Marias (AO 57) - Naval Cruise Book

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Valencia Downtown looked like Barcelona, Another in the string ol fine Spanish ports the Marias visited, Valenica provided us with excellent liberty, along with the blending of much history and contemporary Spanish life. A fine tour of the city enabled a lot of sailors to see, among other things, the Spaniard ' s hioly Grail. We also explored some ancient Roman ruins outside the city. Shopping. The water that used to be in this rivet o r.w.v

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Zaranto This city, situated in the arch of the Italian boot, came as a surprise to most. Taranto proved to be a rather large, sterile and cosmopolitan city. For those not content to sit in the square and watch the world go by, a tour to the city of Bari and, on the tour, some local caverns was offered. We got a good look at the southern Italian countryside, visited the church of the original St. Nick, and inspected the curious conical peasant huts, and tried in vain to enter a castle built by Swedish invaders hundreds of years ago. Fleet Landing in 5 more minutes. A Swedish castle in Southern Italy. The ' ' Old Town must have been where the action is. Ynii ;(= (= nnp rnvef. van sep them nil.

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liareeloHa Downtown. We were fortunate enough to have a good amount of time in Barcelona, Spain ' s second largest city. Like of big metropolis it provided a great variety of inter- esting things to do. A tour through the city ' s museums, churches, and Gothic Quarter was outstanding. This was Columbus ' ' ' homeport and many of the buildings he saw are still standing exactly as they were in 1492. The Cathedral at night. J long row back to the ship. He ' s pointing the wrong way to the Ramblas.