Night markets

There's nothing like a good night market.  The crowds of people from all walks of life, the music - be it drums, bolliwood or string quartets playing upbeat french tunes, divinely fragrant food stalls, large, chilled plastic cups filled to the brim with fruity sangria and the promise of stumbling across either the bargain of the century or some very unique art.

Unbeknownst to us, Queen Victoria Markets holds weekly Wednesday night markets during summer - the first of which was last night.  Our friend Ange, who was in town for a short visit and wanted to catch up for a drink/dinner, suggested we all head over after S and I finished work. 

I'm so glad she introduced to these!  The markets are easily 50% food stalls which really appealed.  From paellas to crepes and everything in between. The choices were endless and very difficult!  A couple of bars were dotted around too, so icy cold beers and sangria were consumed with our seafood paella and chorizo rolls followed by some yummy cupcakes for dessert.  Heaven!

After watching a bolliwood dance group we had a wander around the stalls.  There were some really beautiful ones so I think next time I'll come armed with cash - could be some nice little Christmas present gems in there.  I spied a few things I liked for myself too.

We'll definitely be back before the summer's out.