Choice and Chance

<p><span style=color: rgba(68 68 68 1)>Born and educated in Hungary the author completed his high school education in Somerset England.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(68 68 68 1)>In 1944-45 he witnessed at close quarters the siege of Budapest by the Russian Army and the aftermath. He moved to England in 1947.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(68 68 68 1)>Challenging years followed in London after leaving school in 1949. He worked full-time in a Fleet Street advertising agency later as a delivery truck driver for a Mayfair wine merchant all the while attending night school to prepare him for entry into medical school. His effort earned him a university scholarship.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(68 68 68 1)>After graduating as a doctor he served as Regimental Medical Officer in the Canadian Army. He then undertook specialty training in urological surgery in Edmonton Alberta then moved to Vernon British Columbia where he practised for 31 years retiring in 1999.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(68 68 68 1)>In private life he was an avid skier and tennis player and played excusable golf. At the age of 56 he took up flying which he enjoyed for 19 years. He enjoys reading writing poetry singing good friends lively conversation travel photography in short: life. He abhors pomposity.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(68 68 68 1)>He lives in Vernon British Columbia.</span></p>