Northampton (CLC 1) - Naval Cruise Book

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+ Zi, ,h fe. X The new and the old, we read in tour guides, showed up quite clearly in Algiers. The modern city...was the Paris of North Africa, while the Casbah fAlgerian low-rental districtl was an extreme of extremes. g All of us heard, Hey, Joe. . . cigarettes? and a good many of us were paced at one time or another by several light-fingered Abduls until they got up nerve enough fond within rangel to grab for whatever packages we might have been carrying. The women gave us close contest with their tattoos and we noticed both men and women wearing their sheets home from the Laundromat. When we saw the faces behind some of the veils many of us had as first thought, I never forget a face. . .but in your case l'm willing to make an exception. Alms for the love of Allah... legs for the love of Mike... Algiers definitely has the beggar market cornered. ln memory of this, our most unique of ports...perhaps the names will escape, but the fez is familiar. Top left: Botanical Gardens Below: Scene in Algerian Market Place Bottom right: Land Action to Port Bottom left: You speak, Joe.

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Set the Special Sea and Anchor Details! An old saying has it that expectation is greater than real- ization. Most of us can remember few cases when this was less true than in our visit to Barcelona. Med-wise flag members had warned us to save our money for Barcelona. Judging from the record-breaking 370,000 the crew drew from the Disbursing Officer, we took the advice to heart. Nine days later few could afford a cup of coffee, but we had more regrets on leaving Barcelona than money spent. Which of us could forget a taxi ride for 8 pesetas, a quart of champagne for 80, and a hand-tailored suit for 1600? Barce- Iona offered us the entertainment of the metropolis it is -the friendliness of small town neighbors. We were impressed by the wide streets, huge squares and beautiful fountains that graced the city. . . were also appreciative of the Andalucia, H 0 n e y s To dance with ! ! 'I'hey'll drink right with you you're not paying for TEA , fm K ff f V 4 Q 7-flffilff 1' x R fxh Casablanca, and Buena Sombre. We enioyed the best of the graceful Spanish dances an,d exotic songs. We ate snails and baby octopus. . .drank cognac and cham- pagne at Los Caracoles . . . La Bodega . . . Casa Juan . . . and yelled 0le! at the bullfight. When time to say goodby to the tree-lined Ramblas, the uniformed Militia and the horse-drawn carts, we realized why Barcelona is called the Pearl of the Med. V A V Q ., .yol f