Kester EddySep 9, 20204 min Chapter 37a – The Secrets of Hotel Budapest, Floor Eight Tales of a Teenage Spy - The Life and Times of Gábor Rimner It must have been in the winter of 1974-75 when, for various reasons I bega...
Kester EddySep 6, 20202 minCoronavirus infections soar in past week – Saturday sees new record of 510 in previous 24 hoursI really didn't want to write about Covid-19 infections again this week, but given the numbers at the peak of the first wave, recorded in...
Kester EddySep 5, 20201 minKesterTester04 - Where is this Budapest scene?It's rather an easy KesterTester this week, although you can't get this piccie in this form today. Congratulations to JerryBudapest on ge...
Kester EddySep 4, 20204 min[Full Story] The Great, Spontaneous Motorway March - September 4, 2015Fifth Anniversary of the Great Refugee/Migrant/Asylum- Seeker "Crisis" - Part 3 Photo: The Flagbearer - some of the marching asylum seeke...
Kester EddySep 3, 20203 min5th Anniversary of the Great Refugee/Migrant/Asylum- Seeker "Crisis" - Part 2 -The Train Stops ShortPhoto: The train stopped short - 100 miles short - of Sopron and the Austrian border, but just right for Bicske and its holding camp for ...
Kester EddySep 2, 20203 minFifth Anniversary of the Great Refugee/Migrant/Asylum- Seeker "Crisis" - Part 1Five years ago this week, in September 2015, the Great Refugee (if you sympathise with them)/Migrant (if you don't)/Asylum Seeker (the mo...
Kester EddyAug 31, 20202 minChapter 37 - In the MakingTales of a Teenage Spy - The Life and Times of Gábor Rimner Dear Readers and fans of Gábor Rimner's merry tale of mayhem, Apologies, Chap...
Kester EddyAug 30, 20202 minHungary reports a record 292 Coronavirus Infections on Sunday morningHungary has reported 292 new C-19 infections this morning, a record number in 24 hours, the previous high being 210 reported on the morni...
Kester EddyAug 29, 20201 minKesterTester03 - Where is this Budapest Scene?Here's another Golden Oldie, and an image which I don't think you could get today. This is not because the scene - well, ok, it's no big ...
Kester EddyAug 26, 20204 minTrain Ride to the Kunság - part 1Photo: They do exist - a container freight heads towards the Serbian border past the wayside station of Bösztör, 45 miles south of Budape...
Kester EddyAug 24, 20205 minChapter 36 – KISZ, Life and Communism - A Circus of PretenceTales of a Teenage Spy - The Life and Times of Gábor Rimner Photo: The way we were - Happy Campers. Gábor - that's him on the far right, w...
Kester EddyAug 23, 20203 minCoronavirus: average daily new cases inch upwards, but active cases in Budapest jump 40%First of all, I should mention that I never intended to report regularly on the coronavirus situation in Hungary. It just so happened tha...
Kester EddyAug 22, 20202 minKesterTester02 - Where is this Budapest Scene?Following the overwhelming response (well, 60-odd visits, which was far better than I imagined) of last week's initial KesterTester, I've...
Kester EddyAug 21, 20204 minChapter 35a – Soviet Nuclear Weapons in Hungary in the Cold War - A Military Expert's CritiqueTales of a Teenage Spy - The Life and Times of Gábor Rimner Chapter 35a – Soviet Nuclear Weapons in Hungary in the Cold War - A Military ...
Kester EddyAug 20, 20202 minChapter 35 - Washington Not ImpressedTales of a Teenage Spy - The Life and Times of Gábor Rimner Chapter 35 - Washington Not Impressed After my 'high' at the Soviet base and ...
Kester EddyAug 17, 20204 minChapter 34 – My Big Break - on a Soviet Military BaseTales of a Teenage Spy - The Life and Times of Gábor Rimner Chapter 34 – My Big Break - on a Soviet Missile Base What with work, getting ...
Kester EddyAug 16, 20202 minCovid-19 Infections Maintain New Levels, Consistently Higher Rates in Provinces Hungary saw 220 new Covid-19 infections last week, bringing the total since the jump in infections on 6th August to 352, or exactly 32 pe...
Kester EddyAug 15, 20202 minKesterTester01 -Where is this Budapest scene? Update: 26/08/2020 I went there this morning to see how it's changed - didn't set the new lens to exactly the right focal length, but you...
Kester EddyAug 14, 20204 minChapter 33 – Weddings come into FashionTales of a Teenage Spy - The Life and Times of Gábor Rimner Chapter 33 – No Romantic Proposal, no Flowers, no Chocolates, no Getting on ...
Kester EddyAug 12, 20204 minChapter 32 – Market Research - And its Strange Head of DepartmentTales of a Teenage Spy - The Life and Times of Gábor Rimner Chapter 32 - Market Research - And its Strange Head of Department I think I...
