The street performers....

All of the wonderful performers in the streets of Barcelona...

One of the HIGH-larious memories: we were walking along the side streets and came out into this open plaza where a group of guys were gathering a crowd to perform their rehearsed hip-hop routine...They came around and gathered up the pocket change and prepared to get ready to perform their signature showcase "move"...and then they just grabbed their stuff and disappeared...and then the police came! LOL!!! We continued to walk around the streets and came back on the same plaza about an hour or so afterward, and the team of performers were back in the same place, performing the same routine...so we caught the signature step regardless of the time frame.

Yes these three guys WHEELED that piano through the streets of Barcelona and began playing Dixieland jazz on the streets...LOVED IT!!!

His costume was AMAZING! He looked so much like a gargoyle with HUGE wings and make-up and for a fee you could have your picture taken with him, which usually resulted in a SCARE.

Was AWESOME!!

Seated.

Statue.

Make-up.

No Chair???

TOTAL DOUBLE TAKE!

Crazy flower guy outside of the SACRA FAMILIA.

For a fee you could have your photo taken with him.

Part of this "street performance" phenomenon is a huge result of the world economy. In all three of the major cities we visited, there were protests by alot of the young people concerning the world economy and the leaders of our world not making appropriate choices. Folks are struggling to make ends meet and they have to do whatever it takes to make those ends meet. Whether it is by swindling money and pick-pocketing, or selling their wares (that are basically knock-offs), or bringing your performance craft to the streets to make whatever money you can to help out.