Once Upon a Time, There was A Border Crossing - But Where? GuesterTester 34 - Updated
This recent photograph shows the remains of a bridge crossing a river that is both an international border at this point and well known...
Observations from Hungary and Central Europe
This recent photograph shows the remains of a bridge crossing a river that is both an international border at this point and well known...
KesterTester 33 - A few things have changed since this scene was shot that might help date this piccie. I have a really tough one lined...
KesterTester 32 - I suspect this may be one of those annoying images that seem familiar but you just can't put your finger on it. Only...
KesterTester 31 - Excuse me for the British bias - Consett was an industrial town in the Pennine foothills of NE England with one...
KesterTester 30 - Something different this week. These people were all Hungarian MPs at different times, and public figures in the 1990s...
KesterTester 29 - Since it's been sunny of late, this photo seems appropriate for today, even if just as a reminder of how life was...
KesterTester 28 - It's somewhere between Vilnius and Varna - in SE-CE Europe - mid-90s I don't quite know how I got this photo of the boy...
And quite right too - Except we have to define 'Work" properly KesterTester 27 A photograph from 1993, if I recall correctly. No...
GuesterTester 26 - This is Central/South Eastern Europe - but where? A slightly different Tester this week, because it's not one of my...
At least, According to Examinations Taken - KesterTester 25 Photo: Students in an English lesson c 1991 - A Class at International House...
KesterTester 24 - She's out there somewhere; it's your job to locate her! I think the proud lady will not pose much of a problem as far...
(KT22 - Lenin & The Comrade Ladies' Snow-Clearing Brigade - Background & Answer) Photo: A shop in central Sofia. I seem to have attracted...
This coat of arms, probably the last of its kind on a public building in Hungary, was removed in about 1995. But it wasn't easy to spot,...
Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov, Ever Wise - Looks Towards the Horizon, Avoiding the Details (like mere humans) to Focus on the Grand Vision -...
Photo: From about 1989-90, I think. This Hotel had recently been renovated at the time. But, to my surprise, I passed by before Christmas...
This can't be any old housing block facade, and it isn't. That would be unfair. - UPDATED So where is it? As a clue, I'll tell you that...
KesterTester 19 - A Blast from the Telecom Past - Updated As it's the run up to Christmas, it's an easy one this week, at least for...
KesterTester 18 - I had been struggling with what to post today. I had a super-hard one and a fairly easy one. And then ... well, I...
KesterTester 17 - Hungarian Parliament, August, 1991 - Updated A different KesterTester this week: not a where? Not a what? - but a who?...
This piece, from what might be termed the mid-Kádár era, is now in the "Statue Park" - But where was it originally, and what does it...