Baltimore (CA 68) - Naval Cruise Book

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NoTre Dame de Q FRANCE la Garde .,r.: 3 , A Bri' IAQ 3 5. ffg,-+ Y' Lf'-1-. if . pgs. 9 O.. '-Q QS'-a axes, A Marseille-second largesT ciTy oT France . . . greaT, sprawling MediTerranean sea porT. . . world Tamous Tough Town' '.., her harloor crowded wiTh ships Trom every na- Tion , . . her doclcs busy round The clock handling The pro- duce oT The world. Marseille-where we moored sTarboard side To, and The liberTy looaTs leTT Trom The porT side To malce Their way up The narrow channel, under The loridges, around The old TorT, and up The loeauTiTul and picTuresque Old PorT To The TleeT landing aT The TooT of Canaloiere, in The very cenTer of The ciTy. To The righT, high on a hill over- loolcing The whole ciTy, The CaThedral oT NoTre Dame de la Garde, sTanding like a greaT guardian, reached loy The ver- Tical railway, The Tunicular Trom The boTTom oT The hill- beauTiTul and ancienT, wiTh iTs many oTTerings oT model ships and planes, and iTs rows oT cruTches and canes wiT- nessing The relieT and comTorT iT has broughT To many Vieux Porf , V T r ' 2 , f Z X T 3 yp,l i,fT5',Q - ,fi

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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

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fd X See . . . real diamonds ThroughouT The years. ln The ouTer harbor The massive and Toreboding ChaTeu d'IT Trorn which Alexander Dumas' CounT OT ivlonTe CrisTo made his world Tamous escape and rise To Tame. And beTore us Trom The TleeT landing The busTling, noisy sTreeTs wiTh Their crowded sidewalks, Their many liTTle European cars screaming aT each oTher wiTh high, shrill horns, The clanking Trollies, The small parks and shaded squares, The busy byways oT Marseille-a vibranT ciTy, a ciTy wiTh a characTer all her own, a ciTy large enough To absorb inTo her bars and hoTels, her sTreeTs and parks and houses Ten Times our number and never raise The price OT beer Tive Trancs. A ciTy ThaT oTlered To us all a change Trom The sTreeT merchanT, The begging urchinfand The TourisT aTTiTude ThaT characTerizes so many ivlediTerranean porTs. Marseille-a good liberTy porT, CommenT! during The Roman occupafion Tell us, kicl, where's . . .