Friday, August 25
Esztergom, Hungary
Budapest, Hungary
Vienna, Austria
Breakfast at the bnb was special. The hostess doesn't normally serve breakfast, but prepared one for us, with fruit, bread, coffee, and various specialties. The coffee creamer packets were sealed with covers depicting Hungarian historical sites, including the Dohany Street Synagogue. We left an additional sum to cover the breakfast. The rent for the room had been about $19. |
| Former Esztergom synagogue |
This morning we visited the town of Esztergom, where we saw the erstwhile synagogue, now a community center. I many of these small towns, everyone knows where the synagogue -- or the building that used to be a synagogue -- is located. We also visited the huge basilica, which is the seat of the Catholic Church in Hungary, as well as the largest church and tallest building in Hungary. We strolled around the town, taking in the riverfront and parks, as well as the 19th century architecture.
Afterwards we drove back to Budapest through a national forest. In Budapest, I dropped Yoyi at the train station with the luggage, where she purchased ticket for Vienna. I returned the car and came back to the train station by tram, where we met up. While we took the train to Vienna, we ate lunch.
In Vienna, we called an Uber to take us to our hotel, a converted monastery right in the middle of the city.
Once we were settled in, we took the hop-on bus to get our orientation. Yoyi was feeling even a little worse today, but didn't slow down very much at all.
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