Kester Eddy
Chapter 36 – KISZ, Life and Communism - A Circus of Pretence
Tales 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,...
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Coronavirus: 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...
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KesterTester02 - 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...
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Chapter 35a – Soviet Nuclear Weapons in Hungary in the Cold War - A Military Expert's Critique
Tales of a Teenage Spy - The Life and Times of Gábor Rimner Chapter 35a – Soviet Nuclear Weapons in Hungary in the Cold War - A Military...
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Chapter 35 - Washington Not Impressed
Tales of a Teenage Spy - The Life and Times of Gábor Rimner Chapter 35 - Washington Not Impressed After my 'high' at the Soviet base and...
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Chapter 34 – My Big Break - on a Soviet Military Base
Tales 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...
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Covid-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...
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KesterTester01 -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...
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Chapter 33 – Weddings come into Fashion
Tales of a Teenage Spy - The Life and Times of Gábor Rimner Chapter 33 – No Romantic Proposal, no Flowers, no Chocolates, no Getting on...
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Chapter 32 – Market Research - And its Strange Head of Department
Tales of a Teenage Spy - The Life and Times of Gábor Rimner Chapter 32 - Market Research - And its Strange Head of Department I think...
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Oyunaa Makes it Home – well, OK, a Hotel close to Home
Yesterday (Tuesday) afternoon, I looked up Oyunaa Luvsan, the PhD student from Mongolia who you may remember was stuck in Hungary when we...
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Chapter 31: BM – Letters of Fear and Dread
Tales of a Teenage Spy - The Life and Times of Gábor Rimner Chapter 31: BM – Letters of Fear and Dread It's difficult to describe to...
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Chapter 30 – So what about some Espionage?
Tales of a Teenage Spy - The Life and Times of Gábor Rimner Chapter 30 – So what about some Espionage? After all this news about...
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New Covid-19 infections in Hungary rise by 43 Saturday-Sunday
Updated at 17.30 - see end. A total of 43 new cases of people newly infected by the C-19 virus were reported in Hungary in the 24-hour...
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Chapter 29 – Mária was not amused
Tales of a Teenage Spy - The Life and Times of Gábor Rimner Chapter 29 – Mária was not amused Mária was a complex girl. The daughter of a...
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Chapter 28 – Mészáros utca – and its Girls
Tales of a Teenage Spy - The Life and Times of Gábor Rimner Everyone was very kind and sweet to me in the early days at my new abode....
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Chapter 27 – A Phone Call from Mother
Tales of a Teenage Spy - The Life and Times of Gábor Rimner [Apologies for late post - computer failed on Monday afternoon.] Chapter 27 –...
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Chapter 26 – How to find a Job – with no Work Experience and an African School Leaving Certificate
Tales of a Teenage Spy - The Life and Times of Gábor Rimner Having sorted out my ID and registered with our 'customer-friendly' police,...
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Ball Boys Sing the Blues as Tennis Association Sinks into Red
Tennis matters in Hungary. Even if it's not the prime minister's favourite sport, many in the Magyar 'elite' - politicians and captains...
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Chapter 25 – The Police Lady Always Knows Best
Tales of a Teenage Spy - The Life and Times of Gábor Rimner After spending the better part of Monday at the passport office, Tuesday...
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