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We had breakfast had hotel and then walked to the Great Synagogue -- the largest synagogue in Europe, built early in the 20th century -- it seats 3000. We toured the synagogue, the garden, where 2500 or so corpses found in the streets (Jews) in 1944 were namelessly buried, the memorial garden, named for Raoul Wallenberg, and the museum. I found out where the shoe memorial is and will find it later.
Then we walked to the Hungarian National museum. A great, but overwhelming presentation of the history of Hungary -- so many difficult times. The Communist era display was especially interesting -- the 1956 revolution and the effects of Nagy, the communist premier who was executed because he supported the revolution.
We had a snack in between the two sections of the historical presentation. We had hoped to have lunch at the next museum-- the Museum of Applied arts, but they had only candy bars. This museum was founded late in the 19th century. The displays have not only the objects but the history of the museum. The building has fallen into disrepair, but is being restored.
The most amazing exhibit was one of ceramics, mainly from the Paris 1900 exhibition, including many big ceramic building decorations, but also lovely art nouveau vases, etc.
We were pretty tired after three big museums, so we took the metro back to the stop near our hotel. We had a fairly early dinner at the hotel and then walked to the oldest cafe in Budapest. I had one scoop or ice cream and coffee. Lee had a huge chocolate cake, chocolate ice cream, and apricot puree confection. We walked around a bit more and then returned to the hotel.
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