For this final set of photos from Belfast, I’m grouping images based on where I visited.
During my four days in this city, in addition to many other places, I visited…
Oh, wow! This is going to be hard – culling all of my photos of Belfast into manageable chunks for posting!
This post has somewhat random street scenes. Note how much I love capturing murals!
It was a cold and blustery day…
Really cold.
Really blustery.
And rainy, too.
Regardless, I joined Finn McCool’s tour of the Giants Causeway and saw the magnificence of this UNESCO World Heritage Site.
I’m writing this after a long day of touring, walking, and exploring – following a night dealing with jet lag and travel weariness.
Regardless, I want to document how I’m feeling at this time.
This morning, I took a private Political Murals tour of Belfast. My guide, Joe, did a fantastic job explaining the complexities of the conflict, including the political, economic, and religious contributions. He also talked in detail about the effects on lives of both Catholics and Protestants. His stories about his sisters getting shipped off to England, his brother being kneecapped, and going to church with members of the IRA captivated me. Balanced, he called out the terrorists on both sides of the conflict.
While he was speaking, I concentrated so hard on understanding his accent that I couldn’t fully process everything – until now. Looking at my photos is giving me the space to reflect and process.
I can’t look at my photos and not think about what I saw in Berlin…similar wall… Or Israel and Gaza… Or…everywhere else in the world divided by power, anger, and terrorism.
When, oh when!, will we ever be able to live together in peace???
