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...
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...
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...
Kester EddyOct 20, 20205 minRock 'n' Roll Will Never Die? - Budapest Week, Aug 1991László Hegedűs was the Man who Brought Western Rock to Hungary - including the likes of Carlos Santana, Jethro Tull, Depeche Mode and...
Kester EddyOct 18, 20202 minCoronavirus Hungary: A Tough Autumn and WinterGovt 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...
Kester EddyOct 16, 20202 minKesterTester10 - 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...
Kester EddyOct 14, 20205 minChapter39 – Sleaze & Spooks - Hotel Budapest, 1975Chapter39 – Sleaze & Spooks - Hotel Budapest, 1975 Dear Readers, I'm sorry for the delay for this next chapter. This blog owner is ......
Kester EddyOct 11, 20203 minCoronavirus in Hungary - More Unwanted Record NumbersAlas, another week of bad news on the coronavirus front, with several records broken. We had 1,374 new infections on Friday – a new peak,...
Kester EddyOct 9, 20201 minKesterTester09 - 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...
Kester EddyOct 8, 20204 minOnce upon a time, the 100E Express Bus used to whizz us to and from the AirportThe 100E express bus was a Godsend for the cost-sensitive traveller when the Budapest Transport Centre (BKK) introduced the service a...
Kester EddyOct 5, 20202 minKesterTester07 - addendum - This is where the scene isKesterTester07 was a photo of Majakovszkij, now Király utca 25 So many clever cloggs managed to get this that I've decided the next...
Kester EddyOct 4, 20203 minKesterTester08 - Where in Budapest is this scene – and what is special about the building this frieze embellishes? But first up, this week I must congratulate the modest-sized (usually...
Kester EddyOct 2, 20203 minAnd So it Came to Pass - One Week after Hungary Stages a Test-Case International Football Match …This morning, the government website reported 1,322 new coronavirus infections, a number that beats the previous worst-case 24-hour...
Kester EddySep 28, 20205 minChapter 38 - Night-Shift Shenanigans – Hotel Budapest, 1975I don't suppose anyone outside the so-called 'hospitality industry' was aware of the frolics, the fraud and the downright skulduggery...
Kester EddySep 27, 20201 minRecord 6,000 New Infections Last Week - Rate of Increase Falling Hungary reported a record 6,024 new cases of coronavirus last week, bringing the total number of actively infected people to 18,137. ...
Kester EddySep 26, 20202 minKesterTester07 - Where in Budapest is this scene?And what's that car and who owned it? OK, it's time to start getting a bit tough, as there are some really smarty pants looking on this...
Kester EddySep 24, 20204 minHungarians are Modest, Happy Guinea Pigs in Great Football Experiment The Great Day of Football Experiment has arrived! This evening, some 20,000 fans, including up to 3,000 from both Germany and Spain will...
