Kester EddyNov 30, 20204 minOTP Hungarian Savings Bank & Me – My New Career Ends Almost As Soon as it BeginsTales of a Teenage Spy - Chapter 41 Photo: Which Bank to Choose? You didn't have to ponder long or hard back in the communist era as to w...
Kester EddyNov 29, 20204 minFirst, the good news (says gov't): Hungary & Russia to further strengthen cooperation in health-careAnd the Bad: Covid Numbers Explode - Infections top 6,000 on four consecutive days Miklós Kásler, Hungary's Minister of Human Resources (...
Kester EddyNov 27, 20202 minAn Especially Brutal Sculpture - Budapest - KesterTester 16This 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 comm...
Kester EddyNov 24, 20205 minEnd of the Line - a Steam Locomotive and the Political, Social and Technical History of Europe Every Picture Tells a Story [Don't it?] - 05 - UPDATED You might well say it's just an old train, on a longish bridge on a wintry mornin...
Kester EddyNov 22, 20203 minCoronavirus in Hungary: Infections, Deaths Edge Up as Health Services Feel Strain Photo: The Coronvirus does not pick and choose - an official poster urging vigilance in the fight against the pandemic Mixed news regard...
Kester EddyNov 20, 20202 minBridges, Chimneys, Water and TreesKesterTester15 - Where in Central-Eastern or South-Eastern Europe is this Scene? I have really struggled to decide what to post this even...
Kester EddyNov 18, 20205 min Sunday Morning Stroll, UK, March 1980 - UPDATEDEvery 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...
Kester EddyNov 15, 20203 minCoronavirus Hungary: Infection & Death Rates Inch Upwards as Orbán Tightens Restrictions 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 ...
Kester EddyNov 13, 20203 minTrue 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, ...
Kester EddyNov 10, 20203 minRural Road Works - Max Speed 10 kmph - if you dare!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 dark...
Kester EddyNov 8, 20203 minCoronavirus: Weekend Infections strike just shy of 10,000 - PM Orbán Introduces Curfew, Free ParkingUPDATED - New measures announced on Monday morning - see link at end Photo: A government-sponsored placard informs the public that the se...
Kester EddyNov 6, 20202 minKesterTester13 - 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 reall...
Kester EddyNov 3, 20206 minTrains, Cold Calling, and an Enormous Cup o' Tea (Updated)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...
Kester EddyNov 1, 20202 minCoronavirus Hungary: Disgruntled Fidesz Politicians Seek Action as Cases Soar The coronavirus pandemic in Hungary this week took on a new turn: as infections and deaths rose to unprecedented levels, independent med...
Kester EddyOct 30, 20202 minKesterTester12 - 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...
Kester EddyOct 29, 20207 minEvery Picture Tells a Story [Don't it?] 01 - Updated(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 eve...
Kester EddyOct 27, 20204 minChapter 40 - My Interior Ministry Connections Pay off in Unexpected Ways 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 ...
Kester EddyOct 25, 20204 minCovid-19 – Ever Grimmer - Daily Infections Smash 3,000 Threshold – But Foci Must ContinueJust 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,...
Kester EddyOct 24, 20202 minKesterTester11 - 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 g...
Kester EddyOct 23, 20202 minM3 Metro Re-opens - For the Budget-minded, Faster to the Airport AgainThey've had a makeover - but still 1950s Soviet design underneath - an M3 Metro Train Since BKK, the Budapest Transport Centre, hasn't go...
