Brumby (DE 1044) - Naval Cruise Book

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process food, refine oil, repair railroad equip- ment, manufacture iron and steel, and produce chemicals and leather goods. Westward, tunnels which have improved Naples traffic problem. Tours were arranged to visit the excavations of Pompeii and to see the crater of Mt. Vesuvius Mt. Vesuvius can be seen plainly across the bay. The ship pulled into the large harbor of Bar- celona, Spain on 6 April. Barcelona is Spain's chief industrial city and one of the busiest ports in the Med. It was the capital of old Catalonia and was the center of separatist movements until its capture in 1937 ended the Spanish civil war. Beside fleet landing is Puerta de la Paz, a square dominated by a 200-foot monument to celebrating the return of Columbus from the new world. A replica of the Santa Maria'i is tied up in the harbor. Leading away from this plaza toward the heart of the city is Rambla de Cataluna. It is atree lined shopping street with flower markets, Spanish handicrafts, and song birds for sale. Along each side are dozens of shops. On the right is the old Gothic quarter with its narrow winding streets and on the left is the Chinese quarter. Barcelona has two hills. Tibidabo is topped by an amusement park and rises to 2000 feet. Mont-

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juich is the second hill and is the site of the Na- tional Palace, built for the Exposition of 1929 and containing the Fine Arts Museum of Catalonia. The hill also has parks shaded roadways and res- taurants. lt was here, too, that we watched the time trials of the Barcelona Grand Prix as the racers turn the peaceful beauty of the parks into a racing circuit. This was probably the best part of our visit to Barcelona. A one-day trip was made to the famous mon- astery of Montserrat where a church and other buildings are nestled on the rocky ledges of the Dolomites. A three-day trip was made to the tiny country of Andorra for skiing. There were no broken legs but several sunburns. BRUMBY left Barcelona on 17 April and made brief stops at Palma, Mallorca where we had a ships party and Rota where we made ready for the trip home. The cruise was almost over but that trip across the Atlantic would be too long. The ship made the regular fueling stops in the Azores and in Bermuda. Ship to shore telephone calls were made and at last land was sighted onradar. At 1010 on 3 May, the BRUMBY pulled into NAVSTA, Mayport com- pleting a highly successful cruise of 35000 miles in the five months away from home.