Thursday was our first full day in Budapest. We walked down to the Danube, which had flooded last week due to the torrential rains they experienced in parts of central Europe. There was a lot of debris in the water, which was still running high. The cobblestone sidewalk that parallels the river was covered with silt. We went on a walking tour of the Jewish Quarter, which was very interesting. The tour didn’t allow any opportunity to go inside anywhere, so we got a quick bite to eat after the tour and went back to the Dohany Street Synagogue, the largest synagogue in Europe and the second largest in the world. It holds 3,000 people. It is a stunning building, designed by two non-Jewish men. In some ways it resembles a Catholic Church inside. By the time we took a one hour tour of the synagogue and then went through the museum we were tired. We ended up walking back to our apartment late in the afternoon and just hung out there for the evening. We must pace ourselves. Friday is a very busy day.