The Capitol Building in Washington DC – from a safe distance.
… no comment today.
Belfast and the Titanic
Belfast is a rare case in terms of tourism. Most of its tourism industry revolves around the two “Big Ts”, that is “the Troubles” (more on that separately later) and the legacy of the RMS Titanic, both catered for by a range of specific individual tourist attractions and activities. It’s not very often that a city’s top tourist attractions all fall within the catchment area of dark tourism. But both
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… or maybe one short comment: yesterday’s footage on the TV news about what happened at the Capitol may have left me pretty speechless, but many others did have something to say afterwards. Out of the countless quotes I read today I pick one made yesterday by the last previous Republican US president, George W. Bush: “This is how election results are disputed in a banana republic – not our democratic republic. I am appalled by the reckless behavior of some political leaders since the election and by the lack of respect shown today for our institutions, our traditions, and our law enforcement.”