Summer fair... A blessing for an overpriced country!

During summertime, and every Sunday morning the local fair gathers near Sabadell South train station.

I had been wanting to go there for a while, and las Sunday I finally did. Laura and Roberto accompanied me on my field trip.

Laura was in the market for some wedge heeled "alpargatas", Roberto just wanted the company, and I was there to bare witness and take pics for you!

Laura didn't find her heels... but Roberto treated us to "chistorra" sandwiches for breaky, and I got plenty of images to complete my portrait of the place!

We got there very early, we wanted to beat the mid morning crowds!


For many, the fair is the way to beat the economic crisis! I bought here some AAA batteries I needed for my electronic gadgets... after negotiating the 3 Euros I was asked down to 1,5 Euros... I closed the deal!
Outside here, they were asking me 8 Euros for the same exact kind and amount of batteries!


Anything and everything you could need... if it has been invented you'll find it there, but at affordable prices!


One of my favorite stands... the flower growers! It gives such a festive and colorful look to the fair! But my personal favorite, my number one... BALLOONS! Love them! These shining foil figures filled with helium... just fill me with joy!


Everything! Pots and pans too!

My friend Farnaz would have a ball here! lol



It is funny... most of the vendors are illegals from elsewhere, and the police keeps a close watch on the activities going on at the fair... yet I didn't witness any arrests or trouble for the immigrants trying to make a living in an overpriced country!








There is something for everybody, even the little ones!


This one kills me! They accept all major credit cards?????? HAHAHA Obviously got their papers alright!

Roberto was coaching Laura on how to negotiate



Some of the most colorful vendors will shout incessantly "3 Euros... everything at 3 Euros!!!" and so on!

I love cactus! Silvia's Proof!



Peruvian Indians performing their folkloric tunes


He works with his parents at this mobile cafeteria... He handed the soft drinks and received payment... but his father did the "chistorra" sandwiches!

When I told him what the pics were for... he insisted that I take one of his pirate's earring! "Hey America, look what can I do with canned soda rings!"



A Brazilian custom, or Roberto's flavor?????? Ketchup over "chistorra chorizos"?????.... No comments!

The Typical Spanish store!


More typical Spanish!


Here, the ones selling the imitations are, surprisingly enough for me, NOT Chinese! They are from all the republics of Africa, and they all work for their fathers! lol


Balloons! I wanna balloooooon!!!!


"A 2 euro, bonita, todo a 2 euro! Ole!"


"This isn't mine, it is my sick father's business"



Can you see the strings pulling from the corners of the cloth??? Well, when the police closes in, these modern prestidigitators in less than a second and a trick with the hand, turn the cloth in some sort of back pack... and just like that, a blink of an eye is all it takes, and you could never tell they ever were there at all!