{"id":17207,"date":"2025-07-02T12:25:01","date_gmt":"2025-07-02T17:25:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.anniee.net\/?page_id=17207"},"modified":"2025-07-04T08:23:29","modified_gmt":"2025-07-04T13:23:29","slug":"travelogue-danube-river-cruise-hungary-part-1","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.anniee.net\/?page_id=17207","title":{"rendered":"Travelogue: Danube River Cruise – Hungary, Part 1"},"content":{"rendered":"

October 2024<\/strong>
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Part 1 of Hungary can be found here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"\"Time to get off the boat and explore Buda.
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\"\"<\/a>The beeeeeeautiful Matthias Church at Buda Castle
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\"\"<\/a>Looking across the river to Pest.
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We headed back to Pest to visit the Dohany Street Synagogue, the largest in Europe.
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\"\"<\/a>Zsolt, our tour guide.
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\"\"<\/a>It has a real Catholic church vibe because the architect was a Christian. There is even an organ, played by a Christian woman during their services, as Jews cannot work on Saturdays.
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Attached to the synagogue is the Garden of Remembrance, a mass grave for the Jews killed by Hungarian Nazis.
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\"\"<\/a>A weeping willow art sculpture – the leaves contain the names of those killed by Hungarian Nazis.
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\"\"<\/a>The entire complex was extraordinary.
\n\"\"<\/a>Then we headed back to the boat and sailed toward Slovakia.
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\"\"<\/a>She’s just the cutest.
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\"\"<\/a>Time for a cocktail.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

October 2024 Tauck\u2019s \u201cBlue Danube\u201d River Cruise Part 1 of Hungary can be found here. Time to get off the boat and explore Buda. The beeeeeeautiful Matthias Church at Buda Castle Looking across the river to Pest. We headed back…<\/p>\n

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