Barney (DDG 6) - Naval Cruise Book

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2 rj, . I I I 1 l l ? Y 4 5 1 r 1 P 2 4 Barcelona Barney's visit to Bar- celona was all too brief! But there was good reason, and no complaints, after all in just a couple of weeks, Barney would be in Norfolk! Like Palma, Barcelona is another favorite with Bar- neymen. The tall column with the statue of Christopher Co- lumbus on the peak dominates the harbor scene. Barney was moored at one of the finest piers the city had for passenger ships, and it was only a short walk to the downtown area. The 'wide boulevards held many temptations for the last minute souvenir hunters, and just off the main streets were the narrow, winding alleys and streets of old Barcelona. There the small shops, restaurants and bistros offered the Barneyman his final exposure to the delightful charm of the Mediterranean, a memory to prompt him on some future day back in hectic Norfolk to say, One more Med Cruise wouldn't be half bad! . one of th. Pfilma de.Mallorca e Barneyman s f 1, .. thingn, it seemed The ship avtgslxilports of Campalma had every- . ' . d pierside onl d t t . Core . , y a short cab Eeimaon gvwn Where the acuon Was- Ef1811Sh, as well as French and tourist 1 ere Wldely Spoken, and the town was well equipped for the l'l'he last bull fight of the season, a bloody spectacle indeed, was on t e list of a number of Barne , YTHSH, S f h ' would be their last- ome o w om swore that lt Despite the November chill, there were some brave swimmers at Formentor Beach, on the other side of the island, who insisted that the water temperature was just right , The view from the ship of the city across the bay at night was breathtaking with the lights of the city making abeautiful scene. Shoppin in P l - ' . S 0 a ma was slgperb, one section of the town located on a hill had myriad small shops, each with its own specialty. One could wander with delight for hours. The ship sponsored two parties at a Spanish ranch on the out- skirts of town. There was sangria, chicken and roast suckling pig, red and white wine, salad, champagne, ice cream, and a hot rum drink af- ter dinner. Palma was a delightful sample of Spanish culture, cuisine, and hospitality. Malta Malta is an amazing island with a fascinating background. It is an independent state of the British Commonwealth located S8 miles south of Sicily and 180 miles north of Africa. Archaeolog1sts have shown that a stone age culture existed there, and the typogeum,.an underground labyrinth discovered in 1908, dates to 4000 B.C. During World War II, the Maltese People withstood over 1200 consecut1ve days of enemy bombing by digging into the l1mestone for shelter. ' th is an elevator that takes one up the From fleet landlng, ere here Shopping and other diver- ' und KiHgSW-HY W , . Sibfiistcvvelrg Zflgillafbllg to the tourist-sailor. The view from the top is magnificent especially aft e r dark with the sh1ps displaying their Hfrimildsilgpmolgghctsher Mediterranean ports, inexpensive tours were ailalile enabling Barneymen to see the s1ghts of the island. av as

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J I 'li nate l i 2 i 5 i 1 1 1 I l 1 S 5 i Liberty Ports Crete Crete, with a very forbidding coastline, is largely mountain- , M, Q ous and rocky, There are narrow, winding roads that traverse the if island, and there is scarcely enough room for one car, much less the large busses that use the roads. Apparently falth keells Cretan drivers on the roads, for there were Very few guard F3115 at the hairpin turns. 0' . The town at Soudha Bay was not large enough for an entlre liberty party, so liberty was divided into three sections each day. An inexpensive tour was offered to Heraklion, a town of 55,000 a few miles to the west. Heraklion is a port of call for many cruise Naples Had we been in the Med longer, Barneymen would have seen Na- ples more than twice. It is almost the homeport of ships of the East coast when they are part of the Sixth Fleet. Naples does not have the tourist attractions of Palma, but just outside of the city lie famous sights well worth seeing. The ruins of the city of Pompeii, destroyed in 79 A.D. by the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius, are only an hour away by traing and only a couple of hours by hydrofoil is the famous island of Capri. Just down the coast is the picturesque peninsula of Sorrento. The National Museum in Naples is among Europe's most signif- icant archaeological museumg and boasts a superb collection of stat- uary and other items from Pompeii and other areas. A short walking tour will leadone to extremes of the modern and the ancientg new buildings of glass and steel side by side with facades of centuries-old houses. There is the warmth and charm so t ' l y 108 of Southern Italy, but there are also lovely new shops, laden wit: the attract1ve wares of Europe at its most sophisticated affluence. say the least. ships in the Mediterranean, offering to the studentofoancient his- tory unequalled museum displays of Crete's fascinating past. However, our stop in Crete was largely upkeep rather than liberty, which was to come in Athens. Q f 1 ff 3 .f If f 1' . Athens Athens is a magnificent sight when viewed on the ap- roach f rom the Tyrrhenian Sea. The plains of Attica, with the Acropolis and the Parthe- non are most impressive. A large part of Athens iS very modern, with clean, wide,wel1-lighted streets. The older areas are like many of the other cities of Europe, with narrow, winding. streets and old buildings. There were several tour of Athens and environs available to the fleet, and many Barneymen took ad- Ventage of them. To see sights for the first time that one has heard about since grade school is exciting, to Pi1'aeUS, Athens' port has a fleet of yachts larger , and more handsome than any seen yet on this trip.

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