The street we live on

Watermelon here is super expensive, that is $18,800(on sale from $21,800) won or $18.80 US currency for a watermelon. I don't know why it cost so much or why it baffles me that a watermelon can cost $18 (another idea to learn!). We live by Gachon University it is a medical school. The main street by us, Bokjeong-ro, is about a mile and a half long and filled with stores, markets, coffee shops and two french bakeries. The first time Murphy and I walked around was at 4:00am, after our first night here. We have done a lot of walking around at weird times(2:00am, 4:30am,5:30am) getting over the jet lag.The names of restaurants are kind of funny like Donky Chicken, Pork Fork, Pizza School, Momma's Burgers, Thunder Chicken or our favorite Johnson(yes it is just Johnson). The one thing I don't know, if there are more coffee shops or pubs? There are 1-2 coffee shops on each block on each side of the street and half the restaurants call themselves pubs. There are 6-7 markets on our little street, they all carry the same things but price really varies. It was a little overwhelming at first with everything being new and not knowing what anything says or the funny looks we had at 2:00 in the morning, father and son walking down the street. We have been here a week now, we still find all sorts of new various and sundry items and it is starting to feel a little like home.

Watermelon Gazpacho

Ingredients-
1 Large seedless Watermelon
1 20oz can of Diced Pineapple
1/2 Cantaloupe
17-20 Fresh Mint Leaves
1 12oz can of Ginger Ale

Directions-
1. Remove rinds from the watermelon and cantaloupe, de-seed the cantaloupe and 1/2 inch dice. Cut the watermelon in half, the first half 1 inch dice this half will be blended. The other half 1/2 inch dice and put aside.
2. In a blender add the pineapple juice and half the ginger ale(you may need to do this in batches) and the mint. Add the watermelon and blend. This is my little blender I had to use.

3. Ok this maybe the former drunk in me but if you added some rum right here and made this a drink it would be awesome. Pour watermelon juice to a large bowl add the cantaloupe and the pineapple and let it sit in the fridge for two hours... enjoy!