Budapest Jewish Quarter, part 3

Hey everyone,

One last post from the Jewish quarter, sorry these have taken so long to post

First of all, I highly recommend a tour of the Jewish quarter for anyone here in Budapest on a Sunday.  First of all because everything else in the entire city is closed on Sundays, but also because on Sundays there's a really cool arts+crafts bazaar right of of Kiraly utca!

Here are some pictures:

There was all sorts of cool stuff from art . . .

 . . . to textiles . . .

 . . . to pottery!

 Again, maybe it's Pike Place speaking to me, but it doesn't count as a market unless there's someone selling honey:

 These are very common in Hungary--creative "puzzles" shaped into all sorts of cool stuff.  I'da loved them as a kid, for sure:

In addition to the other, for-display only synagogues, there is one Orthodox synagogue in the district that is still active and holding services.  However, we came on a Sunday, so the place was open for tours!

Here's the front entrance (we came in from the side, however) . . .

 . . . and the same from the inside!

The whole interior is lavishly painted and, since it's a working synagogue, well kept up!

 Who says churches have to have all the fun?

Anyways, that's all I have from our fantastic tour of the Jewish quarter.  I highly recommend it for anyone coming to Budapest!

Cheers,

Noah