Albany (CA 123) - Naval Cruise Book

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u i I NAPLES v. » a jr Well to the south of Genoa lay Naples, and with it our tour of Italy came to an end. We found the city highly Americanized, probably because of the large NATO base set up there. The Armed Services Exchange as well as the com- mercial stores in town had many buys which we could not afford to pass up. Our problems with the language were eased: almost everyone spoke English here. But, with the language barrier went some of the character of the city which we had begun to associate with the towns of the Mediter- ranean. Again, a tour to Rome was scheduled as we+I as one to the ancient town of Pompeii. If t had been in season, we might have lolled around the resort areas, the most famous being Capri. The time rolled around again and, loaded with goods and more experiences in interna- tional living , we weighed anchor for another operating period.