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Belfast Taxi Tour 2


One of our stops was at one of the walls separating Protestant from Catholic. As you can see, it is well decorated. Joe gave us Sharpies to add messages to the wall. What came to me to write was a quote from a hymn: "Love one another, word of revelation." Joe offered to take photos of us, so we posed. To be honest, in front of a huge wall that keeps once-warring parties apart, I didn't feel like smiling. This was the best I could do.

Here's another photo that shows just how tall the wall is. They had to make it tall because people were throwing things over it. Joe took us to the other side of the wall, and a row of houses was right up against it. The backs of the houses were draped with chain-link fencing to protect them from objects thrown over the wall.

in reply to Cobie

Yes, I remember regular reports about The Troubles on the evening news when I was growing up, and our visit to Belfast went a long way toward explaining why.
in reply to Dirk

I'm finally catching up on your posts! I didn't realize that the situation was still testy there in Belfast, and I never would have guessed that they still have walls separating neighborhoods. I'm glad that tensions seem to have calmed down nonetheless.