As you may have noticed, I do a lot of walking. How else am I going to find new and interesting things to take pictures of, hmmm? Well, I intended to go to todays DAWG meeting, although I didn't make it. I had decided to got downtown about two hours early to do some more exploring... and explore I did. First, I wandered around the area just to the west of the downtown center that is home to the Daegu Herb Medicine Market. Sadly, I had neglected to look it up before setting out, and discovered a little too late that all the stores in the district are closed on Sundays. Whoops. I did, discover a cool little park with fountains shaped like giant tea kettles, although it was too small to occupy me for long. Since I had some time to kill, I decided to stroll down to Seomun Market. I ran across some middle aged white dudes who greeted me with strastvuite, but who seemed completely floored when I answered them in kind! Then I had a minor panicky feeling that they might try to actually talk to me (sometimes I'm pretty anti-social, and I've picked up some incredibly creepy Russian dudes in Daegu in the past), so I essentially dove into the most crowded section of the market I could find in order to lose them. I wandered around the market for a while (and saw at least three separate stands selling the Trouble Everyday shirt!), and was quite enjoying myself until I found myself in the section where they were selling chickens, other fowl, rabbits and puppies. For eating. That was really depressing, and I stood there for a little while looking at the cage of puppies thinking about trying to buy one. If their owner had tried to sell me one, I probably would have snapped one up, but he didn't. Instead he just stared at me, and I got the feeling that he knew I was judging him and that he was judging me in return. Not really a friendly vibe. I scurried off, although seeing those little puppies definitely put a damper on my mood. At that point, I had roughly enough time to make it to the DAWG meeting, but I was no longer remotely in the mood to hang out with people I barely know... so, I took the long way back to the subway and headed for home.
Entering the herbal market area
Park with the giant tea kettles
Entrance to Seomun Market
The market was crowded!
Inside Seomun Market
Gineseng? Inside Seomun Market.
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