I met a horse drawn van once while cycling thru' France. When I stopped and asked to take a picture his wife and daughters all disappeared while the sons jumped out to be in the picture. All of the kids were under 12, at a guess. We only spoke for a few minutes but they were very nice. I couldn't buy a basket because my bike was already loaded unfortunately.
There is a facinating movie/documentary called Latcha Drom. It traces the supposed route of the original Gypsies featuring the music and a snatch of the lifestyle and dancing of Gypsy families in India, Turkey, Eastern Europe France and Spain. There is no narration Just the subtitled translation of the songs. The Flamenco music and dancing of Spain is startlingly like the Indian version.