Melon Town is not many ways far off from where I have been camping at for the past months, less than 10 minutes walk away. The walk there during the late mornings and noon time can prove to be quite a task, especially due to the recent warm weather that has returned - although rains can be very heavy as well. It is a small, humble town, usually busting at noon time with lot of visitors for the services offered.
The name "Melon Town" is a very interesting name, but also very misleading - while this small little town is famous for it melons, the town doesn't trade them at all. Instead, little Melon Town offers a range of hospitality services, such as a good range of beverages - from the ubiquitous cola to the exotic chocolate drink. They also offer a very decent variety of food, such as honeyed pancakes, egg sandwich, bite-sized fried chicken meat, fried potato strips, etc. I love the pancakes here, they just taste great! And as it seems that, as a token of goodwill, Melon Town offers free communication services, allowing visitors to send long distances messages or letters from the town.
Most shopkeepers offering these hospitality services are very warm and friendly, it's extremely hard not to like the townsfolk here. Amongst shops here, I love going to Reonde's, Blanerdi's, Harons', and Helope's. All of them are very very warm people, it's impossible to dine with them not having a smile through the day.
The shopkeeper at Helope's is a very social person and easy to get along with, occasionally during lunch, we'd have chats, talking about the young people, other "lost people" in the forest, the lakes in this forest. Blanerdi's always have some nice extra freebies to offer, especially the fresh fried potato, sometimes the little chicken "bitelets". This shopkeeper here has a very conserved but beautiful smile. Of the four, Blanerdi always seem a little lost with things happening around. Harons' and Reonde's have the best chocolate drink in town. Although it appears that everyone gets their chocolate from the same place, their chocolate drinks just taste different, somehow. Harons and Reonde have the most attractive smile of all.
Visit after visit, I got very curious about the melons in this town, especially how the name came about. It appears that while Melon Town doesn't at all trade a single melon, they have some of the sweetest melon in this part of the forest. From what was gathered, their melons are unlike others, they're sweet to taste, soft to touch, and incredibly fragrant when you rest your nose on them. And as I've heard, these unique melons are exclusively homegrown, and eaten only special or family occasions.
Meanwhile, I'm more than content settling down on honeyed pancakes, hang around for chats, then head back to my little corner after the day.
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