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Hungary's Third Most Popular Foreign Language? Updated

At least, According to Examinations Taken - KesterTester 25 Photo: Students in an English lesson c 1991 - A Class at International House...

Sofia, Bulgaria, 1989 - The Less-Reported 'Revolution'

(KT22 - Lenin & The Comrade Ladies' Snow-Clearing Brigade - Background & Answer) Photo: A shop in central Sofia. I seem to have attracted...

KesterTester21 - It's Budapest - But What and Where?

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...

KesterTester 20 - Woman at Window, Budapest, 1993

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...

What Colour is the Phone Box and What Did That Signify?

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...

Red Ball, Brown Dog, Grey Day, Bronze Bust - Updated

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...

Bridges, Chimneys, Water and Trees

KesterTester15 - Where in Central-Eastern or South-Eastern Europe is this Scene? I have really struggled to decide what to post this...

True Love, Trabant and a Concrete Wheel

KesterTester 14 - Where in Budapest was this scene? (It's a Toughie This Week.) I expect Kriszta is a mum with two kids by now - indeed,...

KesterTester13 - This is in CEE-SEE - But Where?

Dark skies cast a sombre mood over near-still water and weeping willow - it's not a million miles from Budapest, but where is it? I...

KesterTester12 - Where in Budapest is this scene?

Not really difficult this week, thousands pass by this every day, but now many see it? Photo taken in c 1994 - chances are these children...

KesterTester11 - Where in CEE/SEE is this?

A Quiet Country Town - But where is it? Might be Hungary, might be a neighbour. Photo taken in 1993, if I remember correctly. I had the...

KesterTester10 - Where in Budapest is this scene?

The Good Knight stands Guard - not that he did his job that well when it came to guarding this building in the early 1990s :) (That's a...

KesterTester09 - Where in CEE-SEE is this Scene?

Enough is Enough! This site is supposed to be about Budapest, Hungary and THE REGION - but to date it has been decidedly...

KesterTester07 - addendum - This is where the scene is

KesterTester07 was a photo of Majakovszkij, now Király utca 25 So many clever cloggs managed to get this that I've decided the next...

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