ce011f61dfc62b8aaa5f8f911edff9?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/ac3ad22152d09e4a7bd2cb3bae125e6661ce011f61dfc62b8aaa5f8f911edff9?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/ac3ad22152d09e4a7bd2cb3bae125e6661ce011f61dfc62b8aaa5f8f911edff9?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Melanie\"},\"sameAs\":[\"http:\\\/\\\/www.melanierobertson-king.com\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/melanierobertson-king.com\\\/wp02\\\/?author=2\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"#AtoZChallenge - I is for Ice - Celtic Connexions","description":"When you think ice, it's usually for keeping your drinks cool or for winter sports. But, there's the ICE trains - trains that travel over 200 km\/h.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/?p=7628","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"#AtoZChallenge - I is for Ice - Celtic Connexions","og_description":"When you think ice, it's usually for keeping your drinks cool or for winter sports. But, there's the ICE trains - trains that travel over 200 km\/h.","og_url":"https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/?p=7628","og_site_name":"Celtic Connexions","article_published_time":"2014-04-10T05:01:41+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/ice-cubes.png","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"author":"Melanie","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Melanie"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/?p=7628#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/?p=7628"},"author":{"name":"Melanie","@id":"https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/#\/schema\/person\/fc1dc45dd87a15ec9c0044a4fe9cd612"},"headline":"#AtoZChallenge – I is for Ice","datePublished":"2014-04-10T05:01:41+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/?p=7628"},"wordCount":104,"commentCount":7,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/?p=7628#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"http:\/\/www.melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/ice-cubes.png","keywords":["#AtoZChallenge","frozen water","high-speed trains","ice"],"articleSection":["#AtoZChallenge","ice"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/?p=7628#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/?p=7628","url":"https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/?p=7628","name":"#AtoZChallenge - I is for Ice - Celtic Connexions","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/?p=7628#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/?p=7628#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"http:\/\/www.melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/ice-cubes.png","datePublished":"2014-04-10T05:01:41+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/#\/schema\/person\/fc1dc45dd87a15ec9c0044a4fe9cd612"},"description":"When you think ice, it's usually for keeping your drinks cool or for winter sports. But, there's the ICE trains - trains that travel over 200 km\/h.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/?p=7628#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/?p=7628"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/?p=7628#primaryimage","url":"http:\/\/www.melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/ice-cubes.png","contentUrl":"http:\/\/www.melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/ice-cubes.png"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/?p=7628#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"#AtoZChallenge – I is for Ice"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/#website","url":"https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/","name":"Celtic Connexions","description":"My Scottish roots and writing by Melanie Robertson-King","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/#\/schema\/person\/fc1dc45dd87a15ec9c0044a4fe9cd612","name":"Melanie","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ac3ad22152d09e4a7bd2cb3bae125e6661ce011f61dfc62b8aaa5f8f911edff9?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ac3ad22152d09e4a7bd2cb3bae125e6661ce011f61dfc62b8aaa5f8f911edff9?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ac3ad22152d09e4a7bd2cb3bae125e6661ce011f61dfc62b8aaa5f8f911edff9?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Melanie"},"sameAs":["http:\/\/www.melanierobertson-king.com"],"url":"https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/?author=2"}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2NmRa-1Z2","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7628","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7628"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7628\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7764,"href":"https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7628\/revisions\/7764"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7628"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7628"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7628"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}