I experienced the same when I visited France for the first time. Over there, there were tons of Romanichel ladies, even putting their children in your face and crying stories i could not understand because of the foreign language (not French, i am french...). Because i stopped in front of the first one i saw sitting on the sidewalk and as i opened my purse... i was surrounded by almost 20 women with children! It was a shock for me experiencing this in the heart of Paris, at the corner of a street near La Seine and Notre-Dame Cathedrale... I will never forget, like i can't forget your images. The impact is the same. ~ Claudia