Gearing (DD 710) - Naval Cruise Book

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Ancient cloisters of Santa Eulazia Cathedral While there were few genuine tourist attractions in Barcelona at that time of year, the general con- sensus was that we should have stayed longer. The prices of everything in this Spanish port averaged 30 per cent lower than anywhere else in the Mediterranean. For the first time since leaving Newport we were able to hail a cab without fear of being taken to the cleaners. Barcelona is a modern city, with broad avenues and many fine parks. It is characterized by strik- ing new business and shopping districts which ex- tend outward from the port area and the old sector with narrow streets and bargain shops. We stayed too short a time to fully explore the town and see the surrounding countryside, but what we saw we liked and remembered well. BARCELONA, PAIN 28 NOVEMBER I DECEMBER .HW v-any .V Y A J 4 'Q 'Q , n .5 Q, i ' 1.8 K. iig- ff Curious crowds preferred U.S. Navy ships to the N.S. Savannah docked a few piers away. I , 1- Tl '1,:n t . 7':f l ' .. :S:f'f1..:Q is .3 ., ,,..iX.,, If RESTAUQQINTE QD ,V -5. ' ..,,l':ffzxMoN1.1u1cH .tl r P 5 . 5- vi' V. :-.: -L, N l A R .Q -g-...ir W ' 4 'E' b y :mst l . 1 1 ' Q 'IF M K

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The Kentuclay B813 SCCHC of the two ay deck de- r partment party to end all parties ...which it probably did. Church of the Sacred Heart 0- . The 14th Century Cathedral of Santa Eulacia