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Impressions from Izmir by Cedar Rapids student traveler
Greer Larson daughter of Mr and Mrs ia Larson of 358 Garden Drive SE Cedar Rapids is among six Cedar Rapids youths abroad under the Chamber of Commerce Experiment in International Living She recalls Izmir as a city of beauty and contrast where simple living persists alongside modern progress She notes street vendors family closeness homemade food and hospitable people while Izmir’s new roads palm lined avenues and a growing water system show its push toward the future
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Greer Larson
Ia Larson
Garden Drive
Cedar Rapids
Chamber of Commerce
Miss Larson
Washington High School
State College of Iowa
Turkey
Izmir