Little Rock (CLG 4) - Naval Cruise Book

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Bustling Barcelona provided the setting for what will doubt- less remain as one of Little Rock ' s more memorable visits. Perhaps we have left our impression on this city but in retro- spect one thing remains certain — Barcelona left its impression on us. Here was all we had heard and read of the magic and mystery that is Spain. (The Flamenco ... the sunny, dusty, bright Corrida de Toros — adjusted for the starboard section . . . dark, beautiful senoritas — a dizzy ride on a cable car . . . machine gun patrols . . . crowded streets ... the active city life in the parque . . . wineskins that aren ' t as easy to use as they look.) A warm welcome was extended by Barcelona to the Little Rock which few will forget. We returned to almost the exact spot to which Christopher Columbus returned home from a perilous voyage to what he thought was India. From Columbus ' statue at Fleet Landing we proceeded up the broad and colorful Ramblas. Spanish hours, for which we made a slight adjustment on board ship, nevertheless startled us as we saw street repairs in prog- ress at 0200. And then, hasta luego.

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BARCELONA Barcelona, new world juxtaposed with old. Scintillating citadel in somber Spain, trail blazer of the New WorJ

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