Sunday, April 28, 2013

24.

Still sick, so for exercise I decided to take a long walk (instead of running) around Budapest.

Picture of Elisabeth bridge and Gellert Hill behind it.

Castle across the Danube. 

Chain bridge linking Buda and Pest!

Parliament and yellow bridge that leads to Margaret Island. 

This is very interesting. It's a memorial concept honoring the Jews who were shot by Arrow Cross militiamen during World War 2. The Jews were forced to line up along the river and take off their shoes. The militiamen would shoot the Jews and their bodies would fall into the Danube and be carried away. This memorial represents the Jews' shoes that were left behind. You can see in the picture the shoes and also candles next to all the shoes - my guess is that people light candles to remember the Jews that were shot here.


Tomorrow starts the second to last week of classes and then after that a week of finals! Almost summer, which means almost CAMP!


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