Christ, the Gospels say, is to return like a "thief in the night" - Pope Francis is currently planning something similar, but in broad...

KesterRester - Time Up for Perspectives Budapest Photo: A Danube pleasure boat at the end of a U-turn - which was somehow symbolic of the...

Beware Les Femmes fatales blondes (des billets) in L'viv Ukraine - Especially in Hot Pants Photo - Tanya Rides the Tram - Alias L’viv...

Every Picture Tells A Story (Don't it?) 28. Early days - Three months in South Africa, 1975 Photo: From memory, this is near the small...

KesterTester 40 - The smiling chap in the middle shouldn't be too difficult - the location also maybe identifiable, but it then gets...

Every Picture Tells a Story [Don't it?] 27 - Far from the Madding (Tourist) Crowd, July 75 I fell in love with this country when I first...

Tales of a Teenage Spy - Chapter 45. The Life and Times of Gábor Rimner Photo: a plaque celebrating the poet Sándor Weöres on the wall...

KesterTester 39 - This leader had a name for waging conquering wars, supporting the arts & sciences and raising taxes. I believe he also...

Every Picture Tells a Story [Don't it?] 26: As I took this photo, unbeknown to me, an unholy cloud of dust was rising in the skies above...

Tales of a Teenage Spy - Chapter 44. The Life and Times of Gábor Rimner Photo: a motley squad on duty in the Dobó István Barracks (not...

KesterTester 38 - Those Were the Days (When Dentists Knew their Jobs were for Life :)) Straightforward Tester this week - where and when...

Every Picture Tells a Story (Don't it?) 25 - It's Authentic Street Food Here - Updated Photo: This lady graced a page in the Economist...

Tales of a Teenage Spy - Chapter 43 - The Life and Times of Gábor Rimner Photo; The Medimpex building on fashionable Vörösmarty tér. It...

KesterTester 37 - It's a Tough Life, Being a Central European Politician, Especially in a Democracy, having to Fight Elections and all...

Every Picture Tells a Story (Don't It?) 24 - UPDATED This photo epitomises my experiences in this country in the first half of the 1970s....

Photos: (Left to Right) Hungarian PM József Antall, Czechoslovak President Václav Havel and Romanian President Ion Illiescu. Photos from...

KesterTester 36 - I suppose this might now be in the Statue Park - and one of the less-noticed exhibits, I suspect, not being one of the...

On the Third Night - Syria, a Country where You Didn't Talk Politics - part IV (EPITDASI 23) Photo: Commerce by Pony and Cart. A quiet...

A short piece of good news for the day from the world of conservation. Photo: Lockdown's nearly over for one fish! László Berzi-Nagy,...

Infections are down, Vaccinations are up - but with the exception of tiny Gibraltar, Hungary Tops Global Covid Death Rate It's party time...