Farmer's market with "real" farmers.

My apartment building and a mountain in the distance.

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Farmer's market with "real" farmers.

I woke up again pretty early and went for a walk.  This time I went right.  Once again, tons of shops and restaurants.  This side of my hood is much like the other side.  I found more small grocery stores and a dry cleaners!  I took in some shirts that got wrinkled from the flight.  When I walked in I handed the guy my stuff and he said "Dry Clean?" and I said yes with a big smile.  I thought that communicating what I wanted would be much more difficult than that.  I motioned with my hands asking him when would it be ready.  The lady with him pointed to the calendar and September 26th.  I thought it seemed like far away, but then I realized that I'm in the future now and the time zone is different and the 26th is just a few days away.  He gave me a receipt and I was on my way.  I think I can make out that the shirts will cost about 3,000 won a piece.  That's a hair under $3.00.  Not too shabby.

I continued my discovery walk and found what looked like a little farmer's market.  It was still early (I don't think Koreans start doing much till 8:00am) so not too many booths were full.  I found a big peach and bought it for 1200 won.  Seemed pricey, but apparently this was a special big peach and peaches are expensive here.  It was pretty amazing and really sweet.  I slurped my big sweet peach and walked back home making a mess.

What I learned today about Korea:  1) Peaches ain't cheap.