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| A docent and Michelle Kim | | A large group of children coming down the path |
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| It's 1:38 p.m., and I have to check out of my room at the Metro hotel by 2 p.m., so we are taking a cab back to the hotel. We will meet Savina, and the three of us will take the train to Anyang | Savina and Michelle on the subway. We have started our trip to Anyang, which is about 25 miles south of Seoul | A older gentleman on the subway |
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| Crossing the Han River | Crossing the Han River | An animated conversation |
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| We have to transfer to a different train line | | Seouksu-dong. This is where I spent 13 months when I was in Korea in '68-'69. It is now unrecognizable. We are about a mile from the main train station at Anyang |
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| Anyang City train station. After 34 years I am back in Anyang | What a beautiful station | |
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| There is a Lotte department store adjacent to the train station | Michelle and Savina at the train station |
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| Two young women selling Korean National Lottery tickets | Walking from the train station to the Samwon Plaza hotel. Anyang City provided my accomadations at the Sanwon Plaza hotel. | |
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| Showing Savina some pictures I brought with me to help identify specific locations in Seouksu-dong and Anyang City. Thanks to Jim Moran for this valuable suggestion! | Specialist 5 Robert S. Lawrence reports for duty in Anyang! My old Army buddy Bob Lawrence, traveled from New Jersey to join me in this unforgettable experience. We recently reconnected after not seeing each other for 33 years | Bob, Michelle and Neil |
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| It's great to be back in Korea with Bob. We went through advanced training together in Redstone Arsenal, we shipped out to Korea together, and we returned to the States together. Now 34 years later, we are, once again, back in Korea. Sweet | Samwon Plaza hotel restaurant. Mr. Kim Sung-Soo, Director, Division of Culture and Art, Anyang City, Mr.Kong Beom-Seok, Division of Culture and Art and Ms. Wolae Jung, Deputy Director, Division of Culture and Art | We all walked down the street and had a delicious dinner and discussed the upcoming schedule for the next 4 days |
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| After dinner we walked back to the hotel. Tomorrow will be our meeting with Mayor Shin Joon-Dai and all of the Anyang City Council members |