We ended the trip in Budapest by attending a Partnership Together Summit. The tours were focused on the Jewish people and culture of Hungary, with visits to synagogues, restaurants and holocaust memorials. The first photo is of the shoe sculptures along the shore of the Danube as a memorial and monument to the Hungarian Jews who, in the winter of 1944-1945, were shot on the bank. Go here for the story. Fortunately, many synagogues and such remain and have been restored.
