Budapest: Covered market

Budapest, the end of our journey. Have been here five days and its home tomorrow, home sweet home.

These are pictures from the covered markets in the centre of Budapest. I love to photograph markets. The Covered market reminds me of this market I visited recently.

Barcelona: Return to Mercat de la Boqueria

I just had to go back to the Boqueria market on my last day, I loved it there and wanted to take more pictures (and buy more fruit and eat fish). These are the photos I took, this time trying to capture the people that worked in the market a little more closely. My favourite shot is of the woman gutting squid (that looks like what she's doing, I'm not toally sure).

The guy in the last photo was muy angry about something and was shouting and gesticulating at the girl working at the fruit stall, who was mainly ignoring him, as was his wife who just stood there staring blankly at the fruit.

Barcelona: Mercat de Sant Antoni

I visited Mercat de Sant Antoni on the morning of my last day. It was much quieter than Mercat de la Boqueria, far fewer tourists, it was cheaper, and it felt like all local people there who were a little surprised that anyone was taking pictures.

Barcelona: Mercat de la Boqueria

This was where I visited first thing on Saturday morning. It was one of the best things about Barcelona, and is one of the most stunning food markets I have ever been to. It is pulsing with life, colourful, busy, bright, the smell of fresh fish is everywhere, people shouting in Spanish and Catalan, women hacking at great fish carcasses, still live shellfish trying to escape from their captors... I was overwhelmed and very envious of my friends who took me there - they only live a few blocks from the market.

Saturday in London

I went up to London to visit my parents this weekend. On Saturday I took a nice walk around Soho, ate some Sushi, looked in some shops with my sister, explored the streets and found a beautiful old map....

It was my first day out properly shooting with the new camera, and it was fun! But I have so much to learn, there are so many options and settings that I don't really understand yet. I think its going to take some time to become really confident. This website is helping me so far.

Le Freak Boutique

Yesterday I went to visit Zoe in Le Freak Boutique, on Picton st.