So I was walking around Seville and I noticed that in some respects it looks like an episode of South Park. There were “Peruvian Flute Bands” or at least that is what I am calling them, being that it is my blog and the ramblings are from my head. They are on almost every other corner where they can fit. In the area where the businesses are, by the metro station (the gypsies are there as well), by the restaurants… just everywhere. Here is a clip of the video if you have no idea what I am talking about. It is also where the name of this blog came from.
http://www.southparkstudios.com/clips/189014/no-trabajar-aqui
They are there all day from what I can tell. At first I thought that they were only there after the 2pm siesta but since I have been up in Seville at different times over the last couple of weeks I have found them at all hours, well when the working people are out. They seem to disappear about 10 -10:30 at night. From my understanding they are all gypsies so they don’t have any sort of job so they make their living off of the tips they collect. I can see them bring in a decent amount of money and actually making a living being that the average income per month per working adult here in Spain is 1,000 Euros or about $1,300 depending on the exchange rate. It is amazing that they can live off of that much comparable to the USA where that income would put you well below the poverty line even in areas where the income is low to begin with.
Well I am going to get going. I have to go the store to get steaks for dinner at the firehouse tonight.
Stay Frost
-C
17 January 2011
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