kunst-by-rob: Sopron, Hungary

kunst-by-rob: Sopron, Hungary: "Thursday. December 31, 2009. A street corner in Sopron, during a conference I had there in the fall of 2008. This is a drawing from last year, as I haven't been sketching as much the last few days and wanted to wish those of you who visit this blog a Happy New Year. We just returned from spending a few days with two other families in an old Brethren missionary chateau in St. Albain. I will eventually post some sketches of that region, as it's a very old and beautiful area. As it's New Year's Eve, we will be greeting neighbors today with the traditional 'Einen guten Rutsch!' (Have a good slide into the new year.) I don't know the history of the term, but it brings back memories of one year ago today when the streets were all covered with a layer a black ice and you could see cars and people literally sliding into the new year, especially if they had had one too many."