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"Wake me up..." if you want to buy and pay the chocolates!
Believe me or not, this lady was selling those chocolates that are on the wall. I came from down street and she couldn't notice me taking the chocolates from that side. (Mayber the begger is her partner.)
This is Ponte da Barca, a medieval town in the heart of the Portuguese northern old province of Minho. [The name Viana do Castelo that appear here on TE is a modern administrative division of that traditional province.]
I was thinking about cropping this picture, to 'remove' the beggar. But then I'd loose the notion of the context and that the lady is in a street. Futhermore this is a street that has many beggars, hawkers, hucksters (not all dormant...), etc. And it seems that he is actually controlling who wants to "buy" the lady's chocolates.
What do you think about cropping or not?
Location of Ponte da Barca in WikiMapia: 41.8077209, -8.4173298.

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