Wallace L Lind (DDE 703) - Naval Cruise Book

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I ll, fr UQQQQQ D 3 ' 'R N QL na. K ova i ' 0 Q , Co U X mis X 5 NIS A X, ii X1 3 ' X to Q f We were underway again on 16 July and arrived in Lisbon, Portugal the next day. Scooters went fast in this town but it was fun to spend them. Ifwe did not want to use up our escudos on the in- teresting trip to the shrine of Fatima, they were Sladli' accepted in the Texas . Some of us enjoyed swimming at Estoril and its neighboring beaches which compr1SC the Riviera of Portugal. The citywas a colorful mixture of the antique - narrow, twisting, steep c0bb1CSf0ne streets and stairs - and the modern - handsome DSW buildings and immaculately kept parks. Lisbon was 0111' last taste of Europe and a pleasant one. LISBON

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'YQHUQ 'GW-.W The shoppers among us dis cov ered that this city is aSpanish bargain basement For ridic- ulously few potatoes we could get charming hand embroi- dered linens fine wrought iron what-nots decorative tiles, colorful pottery anda myriad of other attractive gifts forthe folks back home. The taxi fares we paid wouldjust about cover the tip to a New York City cabbie. Our last afternoon in the luxuri- ous Victoria Hotel was on ll July. By noon on the thirteenth we were back in Gib, this time for three days. Two carriers andeleven other destroyers were there too. Except fora thirsty few who did not mind lining up at the bars with hun- dreds of other sailors,most of us confined our activities to one or two quick shopping sprees for those last few souve- mers. sb B 'QW' You insured, Joe? 'lldt

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