Benner (DD 807) - Naval Cruise Book

 - Class of 1953

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- Sindy Sunny Napoli, 'rhird largesl cily in Haly, was a huslling, busfling place, being The head- quarlers for 'rhe U, S. Sixlh Fleer and a cenler of lourisl aclivily. Bargain hunlers sloclced up on Barra gloves and Bovcelino hals here wiih an eye Toward civilian life, perhaps. Naples is famed lhroughouf The Sixlh Fleel for ils 'rhealrical arf. Even liHle 'rykes solicil audiences for Jrhese exhi- bilions. Rome is a five-hour bus ride from Naples, and well worlh Jrhe lrip. As in London, everylhing has a hislory and a 'rradilion behind il. Now a mod- ern cily buill on loundalions a Jrhousand years old, Rome has a limeless almosphere. Ancienl buildings and churches sland as mule lesfimony lo Jrhe parade of evenls from The Rome of Caesar lhrough Chrislianily, giving lrulh Jro ils name, The Elernal Cily . A, MMM Pompeii, 'rhe pleasure resor+ of 'rhe old Romans, is also a shorl run from Naples. Buried cenfuries ago by an eruplion of Ml. Vesuvius, Pompeii has been parfially excavafed, and 'roday is a fine example of Roman archileclure, as well as a source of fascinalion w-ilh lhe decoralive Jrasles of said Romans. Burns Renwick Cox and Friend

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AT La Spezia, The TirsT oT our lTalian porTs, we were greeTed by a sTorm which came boiling down ouT oT The mounTains almosT beTore we could com- pleTe mooring. Backed up againsT The lv1ariTime Alps, This largesT oT The lTalian Naval Bases re- gards such cloud bursTs as a daily occurrance. Here The TirsT-Timers were inTroduced To spa- gheTTi and vino, and became acquainTed wiTh The horse and buggies which we were To see Through- ouT The lTalian mainland. WhaT La Spezia laclced in poinTs oT inTeresT nearby Pisa made up Tor, and a large number oT us signed up Tor The Tour oT The Leaning Tower and caThedral . . . and more vino. l Prominade aT La Spezia I Swiss guard aT Vahcan



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i I , tan ll Taffy ATTer TransiTing The Dardenelles and crossing The Sea oT Marmara we proceeded up The Bosphorus oT sTraTegic imporTance since ancienT Times and Today a cenTer oT world inTeresT because iT is The enTrance To Russias Black Sea Like a scene Trom a Douglas Fairbanks J movie was lsTanbul Tramed in The seTTing sun Famed as a ciTy oT mTernaTional inTrigue iTs loTTy spires and minereTs and domed mosques seemed exoTic and mysTerious To us living up To all our expecTaTions, ExcepT Tor modern American auTo- mobiles in The sTreeTs :T is a page Trom The Ara- bian NighTs unchanged by Time and progress sighTseers as were The old walls and TorTiTicaTions Souvenir and bargain hunTers were in Their glory here Everyone who was anyone sporTed meer- schaum pipes' rugs and meTalware were oTher good buys Haggling wiTh The merchanTs was a popular pasTime-in TacT They were insulTed if you didn T. NoT ThaT They didnT Take you anyway The Turkish Taxi drivers were obviously Trying To live up To The repuTaTion oT Their ToreTaThers as Terrible mounTed warriors. They didnT hesiTaTe To plow Tull speed Through mobs oT pedesTrians ,491 -e Tl gl TTS The old secTion oT Th back and is a rabbiT's warren oT narrow TwisTin I 9 sTreeTs paved wiTh cobblesTones and crusTed wiTh The dirT oT cenTuries. The Bazaar is a ciTy in iT- selT, a group oT sTreeTs and blocks under one huge rooT, housing shops which sell ever Thin ' Y 9 Trom Tood To TurniTure. ln Tour-by-Tour niches in HW . . . e wall siT coppersmiThs, banging ouT Their wares by hand, as have Their ancesT Time sTands sTill in Turkey. SanTa SoTia, The world's TirsT ChrisTian church, d h an T e SulTan's Palace were oT prime inTeresT T e ciTy daTes Trom way ors Tor unTold ages. o who somehow managed To geT unhurriedly OUT oT The way iusT in Time To avoid mass slaughfef- They wheeled Their ChevroleTs and PlymouThs in and ouT oT narrow back alleys wiTh The abandon oT a speedsTer on The Pennsylvania Turnpike. buT never scraped The painT. Turkey is a meeTing place oT The pasT and pres- enT, oT The OrienTal and The OccidenTal: and 6 new and diTTerenT experience Tor us all. Weav- ing pasT and presenT, EasT and WesT TogeTher. and overlaying The whole Turkish scene is The everpresenT wierd, wailin h noTic TluTe muSiC Q YP oT The ,ancienT EasT. l T W T -Ally i 'N ,MW D. A6 U1 via. ia S 11 W 'T 'l A T. i iii Q bbigei -Ti Igyjiig :gg ,ii sh 1 6 Ti .NX 1 8 I0 is 'll 4 T is lf 16 li

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