2.12.12

For those who do not know, Budapest was originally two separate cities, one on each side of the river.  Buda was the aristocratic and Pest was for the common people.
The next day in Budapest:
 Parliament - Pest
 Matthias Church and Fisherman's Bastion - Buda
 Buda Castle - looks more like a palace to me, or a parliament.
 Outside of the Dohány Street Synagogue - Pest; I really wish I could have gotten a good picture.
 In the courtyard - Each leaf has a name of a victim of the Second World War.  More names are being added each year.
Also in the courtyard - There are four plaques, upon which the names of those non-Jewish who helped the Jews are engraved.  One of which was an ambassador, who disappeared at the end of the war, presumably to a Russian Gulag.
 Heroe's Square - Several Museums are on the extremities.  I went to the Museum of Fine Arts, which was surprisingly really extensive and valuable, and the Hungarian Agriculture Museum in the Vajdahunyad Castle, which was the most interesting museum.  It was more like the typical civic museum in Italy or the Landesmuseums in the German-speaking countries.  I did not just learn about domestic plants.  There was a bunch of history about people and culture.  I could have spent hours there, but I had to get to the Museum of Fine Arts for the English tour.  That was really boring, although the rest of the museum was not bad.  
Vajdahunyad Castle/Hungarian Agriculture Museum - I am still not sure if this is one or two buildings.
Same place, but inside - It would be nice if I could avoid taking crooked pictures, eh?

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