I went to the largest Synagogue in Europe, the second largest in the world after Temple Emanuel in NYC. It is called the Dohany Street Synagogue and is on the tours as well as the castles and churches. The courtyard is full of headstones. During the war, in the ghetto when there was no way to bury their dead in twenty four hours they opted to break the law not to bury the dead at the synagogue.
The Synagogue is awesome in size and elegance. I walked my legs off going around the city by foot. I spent the last day on a hop on hop off bus with headphones with 27 different languages. It is actually a fairly small city with 2 million people. it was restful to sit on the double decker and just look. I may do that on my next stop first so I get an idea of the lay of the land.
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