St George's Market, Belfast

Pictures taken on the 10th of April

I think St George's Market is kinda representative of the Irish "mentality"
and I mean it in the nicest way possible
The market sells everything from raw meat to tapestries
but every so often, there's a little bakery with colourful cupcakes
which the locals stock up on because homes must always have confectioneries for unexpected guests

just look at all the array of cakes!!

There's something really pleasing about looking at pretty cupcakes
even if I don't necessarily like eating them

foodwise (and I mean real food), there was paella which I ate for lunch :)
one stall was selling a whole hog roast; the guy's fork is in the head of the pig!

all sorts of spices imaginable..

A bottling company advertising its wares
I love how chilli sauce was labelled as "very hot stuff"

Here, a customer reaches for an olive for a tasting

The stalls surround a sitting area where a live band was performing

tiny knitted boots!
they're just too adorable..
aagh!!
yes yes, I hear my clock too

an cute little cow (Christina) and a sweet zebra (Tim) making friends

charming little bracelets

the other thing I liked was the tongue-in-cheek names of the stalls
I thought this one was particularly funny
haaaha

I was amazed by how people had time to stop and make small talk with strangers
This gentleman chatted with us for a good half hour
telling us about his 200-year old linen mill, and the lanterns used to light the mill
He said the previous owner didn't have electricity installed
And he knew full well we were not about to buy anything

tools of his trade

Irish Linen and wool

this lady.. is a vendor selling handmade bags and caps (website)
Seeing as how I was walking about with a big camera
She asked me to take a picture of her
and she was really pleased with how the picture turned out
:)

Though I wasn't comfortable with how she'd used a Buddha statue as a prop
(အေနကဇာေတာ့ တင္ထားမွာ မဟုတ္ပါဘူး)
I suppose she was just trying to associate Buddhism with doing good
because she sources her raw materials from charity shops
so i guess it's all in good intention
...

Everyone was really friendly
Vendors readily nod when I ask if i could take pictures
The lady selling spices offered to let me go behind her stall
because I couldn't quite get the angle I wanted
The hog roast guy smiled for the camera
The linen man let me shoot away as he kept on talking to Elizabeth

It was just... great
:)
The more time I spent in Ireland, the more I missed my childhood days in Burma