Benner (DD 807) - Naval Cruise Book

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Y 2 i 6001, Here The TirsT example oT The many conTrasTs in condiTions which we were To see ThroughouT The lv1ediTerranean: The old and The new sTand To- geTher as evidence oT The rapid growTh oT mod- ern European culTure on a background of ancienT cusToms. Famed as a haven Tor spies, secreT agenTs and counTeragenTs oT various kinds, Lisbon's nar- row sTreeTs and darlc alleys lend iT a genuine aT- mosphere oT espionage and inTrigue. JusT a Tew sTeps from These selT-same darlc alleys is a large modern shopping disTricT, compleTe wiTh The laTesT Paris sTyles. Taxis and Trolleys compeTe Tor righT oT way wiTh crowds oT pedesTrians, while The naT- Tily uniformed TraTTic cops wave Them on Trom all direcTions. . r',-f l . l I S see' Viale yiewe ix rg X she' '

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vale.: Four hours away Trom The docks by rail was London, and Those of us who made The Trip will long remember The lc wee end spenT There. The ciTy is iam-packed wiTh hisTory and TradiTion, and aT every Turn we encounTered places Tamed in song and sTory. Buckingham Palace, ScoTland Yard, The l-lorse Guards, and The Tower oT London were Taken in by sighTseers and camera Tiends by day, and The Tamed WesTminsTer Abbey, London Bridge, and Big' Ben also were prime obiecTs oT inTeresT. By nighT we decended on Piccadilly Circus, renowned Tor iTs commandos and as The cross-roads oT The BriTish Empire. The ever-presenT hospiTaliTy added To London's aTTracTions-how do you go abouT geTTing shore duTy There?

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Portug I As colorful as PorTugal's parT is The Tishing TleeT as iT hoisTs iTs many-hued sails in The morn- ing sun and rides The river currenT ouT To sea. IT is noT uncommon To see women washing Their laun- dry along-iThe river bank in The Time-honored meThod oT Their ancesTors. The adverTising meThods oT The Tood sTores consisTed mainly of displaying samples oT Their wares in The open, leHing The passer-by draw his own conclusions Trom The mixed varieTy oT aro- mas Tilling The air. The people seemed deTermined To give us an Americanized LiberTy: wiTness The Texas Bar. Club Miami, and cold beer. All in all, Lisbon was a Tine liberTy Tor us, buT To The crew of The MUL4 LANY iT was Tiner, Tor here we relieved Them oT Their duTies wiTh The SixTh FleeT in The Med. I 4 l