Kester Eddy
Chapter 24 – Blondes have More Questions
Tales of a Teenage Spy - The Life and Times of Gábor Rimner Passports were a particular problem for the average citizen in the happy days...
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Kester Eddy
Chapter 23 – Fighting Fear - When your Stomach Feels in the Middle of your Throat
Tales of a Teenage Spy - The Life and Times of Gábor Rimner I tried to ignore it among the fun and banter with Nicolai, but gnawing away...
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Hungarian Tourism & Covid-19 Border Controls – a Case of the Law of Unintended Consequences?
About a fortnight back, the Hungarian government introduced a new system classifying countries “red-yellow-green” to refer to their...
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Chapter 22 – Sofia: Beautiful Name – Grim Reality
Tales of a Teenage Spy - The Life and Times of Gábor Rimner Photo: The Grim Reality: This photo is a little unfair on Sofia. Indeed,...
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Mongolian Travails in Magyarország
Oyunaa Luvsan came to Hungary in February to study for a PhD as a mature student "in her 30s". After a few weeks, her university studies...
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Chapter 21 – Parental Shock – and the Journey Home Begins
Tales of a Teenage Spy - The Life and Times of Gábor Rimner And so the time came for the 'big trip' - my return home – and the start of...
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Chapter 20 – The Contract
Tales of a Teenage Spy - The Life and Times of Gábor Rimner Then there was the contract. Very shortly before I left Khartoum, it must...
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Chapter 19 – Weaponry: Tribal Daggers, Supersonic MIGs
Tales of a Teenage Spy - The Life and Times of Gábor Rimner It was probably early May 1973, when Carol came back from her holidays. I...
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All Right Then – Music in July 1970, UK
UPDATES @ End of story For some reason, I have strong memories of that July, half a century ago. I had just finished my first year at...
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Chapter 18 - Murad, the Master Professional, and Rice Paper Messages
Tales of a Teenage Spy - The Life and Times of Gábor Rimner I have to tell you about the actual messaging system then employed, that is,...
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Chapter 17 – Answering Psychologists, Remembering Drop Sites
Tales of a Teenage Spy - The Life and Times of Gábor Rimner And meet we did. I spent hours and hours with Carol, just chatting, mostly...
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Coronavirus infections in Hungary creeping up - 40 reported this weekend
UPDATED Monday, 20/07 - See below The absolute numbers in Hungary remain thankfully low, and the envy of many national health services in...
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Chapter 16 – An Apprenticeship in Spycraft
Tales of a Teenage Spy - The Life and Times of Gábor Rimner After I'd agree to work for the Americans, Carol started asking me about the...
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Chapter 15 - Carol Makes Her Move
Tales of a Teenage Spy - The Life and Times of Gábor Rimner Not long after our store-room encounter, I met Carol several times at the...
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Chapter 14 – The Cultural Attaché, the Store Room, and an Awful lot of Questions
Tales of a Teenage Spy - The Life and Times of Gábor Rimner So, let's get back to the core story. After the row with my father, his...
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Chapter 13 – A Pleasure-Boat Trip Turns Sour
Tales of a Teenage Spy - The Life and Times of Gábor Rimner The unhappy atmosphere at home was dramatically transformed by a freak, if...
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Chapter 12 – Troubles at Home
Tales of a Teenage Spy - The Life and Times of Gábor Rimner Chapter 12 – Troubles at Home I've got a little ahead of myself here. I'd...
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Chapter 11 - I don't like Germans
Tales of a Teenage Spy - The Life and Times of Gábor Rimner Chapter 11 - I don't Like Germans One day, it was probably 1972, I was...
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Chapter 10 – Proto-spy Experience 2 - Alexei's Big, Nice, Canary-Yellow Pen
Tales of a Teenage Spy - The Life and Times of Gábor Rimner My second brush with the world of cloak and dagger - and it was real this...
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Chapter 9 - A Proto-spy Experience - Walking the Gangplank in Port Sudan
I have to tell you about two events in my life in Khartoum that were, well, both bizarre and extraordinary. I'm not superstitious, but...
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