Baltimore (CA 68) - Naval Cruise Book

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.C.C. To The liTTle Spanish Town oT Algeciras. lT was in Algeciras, and on The Tour To Seville, ThaT we really goT The Teel oT Spanish lil3erTy wiTh iTs cheap, good beer, The lovely darlc' eyed senoriTas, The liTTle burros wiTh Their loads They were losT under, and The beauTiTul churches wiTh Their graceTul Towers-all oT which made us loolc Torward To our reTurn To a Spanish porT laTer in The summer. Main sTreeT-Gibral+ar Rising maiesTically from The sea, a symbol of permanence . . . among The many beauTiTul Towers of Seville W ,Q ' . .53 im 9 81

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ll was in Cagliari, al lhe lool ol lhe Isle ol Sardinia, lhal we lirsl really became aware lhal we were baclc in lhe lvledilerranean, when we heard our lirsl shouls ol, l-ley, Joe, cigarelle? Gimme' cigarelle, Joe. The greal num- bers ol such pleas, and lhe persislency ol lheir callers, coupled wilh lhe heal and lhe small number ol lourisl al- lraclions was almosl enough lo discourage us lrom going on liberly. A lew hardy souls did venlure ashore lhough, lor a bollle lhal good Birra Messina, lo have a loolc al lhe lamous caves ol Cagliari, and lo iusl wander aboul lhe lown. Cagliari loolc quile a pounding during lhe war, and il loolc lhe people a long lime lo gel baclc on lheir leel so lhey could slarl rebuilding-bul lhey made il, and lhe evi- dence ol lhis rebuilding was noliceable even since our visil lasl year. ll was in Cagliari lhal a new innovalion was lried oul aboard lhe Ballimore-a ship sponsored beer and beach parly-wilh lhe wellare and recrealion lund looling lhe bill lor lhe beer and chow. Each allernoon al l3OO lor lhree days in a row groups ol men in dungarees deparled lor lhe beach oul beyond lhe greal sall piles al lhe evap- oraling ponds lo parlicipale in lhis experimenl. l.ols ol beach, lols ol beer, lols ol lood, and lols ol sporls equip- menl combined wilh lols ol sailors lo make lhe Ballimor.e's lirsl beach parly-and our visil lo Cagliari-a howling success. RIGHT, Top: Culinary maslerpiece for Cagliari moppels. TOP, Cen- fer: The skipper joined lhe parly, BOTTOM, Cenlerz Golden brew for parched lhroals. BOTTOM: An inlriguecl audience. . . . and lhe beer flowed like wafer