My daughter was teaching English for a year in Veszprem, Hungary, and I went over to visit her. It was the first time I had been across the Atlantic. I was rather surprised to see the amount of graffiti everywhere. Much was political, some an expression of protest (such as, "No McDonald's here!"), and some was just plain nasty. But a great deal of it was really rather beautiful.
There was an underpass not far from the school, and its walls were covered with graffiti. Kitty decided something should be done about it, and she spent many hours with local officials in an attempt to get permission to do it. If you think it is hard to get anything done at "City Hall" around here, you should try it in eastern Europe. But she finally succeeded.
She rounded up a crew from among the students at the gymnasium (high school) and they white washed the whole area. Then they repainted it with a bright mural they designed themselves.
I posted these pictures before, but you may not remember them from back in 2008. I think they are worth a second look. At least, I am enjoying the memory.
