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A day in Jinju

We spent the day in Jinju, which in Korea is considered a small city with a repuation for being pretty conservative.

We started off with a great breakfast prepared mostly by my mother-in-law that consisted of rice and a bunch of side dishes. We then went to Home Plus which is kind of like a Super WalMart. There's a floor for food, another for clothes, antoher for electronics, toys, sports, acquariums, glasses, etc.

Then we went to Jinjuseong - a fort that includes a few buildings including a temple and a shrine dedicated to Non Gae, a Korean woman who killed a Japanese general after the Japanese had captured Jinju. In addition to the shrine you can see the rock where she jumped into the Nam River with the general trapped in her arms. The jade rings she wore on every finger made her grip unbreakable.

After that we went to a traditional Korean tea house and then walked around Jinju's "downtown". This included a stroll through the open market, through an underground market, through a building full of clothing stores with the highlight being the hanbok places (a hanbok is a traditional Korean outfit).

Now we're trying to decide where to eat dinner. It's not always easy feeding a vegetarian in Korea.

Posted by James Trotta at July 8, 2010 7:38 PM