Photo: The Coronvirus does not pick and choose - an official poster urging vigilance in the fight against the pandemic​ Mixed news...

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

Every Picture Tells a Story [Don't it?] - 04 In contrast to last week's EPTASDI, here we have an urban street scene, although the traffic...

Covid-19 cases by county in Hungary. Active infections now stand at 106,265, 75% of the total 140,961 cited here since the start of the...

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,...

Every Picture Tells a Story [Don't it?] - 03 - Updated Twice! In truth, there isn't much of a back story to this one. No voices in a...

UPDATED - New measures announced on Monday morning - see link at end Photo: A government-sponsored placard informs the public that the...

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...

Every Picture Tells a Story [Don't it?] - 02 As related in an earlier post, I spent - some might argue mis-spent - much of my later youth...

The coronavirus pandemic in Hungary this week took on a new turn: as infections and deaths rose to unprecedented levels, independent...

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...

(With Apologies to Messers Rod Stewart and Ronnie Wood) ​ I've decided to start a new, weekly series, for fun. I'll aim to post these...

Tales of a Teenage Spy - The Life and Times of Gábor Rimner ​As I related earlier [Chapter 31: BM – Letters of Fear and Dread – Ed], I'd...

​Just one week ago, a Czech-based friend emailed me after reading the latest post on the state of Covid-19 in Hungary. “Compared to here,...

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...

They've had a makeover - but still 1950s Soviet design underneath - an M3 Metro Train Since BKK, the Budapest Transport Centre, hasn't...

László Hegedűs was the Man who Brought Western Rock to Hungary - including the likes of Carlos Santana, Jethro Tull, Depeche Mode and...

Govt Website Covid-19 Summary Today It's beginning to sound like a broken record (vinyl, as used to be) – and yes, I know it's similar or...

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...

Chapter39 – Sleaze & Spooks - Hotel Budapest, 1975 Dear Readers, I'm sorry for the delay for this next chapter. This blog owner is ......