Wandering Marrakesh on my first day in Morocco was an incredible sensory overload. Donkeys, kids running, old men leaving the mosque, women in veils on motorbikes - it was all there to be seen and dodged.
It was a few days before Christmas and the whole city was covered in snow; the old town looked like something out of a fairy-tale. We wandered through the market in the freezing night eyeing up the toys and resisting the urge to stuff our faces at every food stall.
In the way so typical of markets, the Catania, Sicily, fish market has grown to include meat, fruit and vegetables as well as seafood. This lamb butcher's stall is located in the shadow of one of the buildings that line the streets the market takes over every morning.
Every sea urchin at the Catania fish market gets individual attention -- especially if you want to eat it right away.
Doing business the way it's always been done -- and communication the way it's done today.
Cold, rainy weather makes for a slow sales day at the Catania fish market -- though with fewer tourists in the way.