This should be a well known spot to many readers of this blog, but this artefact, which I have an idea has a varied history, has since...

Tales of a Teenage Spy - The Life and Times of Gábor Rimner Photo: A very early image of Szent Janos Hospital, Budapest XII. The...

Nigel Thorpe was British Ambassador in friendly Budapest from 1998 – 2003. But that was not how it all started: he began his overseas...

KesterTester 45 – Brand-Bending in Central - South-Eastern Europe? [Updated with results of KT 44 - An Obelisk? A Minaret? Just What and...

KesterTester 44 - Hidden away in leafy surrounds, I came upon this scene in Oct, 2009. I've only just discovered this piccie, buried away...

"Hungary might have had a Todor Zivkov, or that asshole in Prague, ... What was his name?" Horn defends General Secretary and 1956 Soviet...

"I was told to talk seriously, and talk openly to you. So, let's do that." Former PM Gyula Horn speaks to the Hungarian International...

Malinvestment? In case you don't know what it means, here's a good chance to find out. Photo: Les Nemethy, CEO of Europhoenix, a...

KesterTester 43 - So where is 'here'? And what is the story behind this somewhat strange declaration, on a private home - and on a photo...

Not quite as bad as a "Pile of Meats" but it's getting there - Foreign language knowledge in Hungary is improving, slowly, but it could,...

KesterTester 42 - All four pictured here are in Budapest; Who are they? IIRC, the popster was here 30 years ago this month. Bonus point:...

The Foreign Minister who cut the Iron Curtain, the Socialist Prime Minster who privatised the economy, the Communist Militia Man who...

The day meant to honour the memory of executed 1956 PM Imre Nagy and other victims of the 1956 Revolution is remembered for a young,...

Tales of a Teenage Spy, Chapter 46 - The Life and Times of Gábor Rimner Photo: A long-range, Soviet-manufactured "Vega" SA-5B...

KesterTester41 - When and What's Going on? (Generous Clue, 'cos I'm soft - it's Budapest) Is it just me, or are Hungarians more, well,...

Many Hungarians know vast details of of their own country's history (or a version of it). Sadly, in my experience, most know but little...

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...